Alberta Ag History Resources

Below is a list of agriculture and rural museums and resources across Alberta. If you would like to be added to this list, please contact us reflections@farms.com

Alberta Central Railway Museum

Wetaskiwin, AB
Central
Railway
Historic railroad cars and equipment, also grain elevator

Anthony Henday Museum

Delburne, AB
Central
History
local history, mining, agriculture, and household items, housed within an old CNR railway station

Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Center

Nanton, AB
Southern
Agriculture
grain elevator

Canadian Tractor Museum

Westlock, AB
Central
Agriculture
antique tractors and steam engines

Climb Thru Time Museum

Paradise Valley, AB
Central
History
local history, housed in a grain elevator

Coyote Flats Pioneer Village

Picture Butte, AB
Southern
Open air
historic buildings and agriculture equipment, operated by the Prairie Tractor and Engine Society

Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre

Medicine Hat, AB
Southern
Open air
Includes historic farm, antiques, equipment, 1900-1910 era farmhouse, replica 1930's blacksmith shop, coal mine

Heritage Acres Farm Museum

Pincher Creek, AB
Southern
Open air
Includes vintage farm machinery, equipment, tools, historic farm and village buildings, grain elevator, sawmill

Mallaig & District Museum

Mallaig, AB
Central
History
Includes 1920 replica log schoolhouse, 1931 church, agricultural equipment and machinery

Markerville Creamery Museum

Markerville, AB
Central
Agriculture
creamery operations

Nose Creek Valley Museum

Airdrie, AB
Calgary
History
Local cultural and natural history, First Nations artifacts, antique automobiles and farm machinery, minerals and fossils

Paskapoo Historical Park & Smithson International Truck Museum

Rimbey, AB
Central
Transportation
trucks, license plates, farm machinery, automobiles, sawmill

Pioneer Acres

Irricana, AB
Calgary
Open air
Includes over 12 buildings, agriculture equipment, trucks, antiques, household items, general store, school

Pioneer Threshermen's Museum

High Prairie, AB
Northern
Agriculture
antique farming vehicles and implements

Reynolds Museum

Wetaskiwin, AB
Central
Multiple
Power of the machine", includes automobiles, tractors and farm equipment, planes, motorcycles, bicycles, industrial machines, Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame

Scandia Eastern Irrigation District Museum

Scandia, AB
Southern
Museum depicting agricultural and irrigation history in Eastern Alberta

St. Albert’s Historic River Lots + Grain Elevators

St. Albert, AB
Northern
Open air
Features two historic grain elevators and a reconstructed railway station

South Peace Centennial Museum

Beaverlodge, AB
Northern
Open air
Agricultural pioneer village with restored antique tractors, steam engines, stationary engines, horse-drawn wagons, carriages and antique automobiles

Spruce Grove Grain Elevator Museum

Spruce Grove, AB
Edmonton Capital
Agriculture
Historic grain elevator with agriculture exhibits