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STORIES: An Artist Showcase

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

For 2024, the Artists Exhibit at the Lacombe Museum is 'Stories'. Join us in exploring the theme with local artists in this group exhibition. Stories unite us through the past, present, and into the future. The featured artists have been invited to interpret this theme in a way that is meaningful to them via their […]

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 […]

Event Series Historic Downtown Walking Tours

Historic Downtown Walking Tours

Michener House Museum 5036 51st Street, Lacombe, Alberta

Join the Lacombe Museum for our 2024 season of Historic Downtown Walking Tours! Meet at the Michener House Garden each Saturday at 4:00 to explore the history of downtown with one of our tour guides. Tour themes include: Mural Tour, Historic Building Tour, Intrigue on the Prairies, and Hidden Histories. If you have a suggestion […]

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 […]

Event Series Historic Downtown Walking Tours

Historic Downtown Walking Tours

Michener House Museum 5036 51st Street, Lacombe, Alberta

Join the Lacombe Museum for our 2024 season of Historic Downtown Walking Tours! Meet at the Michener House Garden each Saturday at 4:00 to explore the history of downtown with one of our tour guides. Tour themes include: Mural Tour, Historic Building Tour, Intrigue on the Prairies, and Hidden Histories. If you have a suggestion […]

Event Series Forging Fridays

Forging Fridays

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

Starting in 2024 the Lacombe Blacksmith Shop Museum will be hosting Forging Fridays on the last Friday of the month during our open season. Forging Fridays are a day to show off your projects, socialize, and learn more about heritage blacksmithing in our 1902 shop. No experience in blacksmithing is necessary! We want to create […]

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 […]

Event Series Historic Downtown Walking Tours

Historic Downtown Walking Tours

Michener House Museum 5036 51st Street, Lacombe, Alberta

Join the Lacombe Museum for our 2024 season of Historic Downtown Walking Tours! Meet at the Michener House Garden each Saturday at 4:00 to explore the history of downtown with one of our tour guides. Tour themes include: Mural Tour, Historic Building Tour, Intrigue on the Prairies, and Hidden Histories. If you have a suggestion […]

S-hook Workshop (June)

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

New in 2024 we are offering mini-workshops! The mini-workshops give students a taste of blacksmithing with a project that is designed to take less time than our large project workshops. Each mini will let students make a small item that allows them to dip their toes into the art of blacksmithing. In June Mini-Workshop Students […]

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Event Series Historic Downtown Walking Tours

Historic Downtown Walking Tours

Michener House Museum 5036 51st Street, Lacombe, Alberta

Join the Lacombe Museum for our 2024 season of Historic Downtown Walking Tours! Meet at the Michener House Garden each Saturday at 4:00 to explore the history of downtown with one of our tour guides. Tour themes include: Mural Tour, Historic Building Tour, Intrigue on the Prairies, and Hidden Histories. If you have a suggestion […]

Event Series Historic Downtown Walking Tours

Historic Downtown Walking Tours

Michener House Museum 5036 51st Street, Lacombe, Alberta

Join the Lacombe Museum for our 2024 season of Historic Downtown Walking Tours! Meet at the Michener House Garden each Saturday at 4:00 to explore the history of downtown with one of our tour guides. Tour themes include: Mural Tour, Historic Building Tour, Intrigue on the Prairies, and Hidden Histories. If you have a suggestion […]

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Fall Hours

Flatiron Building Museum
OPEN Wed-Sat 10 am – 4 pm
Blacksmith Shop Museum
Closed for the season
Michener House Museum
Closed for the season

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The Lacombe & District Historical Society acknowledges that we are working, volunteering, and living on Treaty 6 Territory and the Métis homeland, a traditional gathering place for diverse Indigenous Peoples including the Maskwacis Nēhiyaw (Bear Hills Cree), Niitsítapi (Blackfoot), Nakoda (Stony), Dene (Athabascan), Métis and many other distinct Indigenous Peoples whose footsteps have walked these lands for time immemorial, and whose history, culture, and language continues to influence our vibrant community.
To learn more, please visit our Treaty No. 6 resource page.
The Lacombe & District Historical Society is a registered Alberta Society’s Act Non-profit Organization & CRA Recognized Charity
Charity No: 119244416RR0001

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