This Day in Royal Alberta Museum History
| Aug 10 1628: | The Swedish warship Wasa, the subject of an exhibition in 1983, sank just outside Stockholm harbour on her maiden voyage. |
| Mar 19 1864: | Birth of artist Charles Marion Russell in St Louis, Missouri, USA. He painted one of the iconic objects in the Museum's collection, The Queen's War Hounds. |
| Mar 08 1913: | Birth of artist Luke Lindoe, in Bashaw, Alberta. He was best known for his work in clay, as well as his paintings, but he also created several architectural artworks, including the Petroglyph Wall on the south side of the Museum building. |
| Aug 31 1913: | Birth of artist Clarence Tillenius, in Sandridge, Manitoba. He was well known for his work on museum dioramas, including the Mountain Goat diorama in the Wild Alberta gallery. |
| May 29 1914: | The passenger ship RMS Empress of Ireland sank in the St Lawrence River after a collision with another ship. More than 1,012 people died in the disaster. Some artifacts from the wreck became part of the Museum's collection in 2007. |
| Dec 02 1919: | John Poikans, palaeontology technician and preparator at the Museum in the late 1960s, born in Liepna, Latvia. |
| Mar 28 1920: | Birth of artist John Weaver, in Anaconda, Montana, USA. Well known for his sculptures in bronze, he created three large bronze artworks for the Museum lobby while working as the Museum's resident sculptor, 1966-1971. |
| Jan 02 1925: | Maurice White, long-time museum volunteer, born in Coldwater, Ontario.. |
| May 20 1925: | Lawrence D. Halmrast born in Raymond, Alberta. In 1992, he donated a large firearms collection to the Provincial Museum of Alberta. |
| Oct 24 1926: | Death of artist Charles Marion Russell in Great Falls, Montana, USA, at the age of 62. He painted one of the iconic objects in the Museum's collection, The Queen's War Hounds. |
| Apr 02 1927: | Julie Hrapko, Curator of Botany (1969-1994), born in Pobeda School District, Two Hills region, Alberta. |
| Jan 02 1938: | Ralph Carson, on staff 1965-1982, first as Assistant Curator, Natural History, later as Habitat Artist, born in the Swan River valley, Manitoba. |
| Aug 07 1946: | Rod Vickers, Plains Archaeologist (1991-2001), born in Regina, Saskatchewan. |
| Jan 02 1947: | Maurice Doll, Curator of Government History (1987-2003), born in Saskatchewan. |
| Nov 17 1947: | Philip H. R. Stepney, Director of the Museum (1989-2001), born in Edmonton, Alberta. |
| Mar 13 1949: | Phil Currie, dinosaur palaeontologist and Curator of Palaeontology (1976-1981), born in Brampton, Ontario. |
| Jun 13 1949: | Jack Brink, Curator of Archaeology (2001-2018), born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. |
| Nov 15 1951: | Paul Beier, Exhibit Designer on staff ca. 1988 - 2003, born in Alberta. |
| Apr 21 1952: | Milt Wright, archaeologist 1991-1995, born in Toronto, Ontario. |
| Jun 28 1956: | Birth of Roxy Hastings, on staff at the museum 1989-2014 and Curator of Botany (1995-2014). |
| May 03 1962: | As reported by The Edmonton Journal, the Provincial Secretary, A. R, Patrick. announced the appointment of Raymond O. Harrison as a provincial museum consultant, to advise on the development of the new institution. |
| Aug 22 1964: | Bruce A. McCorquodale's appointment as Head Curator of Natural History for the "Alberta Museum" was announced by the Provincial Secretary, the Honourable Ambrose Holowach. |
