Highly recommend Historic Markerville Creamery Museum. Interesting self guided tour of old butter…read moreand cheese factory for $5, healthy roast beef sandwich and salad meal for $8 and "one scoop" of ice cream for $5! Great way to spend a rainy afternoon on the way back to E-town.

From the owner: Experience culture & history in this traditionally Icelandic hamlet. The Creamery museum is housed…read morein the original historic building, built in 1902, and offers guided tours of commercial butter production set in 1932. Afterwards, relax in the courtyard, enjoy Icelandic delights or your favourite ice cream. Explore the hamlet on an interpretive historic walk of the business sector, discover 2 more historic sites and enjoy the beautiful gardens. You'll agree this is Central Alberta's hidden gem!

Pioneer Village Museum is a must see! The photos speak for themselves. If you visit Sundre and…read moredon't stop in for a visit, it would be a regret I would not want to live with!

Great free for nothing (donations appreciated) walk into yesteryear…read more Fabulous vintage wagons and tractors, as well as a couple cool old cars and trucks. Educational stuff in the barns as well.

From the owner: We are a seasonal living heritage museum located in the heart of Red Deer! Come visit us every day…read moreVictoria Day - Labour Day, 9-5, 7 days a week. Make friends with our animals on display, milk our dairy cow Lily, explore a blacksmith shop, and explore plenty more buildings and displays to learn what life was like on a farm like grandpa's. Admission is by donation. Check out our website www.sunnybrookfarmmuseum.ca for more information, special events and to find forms to sign up for our summer day camps or book birthday parties.

this was the best $8 I spent all day, and I typically don't like this kind of stuff. I zoomed…read morethrough the history section because I was so excited to get into the Wildlife Museum, and it was SO COOL! Take a day trip to Sundre! it's a quick nice drive from calgary - support the museum, then head across the street to Swamp Donkeys for lunch! you won't regret it. unless you're a jerk.

There is a gopher diorama museum an hour north of Calgary and it's everything you would dream of it…read morebeing. It's in a quaint cottage with a sweet little souvenir shop to commemorate your visit here. The world map is filled with push pins from visitors from every obscure corner of the world, and you will be warmly greeted by Lauren, the daughter of the museum founder, who regales you with many fun stories. Definitely a fun and light-hearted half hour stop along the way to Tyrell Museum in Drumheller, it's 100% worth the trek.

So this is one of the things on my bucket list. Wasn't very fancy. Wasn't very big. Was it exactly…read morewhat I expected, no. Definitely worth the detour maybe you'll be disappointed if it's the destination. Bring cash or be able to E! transfer money as they do not have debit.