WELCOME TO THE CANMORE MUSEUM
Grades K-1 | 60 minutes | $150 per class
This program introduces students and youth groups to the museum as a place in their community and how much fun a museum can be while asking them to think about how we learn about the past.
Explore the Canmore Museum through fun games and activities to discover all the exciting things that a community museum contains. This introduces young students to the museum as a place in their community and how much fun a museum can be while asking them to think about how we learn about the past.
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FIVE STORIES OF CANMORE + COMMUNITY
Grade 1 | 60 minutes | $150 per class
Explore the stories of five people who have shaped our community and exemplified good citizenship through hands-on artifacts, interactive activities and role-playing games.
This program looks at citizenship and what makes good, responsible citizens. The program focuses on the characteristics that made five people from Canmore and the Bow Valley great citizens: hard work, courage, dedication, compassion, honesty and more.
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CANMORE CULTURE + DIVERSITY
Grade 2 | 60 minutes | $150 per class
This hands-on program allows students to explore the Indigenous, Francophone and diverse cultural groups who contributed to the origins and evolution of Canmore and the Bow Valley over time.
Canmore has been a community of immigrants since the Canadian Pacific Railway arrived in 1884. This hands-on program allows students discover the cultural diversity that makes up Canmore and the Bow Valley.
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OUR LAND, OUR PEOPLE, OUR STORIES
Grades 2-5 | 90 minutes | $350 per class
For over 10,000 years, the Îyârhe (Stoney) Nakoda have called the Bow Valley home. Students will learn about their language, culture, and traditions with one of our Stoney Nakoda cultural interpreters.
Learn more about the Stoney Nakoda – their language, culture, and traditions – with an emphasis on place and identity.
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HOME SWEET BARRACKS
Grades 2-5 | 60 minutes | $200 per class
From 1893 to 1929, the Barracks served as the local detachment for the Mounted Police, with officers responsible for patrolling from Canmore to Exshaw. What was it like being an officer stationed in Canmore? What was unique about policing in Canmore in its early years? Why did Canmore need police officers posted here? Why was a Barracks necessary and what was it like to live and work in this building? These questions and more are answered in Home Sweet Barracks as the myths and realities of life as an officer of the Mounted Police are explored through stories, activities, objects and photographs.
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MYSTERY AT THE NO. 2 MINE
Grade 6 | 90 minutes | $250 per class
Students investigate a suspicious coal mining accident at the Canmore #2 mine using their knowledge of Evidence and Investigation. Following their investigation, each student plays a role in a mock trial to solve the mystery of the No 2 Mine.