| May 11 1965: | Bruce McCorquodale, Head Curator of Natural History for the Provincial Museum of Alberta gives an illustrated lecture on the plans for the new building and displays to the Edmonton Natural History Club, at the Biological Sciences building on the University of Alberta campus. |
| Dec 06 1967: | Official opening of the Provincial Museum and Archives of Alberta. |
| Dec 07 1967: | First day that the Provincial Museum and Archives of Alberta was open to the public. |
| Nov 06 1968: | Publication of Information Bulletin No. 1, the first issue of a publication that appeared either weekly or biweekly until 1972. |
| Dec 01 1968: | Early Building in Saskatchewan exhibition closes. |
| Dec 06 1968: | One year anniversary of the opening of the Provincial Museum and Archives. More than 314,000 people visited in this first year. |
| Dec 30 1968: | Latvian Handicrafts and Art exhibition closes. |
| Jan 20 1969: | Toys of Yesteryear exhibition closes. |
| Jan 15 1969: | Soldiers of Western Canada exhibition opens. |
| Jan 17 1969: | The Buffalo exhibition opens. |
| Feb 16 1969: | The Buffalo exhibition closes. |
| Feb 21 1969: | Australia, the Sunburnt Country exhibition opens. |
| Mar 15 1969: | Soldiers of Western Canada exhibition closes. |
| Mar 16 1969: | Australia, the Sunburnt Country exhibition closes. |
| Apr 30 1969: | McClintock Cache Discovery exhibition closes. |
| May 02 1969: | Forts, Towns and Buildings of the West exhibition opens. |
| May 24 1969: | Discovering Nature in Colour exhibition opens. |
| Jun 01 1969: | Forts, Towns and Buildings of the West exhibition closes. |
| Jun 22 1969: | Discovering Nature in Colour exhibition closes. |
| Jul 04 1969: | Flowers of Alberta exhibition opens. |
| Jul 09 1969: | Pronghorn Diorama, habitat group added to the Habitat Gallery. |
| Jul 27 1969: | Flowers of Alberta exhibition closes. |
| Jul 30 1969: | Ukrainian Arts and Handicrafts exhibition opens. |
| Aug 16 1969: | Carvings of Sanchi exhibition opens. |
| Sep 07 1969: | Carvings of Sanchi exhibition closes. |
| Sep 13 1969: | Animal Behaviour exhibition opens. |
| Sep 15 1969: | Birds That Need Your Protection exhibition opens. |
| Oct 03 1969: | Range Life exhibition opens. |
| Oct 05 1969: | Animal Behaviour exhibition opens. |
| Oct 09 1969: | A Historical Perspective on Pollution exhibition opens. |
| Nov 02 1969: | Range Life exhibition closes. |
| Nov 28 1969: | Eskimo Prints exhibition opens. |
| Nov 30 1969: | Birds That Need Your Protection exhibition closes. |
| Dec 28 1969: | Eskimo Prints exhibition closes. |
| Jan 06 1970: | A Historical Perspective on Pollution exhibition closes. |
| Jan 25 1970: | Salute to Northwest Territories Centennial - Cape Dorset Eskimo Art exhibition opens. |
| Feb 15 1970: | Salute to Northwest Territories Centennial - Cape Dorset Eskimo Art exhibition closes. |
| Feb 17 1970: | A University Collects exhibition opens. |
| Mar 21 1970: | Silent Cities - Mexico and the Maya exhibition opens. |
| Mar 25 1970: | Beneath Your Feet - Alberta's Geology, new Geology Gallery opens. |
| Mar 25 1970: | The Pronghorns, bronze sculpture by John B. Weaver located in the Museum lobby is unveiled. |
| Apr 12 1970: | Silent Cities - Mexico and the Maya exhibition closes. |
| Apr 17 1970: | Migration of Birds exhibition opens. |
| May 11 1970: | A University Collects exhibition closes. |
| May 15 1970: | Migration of Birds exhibition closes. |
| May 21 1970: | Easter Island exhibition opens. |
| Jun 14 1970: | Easter Island exhibition closes. |
