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Glenbow Museum


TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #7 of 114 attractions in Calgary
Traveller Description:
The largest museum in Western Canada has exhibits on everything from traditions of piercing and tattooing to life in certain tribes in Western Africa...... more » The largest museum in Western Canada has exhibits on everything from traditions of piercing and tattooing to life in certain tribes in Western Africa to Canada's heritage. « less
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Attraction type: History museum, Museum, Art gallery
Address: 130 Ninth Ave. SE Calgary, Alberta T2G 0P3
Canada
Tel: 403-268-4100
Fax: 403 265 9769

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15 Aug 2008
1
person found this review helpful

I thought I would only get 30 mins or so at the museum before it closed but surprisingly it was opened til 9p (open til 9p on Thurs). I am not an Alberta native, but was looking for something interesting and eventful to do, and I`m glad I went! They had an exhibit on warrior experiences; everything from armour, letters... more

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5 of 5 stars
Reading, England
20 Apr 2008
1
person found this review helpful

This is a wonderful museum. If you only have a day to see Calgary then I would recommend the Glenbow Museum along with the Calgary tower and zoo as the places to go. The museum is huge and it would be hard to list everything, but my favourite exhibits were on the history of Alberta, First Nations culture and history... more

the bogs
20 Jan 2004

Interesting exhibit of the Bog mummies. more

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130 Ninth Ave. SE, Calgary, Alberta T2G 0P3, Canada
Tel: 403-268-4100 Fax: 403 265 9769