The Junior Conductors Camp program is designed for train enthusiasts! Over the course of five days, junior conductors will learn all about trains through tours, models, stories, crafts and games, such as our latest escape train. This week-long camp will culminate in a train-themed, off-site adventure! More Information and Registration HERE!
“40 years in the Kootenay” Things have changed and things stayed the same. The presentation is about Janice's experiences living in Cranbrook and working in Kimberley. The show features her photographs of diverse Kootenay outdoor locations, local history, social, people, and lively tales of things that happened while exploring the grand mountains around here. The one-hour […]
Cranbrook History Centre’s 2023 Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Cranbrook Archives, Museum and Landmark Society will be held at the Cranbrook History Centre’s Royal Alexandra Hall, 57 Van Horne St. S, Cranbrook BC, on May 25th, 2023 at 6:00 pm Mountain Time for the following purposes: […]
Join us for story time in one of our historic train cars! Free activity hosted by the museum afterwards. As a way of connecting our community with our collections, the museum is partnering with the Cranbrook Public Library on this monthly program. The hour-long program offers a free story time led by the library, and […]
Join the Cranbrook History Centre for a very special panel. Pete Sanchez, Bertha Andrew, and Joan O'Neil are Ktunaxa survivors of the Residential School System, Sixties Scoop and Foster Care System. We are honoured to have them share their experiences and how they continue to move forward with us. The discussion will be moderated by […]
The Cranbrook History Centre is excited to announce our new Spring Break Camps as an opportunity for kids to spend a fun-filled day learning about the history of rail travel in Canada. Young train enthusiasts will enjoy these single-day camps which take place on our Trans-Canada Limited 1929 train. The camps will be offered to […]
Canada’s Great Divide Trail (GDT) traverses the vicinity of the high elevation continental watershed divide designated as the interprovincial boundary between Alberta (Alta.) and British Columbia (B.C.). It crisscrosses the vast northwest to southeast trending Canadian Rocky Mountains for more than 1,100 kilometres from the US/Canada border in Waterton Lakes National Park in the south […]
Join us for story time in one of our historic train cars! Free activity hosted by the museum afterwards. As a way of connecting our community with our collections, the museum is partnering with the Cranbrook Public Library on this monthly program. The hour-long program offers a free story time led by the library, and […]
Join the Cranbrook History Centre for an exclusive reading with 2022 Giller Prize Winner, Suzette Mayr, and her newest award-winning book The Sleeping Car Porter. The historic Argyle Dining Car, the real-life setting of the fictional novel, provides an intimate setting for this half-hour reading, moderated question period and meet & greet with the author. […]
Join us for a Holiday story time at the festive Cranbrook History Centre! Free craft hosted by the museum afterwards. As a way of connecting our community with our collections, the museum is partnering with the Cranbrook Public Library on this monthly program. The hour-long program offers a free story time led by the library, […]
September's Ed Talks is going to be a blast! Join us on September 29th for a Ticket to Ride Board Game Tournament! Doors open at 630PM, the tournament starts at 7 PM-- and this one is going to run late! We're anticipating the tournament to run until 9 or 930PM. Hosted by local […]
Take a journey with University of Alberta Paleo student and Director of the Vancouver Paleontological Society Brennan Martens through how fossil hunting at a young age led to a lifelong love for and career in Paleontology. Doors open at 630PM, show starts at 7PM. Admission is always free but registration is required. Who says there's nothing […]
