Host
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Alberta Craft Council
Partner
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Canadian Crafts Federation
Location
- Alberta College of Art and Design
Sponsors - American Craft Council,
The Crafts Report
Cultural Destinations in Alberta, Canada
www.travelalberta.com
www.tourismcalgary.com
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, is the largest art and heritage museum in
western Canada, and has a fabulous Blackfoot culture gallery
Heritage Park, Calgary, is an open-air museum, with restored town, farms
and ranches
Art Gallery of Calgary, is one of 7 public galleries and artist-run
centres in Calgary
Art Central, Calgary, is a heritage building with 50+ commercial
galleries and studios
Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton, may be closed for a $150 million
re-build - TBA
Fort Edmonton Park, Edmonton, is another huge village museum
Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, is the province’s largest art museum
Ukrainian Cultural Village, near Edmonton, is Canada’s best
ethno-cultural museum
The Works, Edmonton, June/July, is Canada’s largest visual arts festival
Calgary Stampede, July, is the world’s largest rodeo
Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, is the world’s largest dinosaur museum
http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Fort McLeod, is a 7000 year old World
Heritage Site
Reynolds Museum, Wetaskiwin, is Canada’s largest museum of motorized
vehicles
Remington Museum, Cardston, is Canada’s largest collection of
horse-drawn vehicles
Medalta, Medicine Hat, is the national historic ceramics industry
district and arts centre
Whyte Museum, Banff, is the Rockies museum and cluster of heritage homes
Custom Wollen Mill, Carstairs, is western Canada’s last working fibre
mill
Bar U Ranch, Longview, is a national historic site in stunning foothills
country
Writing-On-Stone, Milk River, is Canada’s largest site of prehistoric
rock art
McNally Robinson, Calgary, is the best book store in Calgary
Chapters and Indigo Books (are the Barnes and Nobel of Canada)
Best restaurants abound and include, Rive Café, The Ranche and The
Palliser in Calgary and Hardware Grill and The McDonald in Edmonton
Banff is the principle tourist destination of western Canada.
West Edmonton Mall is the most popular single visitor destination in
Alberta.
The Alberta Craft Council’s Craft Map is at
www.albertacraft.ab.ca
All of Craft Year 2007 is on-line at
www.canadiancraftsfederation.ca
Both list craft events, across the country, for 2007
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