Visiting The Canmore Museum

LOCATION + PARKING

The Canmore Museum is located at 902B 7th Avenue, Canmore, Alberta. Free street parking and surface lot parking are available nearby.

902 7th Avenue, Canmore, Alberta T1W 2B1, Canada

ADMISSION

  • Adult | $5.00
  • Seniors | $4.00
  • Family ( 2 adults and up to 4 children) | $10.00
  • Youth (17 and under) | Free
  • Group | $3.00/person\

HOURS OF OPERATION

The Canmore Museum is open Thursday to Monday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The museum is also closed on New Year’s Day, Easter Sunday, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day.

VISITOR AMMENITIES

Museum staff are on hand to help guide your paths as your explore our museum, community and the natural landscapes around us. For further information about Canmore, please contact Visitor + Membership Services at (403) 678-2462 x 2 or by email. Visitor ammenities include:

  • Our Museum Shop offers a curated collection of books, gifts, jewelry and locally made art which represents Canmore’s culture, history and landscapes.
  • Free barrier-free public washrooms.
  • Free public WiFi.
  • Picnic facilities are located in the Rotary Friendship Park, immediately behind the museum.
  • A number of excellent coffee shops, restaurants, and shops are located nearby. Visit the Tourism Canmore + Kanaskis website to explore the variety of shopping, restaurants, accommodations and services that our community and region has to offer.

ON EXHIBIT

FROM COAL TO COMMUNITY

Our permanent exhibit, From Coal to Community, presents Canmore in a variety of perspectives: as an ancient way station for indigenous First Nations, as an integral part of the Canadian Pacific Railway’s Western expansion, as a 95-year historic coal-mining community, as an excellent venue to study and observe the geological history of the Earth, and as a modern and vibrant community that attracts artists and athletes from all over the world.

CANMORE MINE VIRTUAL REALITY EXPERIENCE

Explore the depths of the Canmore Mine with our virtual reality experience. Visitors are immersed in the sights and sounds of the No. 2 mine as it would have been in the 1950s. Commentary by veteran Canmore miners Ed Latvala and Ernie Lakusta enhances the memorable experience. Developed for the museum by the award winning, Canmore based digital modeling firm, Otago Computing Inc.

ART IN THE HALLWAY

Highlighting new acquisitions and established collections, the Canmore Museum regularly curates a selection of rotating artworks in two hallway cases outside our entrance in the Canmore Civic Centre.

COMMUNITY GALLERY

The Canmore Museum hosts exhibitions about our community’s history, culture and environment curated by local, like-minded community organizations. The Community Gallery is in our Community Gallery located just inside our Museum Shop