| Jun 15 1970: | Birds of Asia exhibition opens. |
| Jun 23 1970: | Opening of Leisure, a new component added to the Human History Gallery. |
| Jul 03 1970: | Eskimo Artifacts and Prints exhibition opens. |
| Jul 11 1970: | Birds of Asia exhibition closes. |
| Jul 11 1970: | The Preservation of Abu Simnel exhibition opens. |
| Aug 09 1970: | The Preservation of Abu Simnel exhibition closes. |
| Aug 28 1970: | Eskimo Artifacts and Prints exhibition closes. |
| Sep 19 1970: | The Colour of Man exhibition opens. |
| Oct 18 1970: | The Colour of Man exhibition closes. |
| Oct 30 1970: | Early Canadiana exhibition opens. |
| Nov 03 1970: | Blackfoot Ceremony and Religion, a new component is added to the Human History Gallery, and opened by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, the Honourable Dr. G. W. MacEwan. |
| Nov 23 1971: | Early Canadiana exhibition closes. |
| Jan 05 1971: | Moon Rock exhibition opens. |
| Jan 06 1971: | View from Outer Space II exhibition opens. |
| Jan 10 1971: | Moon Rock exhibition closes. |
| Jan 31 1971: | View from Outer Space II exhibition closes. |
| Feb 09 1971: | Great Ring of Canada exhibition closes. |
| Mar 15 1971: | Beethoven exhibition closes. |
| Mar 31 1971: | Hungarian Art and Handicrafts exhibition closes. |
| Apr 07 1971: | The Provincial Museum and Archives welcomed its one millionth visitor. |
| Apr 15 1971: | Gallery Storyline Frieze, this frieze was installed on the wall of the Museum's lobby, behind the Admissions Desk. |
| Apr 15 1971: | Domestic Heating, a new component added to the Human History Gallery. |
| Apr 15 1971: | Mammals, a new component added to the Natural History Gallery. |
| Apr 15 1971: | White-tailed Deer Diorama, habitat group added to the Natural History Gallery. |
| Apr 15 1971: | Polish Canadian Heritage exhibition opens. |
| Apr 18 1971: | Ancient Rock Paintings and Engravings exhibition closes. |
| Jun 20 1971: | Wildflowers of Alberta - Paintings by Dr Annora Brown exhibition opens. |
| Jun 20 1971: | A Photographer's View of Nature - Dr Cyril Hampson exhibition opens. |
| Jun 27 1971: | Polish Canadian Heritage exhibition closes. |
| Jun 28 1971: | Pioneer Life exhibition closes. |
| Jul 02 1971: | Egyptian Wall Paintings exhibition opens. |
| Aug 21 1971: | Plants of the American Indian exhibition opens. |
| Aug 31 1971: | Egyptian Wall Paintings exhibition closes. |
| Sep 26 1971: | Plants of the American Indian exhibition closes. |
| Dec 29 1971: | Museum Open House, first day of three day event. |
| Dec 30 1971: | Museum Open House, second day of three day event. |
| Dec 31 1971: | Museum Open House, third day of three day event. |
| Jan 30 1972: | Walter J. Phillips Views Western Canada exhibition closes. |
| Feb 01 1972: | No Place to Play exhibition opens. |
| Mar 01 1972: | No Place to Play exhibition closes. |
| Mar 05 1972: | Indian Recreation, a new component of the Human History Gallery opens. |
| Jul 01 1972: | Peoples of the World exhibition opens. |
| Aug 12 1972: | Canadian Nature Art '72 exhibition opens. |
| Aug 20 1972: | Peoples of the World exhibition closes. |
| Oct 15 1972: | Canadian Nature Art '72 exhibition closes. |
| Dec 16 1972: | Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition opens. |
| Jan 09 1973: | Hungarian Heritage exhibition closes. |
| Jan 14 1973: | Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition closes. |
| Jul 17 1974: | US Space Spectacular exhibition opens. |
