Glenbow Museum | 43m | 9s | DIALOG

[UrbanWarrior]

The zoos numbers compared to Toronto definitely has to do with location. Ours is central, attached to a rapid transit station, and at the intersection of two highways. The Toronto Zoo is relatively far-flung; in Scarborough, about 2 km off the highly congested 401. No rapid transit within 10 km or so.

 

[thecivilengineer]

 

[Colinfill]

Isn't the Glenbow going to be free admission going forward when it reopens? That will drastically change the attendance numbers as well

 

[MichaelS]

Was the National Music Centre mostly privately funded? Seems odd to me that is one of our major museums when we don't have a natural history museum. I think good museums can actually do well in Calgary with the number of visitors the city gets. The Calgary Zoo has higher visitor volumes than Toronto despite a much smaller population.

If I recall the NMC got $25 million from each order of government, plus private donations on top of that.

 

[Surrealplaces]

If I recall the NMC got $25 million from each order of government, plus private donations on top of that.

I was thinking $45 Million, but could also be $25 Million. Definitely not more than $45M.

 

[Surrealplaces]

A few shots of the interior.

Source: Facebook

 

[Surrealplaces]

And one more Glenbow Museum item. A time lapse of the tower crane coming down.