Museums

Aero Space Museum of Calgary

Visit the Aero Space Museum — a living history documenting aviation in Canada.
Learn the stories of the trailblazers who dreamt of flight. Discover the pioneers who adapted aircraft for trade and recreation. Be inspired by the heroes who fought for Canada from the skies or, by the adventurers who set their sights to outer space.

The Creative Kids Museum at the Telus World of Science

www.calgaryscience.ca

Fall Facility Hours
Monday to Thursday 9:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Friday 9:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday & Holidays 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Admission
Under 2 Free
Children & Youth (3-17) $9.50
Adult (18+) $13.50
Senior $9.50

The Creative Kids Museum is the first hands-on children’s museum in Canada exclusively dedicated to the arts. As Canada’s newest children’s museum, kids and their families will be entertained for hours while examining their perspectives and learning more about the literary, performing, and visual arts.
The Creative Kids Museum features five main exhibit areas including Scribble Dee Dee, Sound and Music, Mindscapes, Perception, and the Theatre.

Glenbow Museum

Glenbow Museum is Where the World Meets the West - where intriguing stories from Western Canada connect with extraordinary art and artifacts from around the world. Combining a museum, art gallery, library and archives all under one roof, Glenbow boasts over a million artifacts and some 28,000 works of art in its vast collections and is one of the largest museums in Canada. Through a variety of dynamic programs and changing exhibitions and programs, and a broad collection of art, artifacts, and historical documents, Glenbow Museum builds on a commitment to preserve western heritage while simultaneously providing visitors with a glimpse of the world beyond.

Family Fun Sundays - Every Sunday 1:00pm-4:00pm

Drop in to explore, create and discover every Sunday afternoon throughout the year. Enjoy activities themed around Glenbow's varied exhibits and events, as well as festivals around the city. Activities are suitable for ages 4 and up.

FAMILY FUN SUNDAYS

Grain Academy Museum

The Grain Academy Museum offers tours to anyone who has an interest in learning about handling, storage and transportation and grain.

In addition to giving people the facts about how much and what kind of grains are grown in Canada, visitors learn that some 90 nations buy grain from Canada, and they get to see an array of products made from grain.

Visitors can watch a video on the history of the settlement of the prairies, see a demo of a working grain elevator and view a model train make its way around a track demonstation the movement of grain from stop to stop.

Other displays include pioneer farm equipment and much more.

The Military Museums

Here you will experience the victories, tragedies, and sacrifices of the men and women of the Canadian Forces. Walk through a First World War trench, learn about Canada’s only tank unit, and hear the story behind Canada’s victory at Vimy. The Military Museums’ award-winning facility is dedicated to representing Canada's Army, Air Force, and Navy and to educating the public, particularly youth, about Canada’s military. And if that isn't enough to encourage the kids to learn about our military history, then tell them they can climb on a real tank and see a fighter jet up close!

Olympic Hall of Fame and Museum

The Olympic Hall of Fame and Museum houses a whole variety of Olympic-themed exhibits and paraphernalia. This is the only Canadian museum devoted to the Olympic Games in Canada and it is the largest in all of North America. Exhibits on two floors chronicle Canada's participation at the Olympic Winter Games since their inception in 1924.

A particularly fascinating exhibit are the 20 of the 31 Olympic torches, dating back all the way to the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. The Blood, Sweat and Cheers exhibit pays tribute to Canada's Olympic Medal winners at the Salt Lake City Winter Games in 2002. The flags displayed in the museum and in the Plaza represent all the nations that competed in the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary.

Key highlights of the Museum are a reproduction of the bobsleigh used by the Jamaican bobsleigh team in the 1988 Olympics (the film “Cool Runnings” was based on this story), an original hockey jacket from 1956 which inspired the 1988 Olympic attire, and medals for all 12 sports that were held in Calgary in the 1988 Olympics.