Have you ever wanted to experience what it would have been like to be a North West Mounted Police Officer, how they patrolled this vast wilderness? Join us on Sunday, May 21st at the NWMP Barracks Provincial Historic Site where historically costumed members from the North West Mounted Police Commemorative Association will be entertaining visitors...
Telling Your Story – A Seniors’ Week Event In recognition of Senior’s Week, the Canmore Museum is inviting seniors, aged 55 and over, to join us for a fun and informal event around the theme of "Telling your Story". Mercedes Cormier, our Collections Officer will guide a discussion about what items the Museum will accept...
Local Seniors' Discount Day! For our local seniors, aged 55 and over, we are offering free admission to the museum and 25% off on all exhibit related items in the gift shop.
Join Mary-Beth Laviolette, in a 40-minute tour of Along the Bow: Art of This Place. From Canmore to Mînî Thnî (previously Morley), highlights from over a 125 years of painting, photography, video and fine craft in the rugged eastern Bow Valley. From the artists who traveled in the early days of the Canadian Pacific Railway...
Tipi Raising Ceremony NWMP Barracks 609 8th Street, Canmore, Alberta, Canada The community is invited to join with our Stoney Nakoda knowledge keepers Travis Jimmy John and his partner Ranine Ryder for a tipi raising ceremony to launch the Museum’s year’s summer Indigenous Stories program.
Have you ever wondered how the rugged beauty of Canmore’s mountainous landscape came to be, or how the landscape has shaped the town? Get to know the science behind the area where we live and play a little better with geologist Percy Strong. Our geology and mining walking tour will give insight into the geology...
Join Mary-Beth Laviolette, in a 40-minute tour of Along the Bow: Art of This Place. From Canmore to Mînî Thnî (previously Morley), highlights from over a 125 years of painting, photography, video and fine craft in the rugged eastern Bow Valley. From the artists who traveled in the early days of the Canadian Pacific Railway...
Members of the Centennial Museum Society of Canmore and interested members of the public are invited to join us for the 2023 Canmore Museum AGM on Thursday, July 20, 2023, at 7:00 PM. The Annual General Meeting will be held in the artsPlace Canmore Theatre, located at 950 8 Ave, Canmore, AB T1W 2T1 MEMBERS...
Join popular Canmore artist and instructor Patti Dyment in nature’s own painting classroom, the great outdoors! You will learn about equipping yourself for painting outdoors, composing in the landscape, and using a limited palette for easier colour mixing and harmony. A box lunch is included with the workshop, and a supplies list will be sent...
Have you ever wondered how the rugged beauty of Canmore’s mountainous landscape came to be, or how the landscape has shaped the town? Get to know the science behind the area where we live and play a little better with geologist Percy Strong. Our geology and mining walking tour will give insight into the geology...
Registration for this event has closed due to reaching max capacity of participants. Join us for our next one on September 9th! Canmore has changed a great deal since it was founded in 1883, evolving from a gritty railway depot to a coal mining town and then finally to an international resort destination. As a...
Join Mary-Beth Laviolette, in a 40-minute tour of Along the Bow: Art of This Place. From Canmore to Mînî Thnî (previously Morley), highlights from over a 125 years of painting, photography, video and fine craft in the rugged eastern Bow Valley. From the artists who traveled in the early days of the Canadian Pacific Railway...
