The Organization of Military Museums of Canada

What The Organization of Military Museums of Canada does

The Organization of Military Museums of Canada (OMMC) is a national, registered Canadian charity and non-profit association founded in 1967 and incorporated in 1992, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. It serves a membership of over 100 military, federal, provincial, and municipal museums across Canada, functioning as the sole national coordination body for the Canadian military museum community. OMMC speaks for this community within the broader Canadian Museum Association and maintains active partnerships with all three branches of the Canadian Armed Forces (Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army), Library and Archives Canada, the Directorate of History and Heritage (DND), the Canadian Military History Gateway, the Canadian Military Journal, and every provincial museum or heritage association across Canada's provinces and territories.

OMMC's core offerings are member services rather than technology products. The flagship is the annual Museum Studies Program — a five-day professional training course delivered at a rotating host venue across Canada, providing lectures, hands-on demonstrations, and site visits in museum practices, technology, interpretation, and collection management; the 2026 program is held at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia from June 8 to 13, 2026, at $1,400 CAD per participant covering accommodation, most meals, and instruction. Other core services include The Bulletin (a quarterly PDF publication, currently in Volume 33), annual Education Grants awarded to members, and the Honours and Awards Program recognizing career excellence and museum projects. There is no proprietary software, no apps, no APIs, and no AI components in the product stack.

The business model is membership-based non-profit: OMMC generates revenue through membership dues, course fees, small education grants, and individual donations processed via CanadaHelps, with no commercial product revenue and no publicly disclosed financial statements. Governance rests with a volunteer Board of Directors (President, Vice President/Secretary/Membership Director, Treasurer, Directors at Large, and Past President) operating from a lean Calgary office (PO Box 36081 Lakeview, 6449 Crowchild Trail SW), with outreach supplemented through ommc.ca, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and member referrals.

Name

The Organization of Military Museums of Canada

Legal name

The Organization of Military Museums of Canada

Website

https://ommc.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Organization of Military Museums of Canada is a national non-profit association founded in 1967 and incorporated in 1992, serving over 100 military museums across Canada through an annual Museum Studies training program, a quarterly publication called The Bulletin, small education grants, and an honours and awards program.

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Product category

Museum Association Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty Museums (e.g., Maritime, Aviation, Sports, Music, Film) (THAJADAF)

Keywords

• Military museum coordination
• Museum professional training
• Military heritage preservation
• Non-profit museum association
• Museum education grants

Headquarters

HQ city

Calgary

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Organization of Military Museums of Canada (OMMC) is a national non-profit association founded in 1967 and incorporated in 1992 that coordinates and supports over 100 military museums across Canada. It delivers an annual Museum Studies Program training course, publishes The Bulletin quarterly newsletter, administers Education Grants of up to $1,500, and runs an Honours and Awards program to recognize contributions to Canada's military museum community.

Product overview

The Organization of Military Museums of Canada is a national non-profit that supports over 100 member museums across Canada. Rather than a traditional tech product, OMMC offers a suite of member services including: the annual Museum Studies Program (providing professional training in museum practices through lectures, demonstrations, and site visits held coast-to-coast); "The Bulletin" (a quarterly publication in PDF format covering military history and museum topics); Education Grants (small annual grants for member training); and an Honours and Awards Program (recognizing excellence and outstanding projects in the military museum community). The organization also provides resources, grants, publications, and a member directory organized by Canadian province.

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Products and services

• Museum Studies Program Annual intensive training course for museum professionals, delivered in partnership with the University of Victoria. Participants complete two online courses plus a five-day onsite seminar; targeted at staff and volunteers of Canadian military museums and heritage organizations. Course fee is $1,400 CAD per participant.
• The Bulletin Quarterly publication/newsletter of the OMMC, providing organizational news, updates, and content related to military museums and Canada's military history. Distributed to members and partner organizations.
• Education Grants Financial grants of up to $1,500 provided by OMMC to member museums to support staff professional development and educational projects within the Canadian military museum community.
• Honours and Awards Program Formal recognition program that honours individuals, museums, and projects for significant contributions to the preservation and interpretation of Canada's military history, administered by OMMC.

