From the early silent films to the golden age of Hollywood, the Canmore Opera House was once the place where local Canmore residents caught the latest in film entertainment. On Saturday and Sunday of the Canmore Heritage Festival, we are reviving the matinee movie tradition, bringing some of the fun, fabulous movies from the 1950s...
Join us as we honour Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee by reflecting on the relationship between The Crown and the Îyârhe Nakoda. On August 21, the Canmore Museum is honouring Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee with events that highlight service and duty as hallmarks of her 70-year reign as Queen of Canada. As part...
Mayor Sean Krausert will be raising the Pride flag in the spirit of celebrating Canmore Pride 2022 with special guests, the Honorable Janis Irwin, MLA for Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood and NDP Critic for Women and LGBTQ2S+ issues and Sarah Elmeligi, Alberta NDP candidate for the Banff-Kananaskis Constituency. Following the flag raising, Canmore Pride will welcome folks to...
Join Mary-Beth Laviolette in conversation with author and professor Dr. Courtney Mason of Thompson University (Kamloops, BC) and Tony Snow, our Associate Curator of Indigenous Cultural Content, about the book "Spirits of The Rockies: Reasserting an Indigenous Presence in Banff National Park". ABOUT THE BOOK As we travel along the TransCanada towards the towering terrain...
Join Trudy Wesley, author Ne Îethka Makochî Chach, This is Our Home, and Natasha Wesley, author of Îethkaîhâ Yawabi, Counting in Stoney, for a reading of their two books followed by an animal craft activity and an animal friendship dance. Light refreshments will be served following the activity. Indigenous languages have long been underrepresented in...
Member Mondays are a fantastic way for Museum members to get acquainted with one another and with the work of the Canmore Museum. We invite members of the community to participate in Member Mondays as a way to learn about how members support the Canmore Museum and the many ways that the museum contributes to...
As the facilitator dresses two life size mannequins with the Nakoda Sioux style traditional dresses, she integrates storytelling within cultural pedagogy. Workshop themes include historical impacts of settlement, intergenerational trauma, language and communication, beadwork and traditional dress regalia origins, song and dance, rites of passage, addictions, suicide, MMIWG, healthy relationships and parenting, grief, trauma and...
As the facilitator dresses two life size mannequins with the Nakoda Sioux style traditional dresses, she integrates storytelling within cultural pedagogy. Workshop themes include historical impacts of settlement, intergenerational trauma, language and communication, beadwork and traditional dress regalia origins, song and dance, rites of passage, addictions, suicide, MMIWG, healthy relationships and parenting, grief, trauma and...
Do you have a rock that you have collected because it caught your eye but don’t know what it is? Bring it down to the Museum to have a professional geologist help identify it. If you don’t already have a favourite rock, you might find one among the select samples that we will have available...
The community is invited to participate in a special ceremony as the Canmore Museum welcomes John Snow Jr. (Chiniki), David Bearspaw (Bearspaw), Trudy Wesley (Wesley) and Glenda Crawler (Wesley) as members of the museum's new Stoney Nakoda Advisory Circle. We will also be welcoming Tony Snow, who is joining us for a two-year Indigenous Cultural...
Join Mary-Beth Laviolette in conversation with Dale Leckie about his adventures and what makes this province geologically a special place to explore. ABOUT THE BOOK It’s an Alberta best seller. Since its release in 2021, The Scenic Geology of Alberta with its wonderful illustrations, maps and photographs has made Alberta’s unique geology accessible and attractive...
Member Mondays are a fantastic way for Museum members to get acquainted with one another and with the work of the Canmore Museum. We invite members of the community to participate in Member Mondays as a way to learn about how members support the Canmore Museum and the many ways that the museum contributes to...
