Welcome to the Claresholm & District Museum and Visitor Information Centre
The Claresholm & District Museum is a community history museum located in southwest Alberta, Canada. A welcoming destination, the Museum offers visitors and residents the opportunity to explore the region’s western Canadian heritage.
Visitor Information Centre
Knowledgeable staff at the Travel Alberta accredited Visitor Information Centre (open seasonally) are happy to help with all travel needs, including regional maps, brochures and booking recommendations. The gift shop offers local handmade arts and crafts and books written by local authors on regional topics.
The Museum site has wheelchair accessible public restrooms, free Wi-Fi, free RV and bus parking. Stop for a picnic lunch on the grounds and enjoy the beautiful lawns and flower gardens.
The Museum Grounds
The Museum grounds include a 1912 CPR Train Station, an 8000 sf Exhibit Hall, Claresholm’s first schoolhouse (1903), a 1920s log cabin and a CPR caboose.
Museum Exhibits
Museum exhibits tell stories from pre-contact Blackfoot culture to the arrival of the railway and prairie homesteading and the growth of the town, to Canadian women’s rights, and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan’s Service Flying Training School #15, and NATO Flying Training School #3. Additionally, the Museum archives house thousands of regional artifacts, documents and historic photographs.
Public Opening Hours
Closed for the season, please see our Facebook page for special events at the museum in the off season. We will see you again May 2025!
Location
CPR Station and Visitor Information Centre
5126 – 1st St. W. (on HWY 2)
Claresholm, Alberta
Museum Exhibit Hall
5115 – 2nd St. E.
Claresholm, Alberta
