Hanging On To The Past

In 1967 the Provincial Museum Opened Its Doors. It remained an incredible part of Alberta's history until it closed its doors in 2015.
A couple of years later the new Royal Alberta Museum opened downtown. The old one has sat empty ever since and l really have no idea of what will happen to the building

[Diana]

What a shame, it looks like a lovely building in the top photo.

[JackieR]

What a stunning piece of architecture to leave to decay!

[Beryl Lloyd]

A shame such a building is no longer appreciated !

[Joan Robillard]

Nice collage

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great looking collage.

[Agnes]

Beautiful collage

[Bucktree]

Good to documents this building.

[Thom Mitchell]

:-(

[Christine Sztukowski]

Nice

[Beverley]

Looks a great building … great collage to, enjoyed your narrative

[Kathy]

Looks like a nice building. Hopefully it will be repurposed soon before it falls into decay.

[Heather]

It looks like a really striking building! I hope something good for the public is made of it. A great collage, too, Brian, to document this. Fav

[Diane]

It's sort of sad to see an important building like this sitting vacant.

[Rick]

Cool captures.

[bkb in the city]

@ludwigsdiana Diana it is but is full of asbestos and mould

[bkb in the city]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond Jackie unfortunately it has asbestos and mould

[bkb in the city]

@beryl Beryl there is a group interested in repurposing the building

[bkb in the city]

@joansmor Thanks Joan

[bkb in the city]

@mittens Marilyn glad you liked this one

[bkb in the city]

@agnesvanderlindeicloudcom Agnes glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@dkellogg l had the opportunity to visit before it closed and took several pictures

[bkb in the city]

@rhoing Very sad

[bkb in the city]

@365projectorgchristine Thanks Christine

[bkb in the city]

@beverley365 Beverley glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@randystreat Kathy there is a group trying to do just that

[bkb in the city]

@365projectorgheatherb Thanks Heather for the comment and the fav

[bkb in the city]

@eudora Diane it is very sad

[bkb in the city]

@rickster549 Thanks Rick

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I hope some other kind of museum will move in there. Do you know why it closed? nice collage.

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann The decision was made to build a new museum in the Art District downtown. Before someone moves in they would have to undertake some serious renovations