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A wonderful Little Britches Parade Day 2017 at the museum!
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We are hiring for the summer!
If you are a student returning to school in the fall, we may have a job for you! We have grant positions available for students interested in history and/or museum studies and for our Visitor Information Centre.
Please call 403-652-7156 or email us at info@museumofthehighwood.com for more information.
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What a wonderful weekend!
More than 500 people took part in “Stones and Bones”.
Many, many thanks to:
Janet, Brent, Scott and Dawn from the Archaeology Society of Alberta – Calgary Centre
Archaeologists Jack Brink, Bob Dawe and Paleontologist Chris Jass from the Royal Alberta Museum who worked non-stop educating visitors about their found treasures.
Archaeologist Brian Vivian for “pitching in”.
Jason Roe for facilitating the flintknapping workshop and to all the participants.
Museum volunteer extraordinaire and archaeological enthusiast Terry Quinn who had the idea to bring this event to High River, and worked so hard to help make it such a success.
Everyone who came to the event and those who shared stories of their fascinating finds.
AM 1140, Sun Country 99.7 FM, High River Online, the High River Times, CBC Calgary and our social media supporters who helped enormously with the publicity.
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The Museum of the Highwood celebrates film-making in
Southern Alberta and the history of going to the movies.
This unique exhibit features props, artifacts and images
from locally created movies and television series
including HEARTLAND!!!
Yup – the more things change … two photos taken 113 years apart!
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Enjoy a panoramic, interactive tour
InView Solutions has created a scan of the station. Enjoy!
Please come and visit us soon. We are open 7 days a week from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Sundays from noon to 4 p.m.
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