MUSEUMS Call of the West Museum Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame
ongoing Bomber Command Museum of
Canada Featuring Canada’s Bomber Command Memorial Wall, the museum includes bombers, training aircraft and displays related to this huge Canadian contribution to the Second World War. 1729 21st Ave., Nanton. 403-646-2270, bombercommandmuseum.ca. Based on the history of the influence Ford and oil companies had on the agricultural way of life from the early 1900s to the 1960s and beyond. See a large collection of farm tractors and equipment, lifting jacks, oil advertising and signs, cars, trucks, and many more antiques and collectibles. At Ag Society Rodeo Grounds, southwest corner of Hwy 2A and Hwy 543. 403-701-8709, highriverag.com. Ongoing: Honouring over 650 sport legends from 66 sports with dozens of interactive exhibits and more than 100,000 artefacts. At Canada Olympic Park. 403-776-1040, sportshall.ca.
Canmore Museum & Geoscience Centre
From Coal to Community. A celebration of Canmore’s history and unique mountain setting. 902B 7th Ave., Canmore. 403-678-2462. cmags.org.
Fort Calgary
Interpretive centre featuring stories of Calgary’s past from 1875-1914, including the history of the RCMP in Calgary. 750 9th Ave. S.E. 403-290-1875, fortcalgary.com.
Glenbow Museum Grain Academy Museum
Explore the world of grains and oilseeds through touch TV, Calgary’s largest model railway and a working model of the wooden grain elevator. Plus-15 Level, BMO Centre, Stampede Park. 403-263-4594, grainacademymuseum.com.
The Hangar Flight Museum
Over two dozen civilian, military and commercial aircraft displayed within the museum’s two full-size hangars. Everything from Canada’s first powered aircraft, the Silver Dart, to the majestic Lancaster bomber. 4629 McCall Way N.E. 403-2503752, thehangarmuseum.ca.
Heritage Park
Gasoline Alley Museum: Until Sunday, April 22. Journey of a Lifetime.
Interactive exhibit that evokes the experience of the millions of immigrants who travelled west on wooden Colonist rail cars. Beginning Wednesday, Feb. 28 Ghost Tours, 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. $19.95. Repeats Wednesdays in March. Ongoing: Celebration of industrial design illuminated by a storyline that follows the far-reaching social changes that resulted from the introduction and popularization of the automobile. 1900 Heritage Dr. S.W. 403-268-8500, heritagepark.ca.
Lougheed House
The Future Looked Bright: Art Deco in
Everyday Life. Home-centric exhibit that transports Calgarians back to the interwar era when technology and industrialization fuelled not only a sense of optimism, but the first era of affordably mass-produced consumer goods. 707 13th Ave. S.W. 403-244-6333, lougheedhouse.com.
The Military Museums
On permanent display: Ken & Roma Lett
Cold War Exhibit. Presented by the Air Force Museum Society of Alberta. 4520 Crowchild Trail S.W. 403-410-2340, themilitarymuseums.ca.
Museum of the Highwood
Heartland: the Exhibit. A display of artifacts and images from the popular CBC television series Heartland. Go Round: Ranching to
Rodeo. A celebration of our western heritage. Dear Guy and Flores. A private collection of Guy and Florence Weadick’s postcards. 406 1st St. S.W., High River. 403-652-7156, museumofthehighwood.com.
Nose Creek Valley Museum
Featuring wildlife displays, a First Nation’s display, a settler’s cabin, blacksmith shop, antique cars and farm machinery and one of the largest arrowhead collections in Canada. 1701 Main St. S.W., Airdrie. 403-948-6685, nosecreekvalleymuseum.com.
Royal Tyrrell Museum
Journey through time and come faceto-face with some of Canada’s mightiest dinosaurs. 90 minutes northeast of Calgary. Highway 838, Midland Provincial Park, Drumheller. tyrrellmuseum.com.
Studio Bell
Until Friday, June 1. Big, Big, Love—k.d.
lang on Stage. Through a range of visual displays, visitors will experience lang’s eclectic repertoire, from cow punk to Nashville country classics, to Broadway standards and cabaret-influenced tunes. Until fall 2018. Showcase: 2017 Inductees.
Personal items and instruments from the 2017 Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees—Paul Brandt and Harvey Gold—and four 2017 Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees—Bruce Cockburn, Beau Dommage, Stéphane Venne and Neil Young. Permanent Exhibitions: Explore five floors of exhibitions that tell the story of music in Canada, celebrate music icons at the Canadian Halls of Fame, rock out with our interactive instrument installations and sing along in our vocal booths. 850 4th St. S.E. 403-543-5115, studiobell.ca.
Telus Spark
Until Wednesday, June 20.
Whales|Tohora. Interactive experience housing one of the world’s largest whale collections from the National Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. This exhibition will immerse you into the biology diversity, evolution and deep significance of whales to Maori culture. Ongoing: Explore the interactive exhibits of Canada’s first new purpose-built Science Centre in over 25 years. Train your brain in the outdoor Brainasium, a one-acre adventure space filled with experiences that explore sound, physics and simple machines. 220 St. Georges Dr. N.E. 403-817-6800, sparkscience.ca.
Ukrainian Museum of Canada
Ukrainian history and heritage. St. Vladimir’s Cultural Centre, 404 Meredith Rd. N.E. 403-264-3437, stvlads.com.
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Ongoing: Heritage Gallery: Gateway to the Rockies. The history of the Canadian Rockies in artifacts, artworks, archival photographs, recordings and documents. 111 Bear St., Banff. 403-762-2291, whyte.org.
Step into the shoes of a CPS officer and explore over 26,000 square feet of interactive exhibits. Take a ride-along with the HAWCS helicopter simulator. Stick your hands in a mass of maggots in Forensics. Dress up in a historic uniform for a photo op.
5111 47th St. N.E. youthlinkcalgary.com.
Permanent Exhibitions: Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta; Niitsitapiisinni: Our Way of Life; New Sun Gallery of Aboriginal Art and Culture; Picturing the Northwest: Historical Art from Glenbow’s Collection; Many Faces, Many Paths: Art of Asia; Treasures of the Mineral World; Where Symbols Meet: A Celebration of West African Achievement; Warriors: A Global Journal Through Five Centuries. 130 9th Ave. S.E. 403-268-4100, glenbow.org.