Explore our collection – in 3D!
Sometimes, a diorama is so realistic, you feel like you can climb right inside the scene. And now, you can - digitally!
Our Collections staff are working on creating digital, 3D models of dioramas and objects from the collection, and sharing them on Sketchfab. Whether for reference, education, or just for fun, you can now explore the Fletcher Site diorama and Fish Camp dioramas from our old Glenora galleries. Or, get up close and personal with a Sabre-tooth skull, if you dare. Zoom in, click around, and go inside the models here!
Keep an eye out for more digitized objects from our collection in the future!
Toy Dog
This little toy dog dates to c. 1950s-1960s. It is made of vinyl, short for polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
Pad Saddle
Pad saddles are usually reserved for men, used when hunting or riding in a dress parade.
Birch Basket
This small berry basket is made from birch bark with seams perfectly stitched with spruce root.
High top moccasins
High top moccasins, Sarah Whitecalf, nêhiyawak, circa 1950.
Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) dress
This Niitsitapi woman’s dress is made from a purple woven woolen cloth and is completely hand-stitched.
Conch Shell
This large shell is likely from the marine snail the Queen Conch, which is currently distributed along the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and nearby coastal waters.
Solomon Creek Tree Cookie
This spruce tree cookie is dated at about 4,300 years old.
Fort Edmonton Wedding Dress
This dress is the oldest European-style dress known to have been worn in Alberta in the Museum’s collection.
Blue Dress
This dress is made of an electric blue silk, sewn on a sewing machine, and trimmed with white silk fringe and velvet ribbon.
Millennium Falcon
Kenner's Millennium Falcon is docked in our collection.
Beaver-gnawed wood
This beaver-gnawed wood was revered from a dugout near Grande Prairie, Alberta, and is about 9,200 years old.
Fluorite
This cluster of fluorite crystals comes from the Lavrion Mining District in Greece.
Sabre-tooth Skull
This replica Smilodon fatalis skull can be seen in our Natural History Gallery at Royal Alberta Museum.
Fish Camp diorama
This Fish Camp diorama was part of the Syncrude Gallery of Aboriginal Culture at the former Glenora location.
Fletcher Site diorama
This diorama was part of the Syncrude Gallery of Aboriginal Culture at the former Glenora location.
Mammoth tooth
This mammoth tooth is over 45,000 years old.
Calcite sand crystals
This cluster of calcite crystals are also known as "sand crystals" because of the abundant sand grains that are found within these formations.
Camel footprint
This Ice Age camel track was recovered from a site in southern Alberta.
