Heritage Workshop | Caring for your Personal Collections

Flatiron Building Museum 5005 50 Ave, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada

What treasures do you have in your personal collections? Are they being cared for in a way that improves their longevity? Did you know that VHS tape degrades up to 20% every 10-25 years? Or that the chemicals in most cardboard or plastic boxes can contribute to the deterioration of your photographs or documents? That […]

Heritage Workshop | Heritage and Rural Properties

Flatiron Building Museum 5005 50 Ave, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada

After the excitement of the Stones and Bones event we hosted in 2023 we realized that the rural part of our community is looking for resources to help them understand the heritage features found on their land! Our heritage is not confined to urban hubs and rural properties can be important cultural landscapes full of […]

Heritage Workshop | Caretaking of a Heritage Building

Lacombe Performing Arts Centre 5227 Calgary Edmonton Trail, Lacombe, Alberta

**Please note that this event has been cancelled** Do you own a heritage building? Do you have questions about what it means to designate a building? Are you curious about how the preserve the built history that is in your care? For our forth heritage workshop in 2024 we have teamed up with the City […]

Michener House Grand (Re)Opening

Lacombe Museum Street, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada

Michener House Grand (Re)Opening May 25th, 2024 | 1PM 5036-51 Street, Lacombe The Lacombe Museum invites our community to help us officially re-open the Michener House Museum after its year-long closure for renovations and upgrades. Join us for a brief welcome program, light freshments, and first looks at the new display spaces inside the Michener […]

Heritage Workshop | Early Lacombe: 130 Years of the Michener House and our Community

Lacombe Performing Arts Centre 5227 Calgary Edmonton Trail, Lacombe, Alberta

This will be the last heritage workshop before a summer break! More of a lecture than a workshop join us in celebrating 130 of the Michener House, and Lacombe, as we look back to the early settlement of our community. We will showcase the early settlement of Lacombe with photos from our collection, share stories […]

Harvest Dinner 2024

Ellis Nature Centre 39502 Range Road 260, Lacombe County, Alberta, Canada

Join us for the Lacombe Museums 3rd Annual Harvest Dinner Join us for an unforgettable evening of culinary delights at the 2024 Harvest Dinner Fundraising Gala, presented by to benefit the Lacombe Museum and Ellis Bird Farm. This exclusive fundraising event promises an extraordinary farm-to-fork experience, featuring Guest Chefs from Lacombe & District. Savour locally sourced […]

$100.00

Annual Hammer-In Festival 2024

Lacombe Blacksmith Shop Museum 5020 49 St, Lacombe, AB, Canada

The Lacombe & District Historical Society is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated Annual Hammer-In Festival at the Lacombe Blacksmith Shop. Mark your calendars for September 14, 2024 as we invite you to the largest Blacksmith gathering in Alberta, and a day filled with blacksmithing marvels, artisan markets, and captivating historical experiences. 2024 marks several […]

2024 Annual General Meeting

Lacombe Performing Arts Centre 5227 Calgary Edmonton Trail, Lacombe, Alberta

Join the Lacombe and District Historical Society for their 2024 AGM. The 2023 Annual Report will be presented, vacancies on the board of directors will be voted on, and conversations about future projects of the Lacombe Museum will be had! Meeting will take place at the Lacombe Performing Arts Centre. RSVP to the AGM via […]