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Step into life in a frontier outpost at Fort Whoop-Up National Historic Site.

Find tranquility at Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden

Cultural Experiences

Southwest Alberta is a place of great diversity, and southwest Albertans celebrate their history, passions, and individuality in a lot of really fun, interesting, and engaging ways.


You’ll never run out of things to do here, but you might have a little trouble narrowing your choices down. So to help, we’ve put together a few packages that combine great places to stay with several of the region’s most popular cultural activities. Check out the choices, book your favorite, and your holiday will be off to a great start.



 
 
 
All in One Attraction Pass

What’s better than staying in one of Southwest Alberta’s best hotels? Staying in one of the best hotels AND getting a free pass to five of the region’s most popular attractions... More Information

 
 
 
Pincher Creek Time Machine

Travel back in time to when southwest Alberta was still a place where hardy frontiersman blazed new trails and homesteaders lived off the land. The Pincher Creek Time Machine package offers one night... More Information

 
 
 
Indoor Explorer

Discover the inner world of southwest Alberta history and visual art by booking an Indoor Explorer package. When you do, you’ll have one night accommodation in a great Lethbridge hotel, as... More Information

 
 
 
Where the West Began

The Crossroads of Highway 2 and Highway 3 is a magical place. It is the spot where a new world began to take shape, where cultures collided and settlers and natives had to learn how to... More Information

 
 
 
Ghost of Past Disasters

At 4:00 AM on April 29, 1903 the top of Turtle mountain broke off and tumbled down into the Crowsnest Pass, burying the sleeping town of Frank. As a modern–day visitor, you will be amazed at... More Information

 

Cultural Experiences in
Calgary

Treaty 7 Tourism
12111 40 Street SE

Phone: 403-281-9779

Across the rolling foothills, through miles of arid badlands, deep in the woods under watchful mountain peaks and in every dusty byway in... More Information



Cultural Experiences in
Cardston

Remington Carriage Museum
623 Main St.

Phone: 403-653-5139

Moving through the wide corridors of the museum, you can almost hear the clip-clopping of hooves, the rumble of wooden wheels, and the sharp snap... More Information



Cultural Experiences in
Claresholm

Claresholm and District Museum
Box 1000

Phone: 403-625-1742

Like all towns in southern Alberta, Claresholm has a history and a story all its own. The Claresholm and District Museum has been the gatekeeper,... More Information



Cultural Experiences in
Crowsnest Pass

 
Frank Slide Interpretive Centre

Phone: 403-562-7388

Driving through the Crowsnest Pass is an eerie and ethereal experience for a stretch of two kilometers. Piled high on both sides of Highway 3 around... More Information



Cultural Experiences in
Fort Macleod

 
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
Box 1977

Phone: 403-553-2731

On a vast stretch of wind-swept prairie just 15 minutes northwest of Fort Macleod is a sandstone escarpment with a dramatic history that... More Information

 
Fort Museum of Northwest Mounted Police
219 Jerry Potts Blvd.

Phone: 403-553-4703

The speakers above the arena are one of the few indications that you’re still in the 21 st century. Music fills the air, a soundtrack of old-timey... More Information


Empress Theatre
235 Main Street

Phone: 403-553-4404

 

The minute you step into the lobby of the Empress Theatre in Fort Macleod, you know you’re in a really special place. The... More Information


 
Windy Rafters Barn Dance
93033 Range Road 250

Phone: 403-553-2130
The roots of western culture are alive and well at Windy Rafters Barn Dance. Located in an authentic and extensively renovated workhorse barn,... More Information


Cultural Experiences in
High River

Museum of the Highwood
406 First Street S.W.,

Phone: 403-652-7156

The Museum of the Highwood is located at 406 First Street S.W. in downtown High River, Alberta. The former CPR... More Information



Cultural Experiences in
Lethbridge

 
Southern Alberta Art Gallery
601 - 3 Ave. S.

Phone: 403-327-8770
Located at the heart of downtown Lethbridge, the Southern Alberta Art Gallery offers a dynamic variety of contemporary art programs and has won international... More Information

City of Lethbridge Recreation and Culture
910 - 4th Avenue South

Phone: 403-320-3020

Lethbridge boasts an extensive urban parks system of more than 100 parks and natural areas – 1,740 hectares (4,300 acres) and more than 140... More Information


 
Galt Museum and Archives
502 – 1st Street South

Phone: 403-320-3898

Stories unfolding...

 

If a picture is worth a thousand words, the stories this building... More Information


Downtown Lethbridge (BRZ)
309 6 Street South Lethbridge

Phone: 403-327-9002

One of the best ways to get a feel for a city is to simply wander through the streets of its downtown. A great city always has a vibrant... More Information


Centre Village Mall
1240 2A Avenue North

Phone: 403-328-8853

 

Can shopping be both enjoyable and convenient? Yes, it can – when it happens at Centre Village Mall.


Located... More Information


Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden
824 Mayor Magrath Drive South

Phone: 403-328-3511
The Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden is a mature four acre garden providing a quiet, serene place for the appreciation of nature and discovery of inner peace.... More Information


Fort Whoop-Up National Historic Site
Indian Battle Park Lethbridge, AB

Phone: 403-329-0444

Before there was an Alberta; before there were red-coated Mounties; there was a Whoop Up!

Fort Whoop Up was founded by American... More Information



Cultural Experiences in
Milk River

Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park/Áísínai’pi National Historic Site
P.O. Box 297

Phone: 403-647-2364

As you venture east from Milk River the prairie seems to widen, urging you ever forward with the promise of something breathtaking. Mother Nature... More Information



Cultural Experiences in
Okotoks

Okotoks Museum and Archives
53 North Railway Street, Okotoks

Phone: 403.938.3204

Every town has a story. The richly layered tale of Okotoks in days gone by is beautifully expressed in an impressive collection of artifacts... More Information


Okotoks Art Gallery
53 N. Railway St.

Phone: 403-938-3204

Long before cars zipped about on paved streets, the railway station was the hub of transportation in Okotoks. The first station in town was... More Information



Cultural Experiences in
Pincher Creek

Heritage Acres
,

Phone: 403-627-2082

Once upon a time, the landscape in southern Alberta was speckled with grain elevators that stood proud against the prairie sky. Threshing machines... More Information



Cultural Experiences in
Siksika

Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park
146

Phone: 403-734-5171

The story and history of southwest Alberta’s First Nations people is as intricately tied to the landscape as the grassland itself. Blackfoot... More Information



Cultural Experiences in
Stirling

 
Michelsen Farmstead Provincial Historic Resource
533 2nd Ave

Phone: 403-756-3379

Originally built in 1902 as a two room home, this house was purchased by Andreas Michelsen, a Danish immigrant and active member of the Church... More Information



Cultural Experiences in
Warner

 
Devil's Coulee Dinosaur & Heritage Museum
300 Country Rd.

Phone: 403-642-2118
Deep in the badlands of southwest Alberta is an ancient site that harkens back to a period in time millions of years before the first wagons ever... More Information


Cultural Experiences in
Waterton

Prince of Wales Hotel
Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta

Phone: 403-859-2231

Perched high on a bluff overlooking Waterton Lake and village, the Prince of Wales Hotel stands in grand solitude, embodying the very characteristics... More Information


Shoreline Cruise Company Ltd.
Waterton Lakes National Park

Phone: 403-859-2362

The boat glides effortlessly across the glass surface of the water, jettying deftly into picturesque nooks and crannies, revealing the most... More Information



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