Perfect for youth organizations and groups, our outreach activity kits provide youth leaders with opportunities to explore Canmore’s heritage and geology.

Whether for a badge program or as part of your day-camp programming, our outreach activity kits comes with the resources needed to lead self-directed programming. Current kits include Dinosaur Dig, Mountie Recruits, and a Museum Scavenger Hunt. Activities kits include a guide with suggestions for how each kit can be adjusted by age group and learning requirements.

DINOSAUR

EXCAVATION KITS

GRADE 3 + 4

YOUTH GROUPS

Coal in the mountains around Canmore originated from swampy sediments being laid down in a shallow basin 140 million years ago.  Experience the thrill of excavating dinosaurs that lived during the Cretaceous age, just like a palaeontologist, in this simulated sandbox dig.

MUSEUM SCAVENGER

HUNT

GRADES 2 TO 4

YOUTH GROUPS

Explore our core exhibit, From Coal to Community, through self-led discovery using age appropriate scavenger hunts to learn more about our mountain geology, the Canadian Pacific Railway, coal mining, limestone processing, the community of Canmore and the 1988 Olympics.

MOUNTIE

RECRUITS

ECS TO GRADE 4

YOUTH GROUPS

The Canmore NWMP Barracks were built in 1893 as one of several outposts of the Mounted Police to maintain law and order in the Bow Valley.  In this self-led activity, explore the Barracks and the Barracks grounds to learn knowledge required to become a new NWMP offficer!