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Mount Saint Vincent UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2026Host venue for OMMC Museum Studies Course 2026 (June 8-13, 2026) in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Provides facilities and instruction for the annual training program.
• Canadian Museum AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational museum association partnership. OMMC acts as spokesman for the military museum community within the larger body of the Canadian Museums Association.
• Alberta Museum AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvincial museum association partnership for Alberta region
• British Columbia Museums AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvincial museum association partnership for British Columbia region
• Association of Manitoba MuseumscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvincial museum association partnership for Manitoba region
• Association Heritage New BrunswickcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvincial heritage association partnership for New Brunswick region
• Museum Association of Newfoundland and LabradorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvincial museum association partnership for Newfoundland and Labrador region
• Association of Nova Scotia MuseumscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvincial museum association partnership for Nova Scotia region
• Ontario Museum AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvincial museum association partnership for Ontario region
• Community Museums Association of Prince Edward IslandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvincial museum association partnership for Prince Edward Island
• Société des musées québécoiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvincial museum association partnership for Quebec region
• Museums Association of SaskatchewancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvincial museum association partnership for Saskatchewan region
• Yukon Historical and Museums AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvincial museum association partnership for Yukon region
• Inuit Heritage Trust (Nunavut)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHeritage trust partnership for Nunavut region
• Library and Archives CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational archives partnership providing resource links and collaboration on Canadian military history preservation
• Royal Canadian Air ForcecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMilitary branch partnership for air force-related museum coordination and military history preservation
• Royal Canadian NavycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMilitary branch partnership for naval museum coordination and military history preservation
• Canadian ArmycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMilitary branch partnership for army-related museum coordination and military history preservation
• Directorate of History and Heritage (DND)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDepartment of National Defence heritage directorate partnership for military history documentation and preservation
• Canadian Military History GatewaycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDND resource providing access to Canadian military history materials and gateway services
• Canadian Military JournalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic military journal partnership for knowledge sharing and publication exchange

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Naval Historical Society of Australia: An Australian national society dedicated to naval history preservation, with publications and member services. Comparable to OMMC as a military-history-focused membership association with publications and knowledge-sharing activities, though regionally focused on naval rather than broad military topics.
• National WWII Museum: A major U.S. military-heritage museum with an active education, training, and publication program. Comparable to OMMC's combination of museum operations, education programming, and quarterly-style knowledge dissemination, but operates as a single institution rather than a coordinating body.
• Australian War Memorial: Australia's national military museum, memorial, and archive. Comparable to OMMC's mission of preserving and presenting national military history, though it is itself an operating museum rather than a coordinating body for military museums.
• Imperial War Museums: A UK-based network of museums covering conflicts from World War I onward. Comparable because it both operates and supports military-history preservation, including professional training via its curatorial and conservation programs, but is geographically distinct from OMMC.
• National Museum of the United States Army: The official U.S. Army museum, operated in partnership with the Army Historical Foundation. Comparable to OMMC's member museums in mission (military history preservation and education) and its close relationship with an active armed forces branch, though U.S.-focused.

Broad incumbents

• American Alliance of Museums: The largest US museum association, providing advocacy, accreditation, training, and publications for the American museum sector. Comparable to OMMC as a national membership-based professional association supporting museum professionals with training programs and standards, though broader in scope and US-focused.
• Royal Canadian Legion: Canada's largest veteran-support and remembrance organization, which operates branches that frequently host military museums and heritage collections. Comparable to OMMC through its role in sustaining veteran-led military heritage institutions and its national footprint across Canada.
• Canadian Museum Association: The national umbrella association for Canadian museums across all subject areas. Comparable to OMMC because it operates at the same national association layer and is explicitly a strategic partner of OMMC, but its scope is far broader than OMMC's military-heritage niche.

Others

• Veterans Affairs Canada — Heritage and Memorials: The federal department responsible for remembrance programs, including funding for veterans' museums and commemorative projects. Comparable to OMMC as a key Canadian funder and policy actor in the military-heritage ecosystem, though it is a government department rather than an association.

Direct peers

• Canadian Historical Association: Canada's national association promoting historical research and teaching, with membership, publications, and an annual conference. Comparable to OMMC as a Canadian non-profit scholarly/museum-supporting association with similar membership-publication-training model, though focused broadly on history rather than military museums specifically.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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