This complex occupies an attractive site in a park overlooking the river beside the former residence of Alberta's lieutenant-governor. Two galleries are reserved for international exhibits and temporary displays. On the main floor is the Habitat Gall..

Rambling along the ravine of the North Saskatchewan River, this park re-creates the history of settlement in Edmonton. Board the vintage train (free; continuous service) to reach Fort Edmonton, the 1846 fur-trading post. Inside a high palisade, the b..

Constructed in 1969, this modern building, with its open central stairway, presents regularly changing and permanent exhibits. The development of Canadian art is traced by a selection of works from the gallery's 4,000-piece permanent collection. Youn..

The yellow sandstone Alberta Legislature building (1912) occupies the original site of Fort Edmonton. The main entrance (north side) leads into an impressive hall from which a stairway ascends to the legislative assembly. The fifth floor of the dome ..

Displays in the visitor centre provide insight into the mass migration of Ukrainian people to the Canadian Prairies. Homestead development-from early sod-covered dugout to whitewashed dwelling-is explained in detail by costumed interpreters. The vill..

The four glass pyramids of this striking architectural ensemble provide a fine setting for displays of some 700 plant species from three different climatic zones-tropical, temperate and arid. One pyramid is reserved as a showplace for changing displa..

Visitors climb the stairs to the North Gallery, where a forensic science exhibit allows museum-goers to listen to police interviews, take fingerprints and even solve a crime. In the Discovery Zone, children get to make their own constructions from so..

Covering over 483,000sq m/5.3 million sq ft, this leviathan shopping/entertainment complex is the largest in the world. Fronted by an animatronic fire-breathing dragon, it encloses an amusement park, full-size skating rink, waterpark, two hotels and ..