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Death: Life's Greatest Mystery. Meet Death. Coming Soon.

Stories of Us - building Alberta's collection - now open

A couple smiles as they look up at a yellow airplane suspended from the ceiling in the Human History Hall

Plan Your Visit

A model of a whale fall, where a dead whale's corpse becomes a huge ecological boost to the ocean floor.

Death: Life's Greatest Mystery Opens February 26

What we collect is who we are

Stories of Us Now open

A photo of three pink objects from the collection: a bird, some slippers, and flowers.

Drop-in Sketching February 19, 5:30 pm

Happy Lunar New Year, Year of the Horse, 2026

Celebrate Lunar New Year! Sunday, February 22

A large collection of pinned butterflies of various subspecies.

Junior Bug Pinning Workshop Saturday, March 14

Mammoth Passes and their colour options

Feed your curiosity all year long