To celebrate 100 years, the Alberta Motor Association (AMA) has opened and displayed its archives. “A Road Well Travelled,” open to the public at The Creative Hive in west Edmonton starting Saturday, features artifacts, interactive displays, and visuals that portray a century of travel by Albertans. “We’ve got steering wheels from vehicles, so you can see the evolution of the car. We’ve got the evolution of school safety patrol. We’ve had little people protecting their colleagues at the crosswalk for over 80 years, and so (we) see the evolution in that program, not to mention the technology that’s in our vehicles, how we’ve evolved from a travel perspective, from road trips to travelling the globe,” AMA vice-president Jane Flower told CTV News Edmonton on Wednesday. “Every one of these pieces that we exhibit tells a story about what we as Albertans have been through for the last 100 years.” The AMA was formed in 1926 when automotive clubs in Edmonton and Calgary teamed up to lobby for safer roads and lower fuel taxes. The association currently has more than 1 million members across the province. Flower called keeping up with motorists’ needs over 100 years a welcome challenge. “AMA is a membership organization. It is nothing without the people that have put their trust in us for 100 years and Albertans are a part of this story. So this isn’t just a celebration of AMA; it is a celebration of what we as Albertans have created through this membership organization,” she said. “A Road Well Travelled” is free and open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and until 8 p.m. on Thursdays until Nov. 8. It’ll then be displayed at the Reynolds Museum in Wetaskiwin from May to October 2028. With files from CTV News Edmonton’s Evan Klippenstein
