Grande Prairie Museum

Welcome to the Grande Prairie Museum

The Grande Prairie Museum & Heritage Village, are set in the picturesque Muskoseepi Park in Grande Prairie, Alberta and depict the history of the region. The Museum is open year-round and was officially opened to the public in 1971. Its main focus has been the early pioneers, from the early 1900s, who homesteaded Grande Prairie and came over the long and short trails that contributed to the early development of business in the Peace Region. Since its initial opening, the Museum has now grown to a collection of over 55,000 artifacts under five main themes: Paleontology, Archaeology, Natural History, Human History and Curios and Collections.

WE are an AMA Recognized Museum!

The Grande Prairie Museum is proud to announce that it is the latest institution in Alberta to receive the Recognized Museum designation from the Alberta Museums Association (AMA), this designation extends our status until 2019.

This is an exciting time for the Grande Prairie Museum because earning this designation demonstrates that it is committed to maintaining standards of professional practice and to ensuring that it plays a strong and important role within the community.

The Grande Prairie Museum voluntarily participated in the Recognized Museum Program offered by the AMA, which involved providing evidence to a panel of museum professionals that demonstrated how the institution meets the AMA’s Definition of a Museum.

Visitors to the Grande Prairie Museum can now look for the easily recognizable Recognized Museum logo, which identifies the institutions in the province that offer a quality museum experience.

About the Recognized Museum Program

The Recognized Museum Program (RMP) is an accreditation program managed by the Alberta Museums Association that identifies those museums and related sites in Alberta that meet professional standards for best practices.

About the Alberta Museums Association

Founded in 1971, the Alberta Museums Association is the non-profit provincial association for Alberta’s museums and museum professionals and supporters. The AMA leads, facilitates, and supports museums in their vital role within communities across the province. Today, the AMA has more than 280 Institutional and 330 Individual Members.

For more information about the Recognized Museum Program and / or the Alberta Museums Association, please visit:  www.museums.ab.ca 

What to expect during your visit with us!

Our Grande Prairie Museum consists of the Rodacker/Campbell Gallery located in the main museum building and the Bones & Stones Gallery, featuring a replica Paleontology dig site, first peoples artifacts and a very interesting rock and oddities wall. These galleries are home to both temporary and permanent exhibits. During the months of generally May through to the end of September we open our outdoor Heritage Village...

Heritage Village

The adjoining Heritage Village is open May through September (weather depending). It consists of 15 historical/display buildings relocated and restored from the Grande Prairie area, or constructed as a replica of the original building, and a display of antique farm equipment and vehicles; providing visitors with a glimpse of what times past were like. These buildings are: Tempest HouseCampbell Cabin; Hermit Lake School House; Big Mountain Cabin; Edson Trail Caboose; Grande Prairie Fire Hall; Machine Shed containing antique automobiles, and displays of agricultural and industrial equipment; Hudson's Bay Outpost; Blacksmith Shop; Threshing Caboose; Icehouse; Water well Drilling Rig; Heritage Barn; Pipestone Creek Store; Miller Taxi Building; Campbell Cabin; McQueen Presbyterian Church; and various Heritage gardens and flower beds found throughout the little village.

Did You Know?

The Grande Prairie Museum is also home to the South Peace Regional Archives. The SPRA is the Central Repository for the documentary history of the South Peace, preserving archival material donated by individuals, organizations, and governments

Other venues

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Heritage Discovery Centre

11330 106 St, Grande Prairie, Canada