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Museums, historical villages,
restored buildings . . .
-- lots to
do, see, experience, enjoy.
Red Deer &
District Museum and Art Gallery, Red Deer Archives
Newly renovated with more space for
revolving touring and local art, cultural and historical exhibits. The
museum also offers several community programs. Located in a major
recreation and culture park that includes heritage buildings. The Museum
aims to reflect the beauty, complexity and rich diversity of Red Deer
and the surrounding area.
4525-47a Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta Phone: (403)
309-8405
Sunnybrook Farm Museum Red Deer
Developed to preserve and interpret
the rich history of mixed farming in central Alberta. The farm was
originally settled in 1899 by Mr. James Bower and family from Ontario,
Canada. The original family farm was donated in 1987 to the Red Deer and
District Museum Society.
4701-30 Street, Red Deer, Alberta Phone: (403)
340-3511
Innisfail
Historical Village
The Village is governed by the
Innisfail and District Historical Society. It started with the donation
of "The Spruces" by the W. Gibson family. This log home is the only
remaining original stopping house between Calgary and Edmonton. The
Village is made up of seventeen buildings, displayed on 2 acres of land.
These are furnished to interpret the history of the area up to the
1930s. There is a large display of farm machinery and a day use picnic
area. A recent addition is a model railroad exhibit in the Bowden
station showing the history of the railroad in the community.
Box 6042, Innisfail, AB T4G 1S7 Phone: (403)
227-2906
Danish Canadian National
Museum Dickson (south of Spruce View)
7 1/2 Acres of traditional Danish
gardens and exciting attractions, highlighted by a man-made lake,
containing: National Museum and Coffee House, an Island Castle and
Drawbridge,
the Little Mermaid
and Traditional Danish Gardens.
P.O. Box 92, Spruce View, Alberta T0M 1V0
Phone: (403) 728-0019
Stettler Town & Country Museum
A historic village of 11 buildings
including a general store, church, courthouse and railway station.
Phone: (403) 742-4534
Dickson Store Museum
Built in 1903, restored in 1990 and officially opened as a museum
by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. A 1930's restoration of the general
store and pioneer living quarters in the Danish Hamlet of Dickson.
Anthony Henday Museum Delburne
Artifacts from the pioneer days,
such as coal mining, agriculture, and household items. The museum itself
is housed within a historic CNR Railway Station, with four floors of
displays in the Delburne CNR water tank tower building. The museum has a
replica of a homesteader’s shack, a CNR caboose, and a machine shed
housing old machinery.
Bashaw Fire Hall Museum
Bashaw’s fire hall is the only restored fire hall in Alberta and home to
one of three 1912 Waterous pumpers. Phone: 403-372-3929 or 403-372-3815
Mirror and District Museum
Located at The
collection at the museum includes railway and early settler artifacts,
St. Monica’s Anglican Church historic site, built in 1894, and a
restored wooden railway caboose and box car. There are also locally
produced history books within the reading room and the museum celebrates
Heritage Day on the August long weekend. The hours of operation are 10
to 6 Tuesday to Saturday and 1 to 5 on Sundays from the May long weekend
to the Labour Day long weekend. All other times are by appointment.
4910-53 Street, Mirror, Alberta Phone:
403-788-3828 or 403-788-3094
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