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Last updated: January 14, 2010

Top 10 museums in Calgary

 

 

Are you looking for somewhere to take out-of-town guests? Perhaps you are looking for a great rainy day activity for the kids. Or, are you a visitor who is looking to learn about Calgary, Canada, and the world? Calgary has a plethora of museums, and they deal with all kinds of subjects. There is bound to be at least one that will catch your fancy.
 
Check out the historic aircrafts and memorabilia at this popular stop. Exhibit explores the human quest for flight. On-going restoration work is on view in the hangar.
 
This might be as close as your going to get to a grizzly bear, without putting your life in danger. The Banff Park Museum boasts a turn-of-the-century taxidermy collection of mammals, birds, insects and fish found in the Canadian Rockies.
 
The Chinese Cultural Centres invites you to enhance your knowledge and understanding of the orient.
 
Not only did the 1988 Winter Olympics leave a lasting impression on those who were there, they left a lasting legacy in recreation and training facilities like COP.
 
From pine logs, to sandstone, to cement, steel and glass, Calgary rose up from this humble fort thanks to its diversified mix of cultures and resources.
 
While speedy C-Trains and non-stop traffic rumble outside its walls, artifacts and treasures thousands of years old await quietly within.
 
Journey through a bygone era and lose yourself in small-town life at Heritage Park Historical Village.
 
Experience Canada's history at home and abroad at western Canada's largest military museum.
 
There's been life on Earth for more than 3.5 billion years and this museum has 1000s of fossils to prove it.
 
Opened in 1983, the museum commemorates 100 years of Tsuu T’ina history. A model teepee is on display as well as two head-dresses dating from 1938.
 
 
 
 

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