Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre (CMAGS) is the public name used by the Centennial Museum Society of Canmore. 'Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre' is the name used by the Centennial Museum Society of Canmore. The Society was incorporated in 1984 under The Societies Act of the Province of Alberta. The society is also a registered charity. Spanning more than a century since the town was first incorporated, and spanning generations, cultures and social classes, the museum had close to 120 years worth of local history to move from the original location to a new purpose built space in the Canmore Civic Centre in June 2004.
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