COLD WAR ERA ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN
 AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC MUSEUMS

The City of Toronto plans to transfer a historic anti-aircraft gun in
its care to an appropriate public museum. The artifact is a United
States 90 mm anti-aircraft gun, Model M1A3, with 1943 American Ordnance
markings, but was used by Canadian forces in the 1950s.

The transfer of this object will involve a two-step process. First,
museums should communicate their interest in it by letter. Next, these
institutions will receive a questionnaire to enable City staff to assess
the different applications to recommend to City Council which museum is
best qualified to receive the object.

The primary criteria in judging applications will be the ability of the
acquiring institutions to maintain the artifact over the long-term and
to interpret it in a contextualized museum collection for the public
benefit.

Museums which would like to participate in the competition should
express their interest in a letter, to be received no later than 3 May
1999. Letters of interest or enquiry should be addressed to:

Dr Carl Benn
Curator, Military History
Heritage Toronto
205 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5B 1N2

tel. 416/392-6907
fax. 416/392-6917