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Experience Alberta's history this summer at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village with our unique hands-on experiential programs.
Dynamic interpreters and an enchanting environment offer a unique opportunity for active and experiential learning for groups of all ages.
- All programs must be booked in advance.
- Programs are available during our summer season.
- Program bookings are subject to availability.
- Book early to ensure your selected date is available.
Self-Guided Tour
Take an immersive trip back in time to explore our living history museum full of real historic buildings that have been restored and furnished with artifacts from different phases of the Ukrainian-Canadian settlement of east central Alberta. Hear stories of solitude, survival, and perseverance while discovering how Ukrainian immigration made a significant impact on Alberta's cultural identity.
Duration: 2 hours (self-directed)
Group Size: 15 or more
Program Cost: $15 per adult, $10 per youth, $13 per senior
Group Discount offered on self-guided tours: 15-60 paid admissions receives 10% off admission, 61 or more paid admissions receives 15% off admission. To receive a group discount groups must be booked in advance and paid for in one transaction.
For Children Ages 3-6
Not available in 2021
I Spy!
Young children can notice the most interesting things while visiting our museum. Inspired by some of our youngest visitors, we’ve prepared a special photo scavenger hunt for young children.
Groups will receive a book of photographs taken throughout the museum, along with some suggestions for activities and things to do when they find the items pictured. Children can seek out the objects pictured using our special “history hunting” toy binoculars, which will help them concentrate on the hunt and appeal to their sense of imagination.
Groups will visit all areas of the museum and will have all their senses engaged as they learn about the things they’re spying along the way.
Duration: 1-2 hours (self-directed)
Group Size: 10-100
Program Cost: $11 per child
For Children Ages 7-12
Not available in 2021
It's an Amazing Race
Participants get to experience first-hand just how amazing our early Ukrainian pioneers really were.
The self-directed groups are divided into smaller units or teams and compete against one another, trying to complete as many stations as possible. They’ll gain a sense of the local history, cultural beliefs, and traditions of the Ukrainian settlers as they search for answers, solve riddles, or lend their hands in some sort of physical historic task.
It’s a high-energy, fun, interactive learning program keeps the participants moving, laughing, and appreciating Alberta’s history.
Duration: 2-4 hours (self-directed)
Group Size: 10-150
Program Cost: $13 per youth
Needle in a Haystack
This fun scavenger hunt through the museum will allow children to explore history in a fun and challenging way. By finding the correct answers to the questions, children will not only learn about life for our early Ukrainian pioneers in east central Alberta during the 1920s, but will also earn a reward for all their efforts!
Duration: 2-3 hours (self-directed)
Group Size: 10-100
Program Cost: $11 per youth
Teenager and Adult Programs
Not available in 2021
It's an Amazing Race
Participants get to experience first-hand just how amazing our early Ukrainian pioneers really were.
The self-directed groups are divided into smaller units or teams and compete against one another, trying to complete as many stations as possible. They’ll gain a sense of the local history, cultural beliefs, and traditions of the Ukrainian settlers as they search for answers, solve riddles, or lend their hands in some sort of physical historic task.
It’s a high-energy, fun, interactive learning program keeps the participants moving, laughing, and appreciating Alberta’s history.
Ages: 7+, great for groups with a wide range of ages
Duration: 2-4 hours (self-directed)
Group Size: 10-150
Program Cost: $13 per youth, $18 per adult
English Language Learning
Not available in 2021
Guided or Self-guided Tours
Journey back in time in a tour format and relive the dreams of Alberta's early pioneers. Compare their story to your own immigration journey.
Participants will receive an activity booklet to complete to practice reading and writing in English. Guided tours allow you to be accompanied by a tour guide who will reveal the rich background and history of Ukrainians in Alberta.
Choosing a self-guided tour will allow group leaders and students to move through the museum at their own pace as individuals or in small groups.
Duration: 2 hours (directed or self-directed)
Group Size: 15 or more
Program Cost: $10 per youth, $15 per adult
Adventure in Town
Take a stroll through town and learn what services and institutions were typically available during the 1920s.
Students will have the opportunity to practice vocabulary and conversation at businesses such as a store, a hotel, a police station, as well as visiting people in their homes.
Duration: 2 hours (self-directed)
Group Size: 10-100
Program Cost: $10 per youth, $15 per adult
Adventure on the Farm
Visit a pioneer household and learn that family's immigration story. Students will also learn to prepare traditional Ukrainian food and complete some simple farm chores in a fun and supportive environment.
Duration: 2 hours (directed)
Group Size: 15 or more
Program Cost: $11 per youth, $16 per adult
Special Mobility-Impaired Driving Tours
Not available in 2021
Groups with individuals with mobility impairment can relive the "good old days" as we showcase east central Alberta from 1892 to 1930. Our award-winning mobility-impaired tour program provides improved access to the site. Groups bring their own bus and drive through our historic areas with one of our costumed guides on board as they tour the museum. Participants remain on board while our staff bring the museum experience to them!
Groups will have the choice of touring from 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. followed by lunch, or arrive for lunch followed by a tour from 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Dates available: Tuesdays in July
Ages: Adults and seniors with reduced mobility
Duration: 90 minute tour plus lunch
Cost:
•Seniors (65 years and older): $13
•Adults (up to 65 years of age): $15
•Support workers and bus drivers are admitted free
•Regular group discount rates apply to bookings made for this program only