| Jul 21 1974: | A total of 13,251 people visited the Museum on this day to see the US Space Spectacular exhibition, a new attendance record for the greatest number of visitors on a single day. |
| Jul 30 1974: | US Space Spectacular exhibition closes. |
| Jul 30 1974: | The Last Great Gold Rush exhibition closes. |
| Nov 08 1974: | Canadian War Paintings and Photographs exhibition opens. |
| Dec 09 1974: | Canadian War Paintings and Photographs exhibition closes. |
| Dec 20 1974: | Arms and Armour: The Age of Chivalry exhibition opens. |
| Jan 03 1975: | Museum Open House, first day of two day event. |
| Jan 04 1975: | Museum Open House, second day of two day event. |
| Feb 15 1975: | Western Odyssey: To the Canadian Northwest with the Marquis of Lorne, 1881, An Exhibition of Drawings by Sydney Prior Hall (1842-1922) exhibition opens. |
| Feb 28 1975: | Arms and Armour: The Age of Chivalry exhibition closes. |
| Mar 15 1975: | The Legacy: Contemporary British Columbia Indian Art exhibition opens. |
| Mar 31 1975: | Western Odyssey: To the Canadian Northwest with the Marquis of Lorne, 1881, An Exhibition of Drawings by Sydney Prior Hall (1842-1922) exhibition closes. |
| Apr 30 1975: | The Legacy: Contemporary British Columbia Indian Art exhibition closes. |
| Aug 02 1975: | Eskimo History: A Long Look Back exhibition opens. |
| Aug 08 1975: | Ukrainian Churches of Alberta exhibition opens. |
| Sep 01 1975: | Eskimo History: A Long Look Back exhibition closes. |
| Sep 21 1975: | Ukrainian Churches of Alberta exhibition closes. |
| Oct 10 1975: | The Athapaskans exhibition opens. |
| Oct 17 1975: | Canadian Nature Art '75 exhibition opens. |
| Oct 17 1975: | The Decorative Arts of West Africa exhibition opens. |
| Nov 17 1975: | Canadian Nature Art '75 exhibition closes. |
| Nov 30 1975: | North from Blatchford Field exhibition closes. |
| Nov 30 1975: | The Decorative Arts of West Africa exhibition closes. |
| Jan 04 1976: | The Athapaskans exhibition closes. |
| Feb 20 1976: | Portraits of the Indians exhibition opens. |
| Apr 25 1976: | Portraits of the Indians exhibition closes. |
| May 09 1976: | Medieval Images exhibition opens. |
| May 30 1976: | Medieval Images exhibition closes. |
| Jun 27 1976: | Why? Why Not! exhibition closes. |
| Jul 09 1976: | The Buffalo exhibition opens. |
| Aug 15 1976: | The Buffalo exhibition closes. |
| Dec 10 1976: | A Parliament of Owls exhibition opens. |
| Jan 16 1977: | Play's the Thing exhibition closes. |
| Jan 22 1977: | Material Culture of New Guinea exhibition opens. |
| Jan 23 1977: | Small World of Toys exhibition closes. |
| Feb 27 1977: | A Parliament of Owls exhibition closes. |
| Mar 03 1977: | Material Culture of New Guinea exhibition closes. |
| Mar 05 1977: | Austrian Folklore and Culture exhibition opens. |
| Feb 03 1979: | Black Gold in Alberta exhibition closes. |
| Aug 06 1979: | Spiritual Life - Sacred Ritual, a new component added to the Human History gallery. |
| Sep 14 1979: | Henry Birks Collection of Canadian Silver exhibition opens. |
| Jan 07 1980: | Henry Birks Collection of Canadian Silver exhibition closes. |
| Mar 29 1980: | Discovering Dinosaurs exhibition opens. |
| Apr 09 1980: | Discovering Dinosaurs lecture series, first of five lectures, "History of Dinosaur Collecting in Alberta", by Philip Currie, Provincial Museum of Alberta. |
| Apr 16 1980: | Discovering Dinosaurs lecture series, second of five lectures, "New Thoughts on Old Bones", by Dr. Peter Dodson, University of Pennsylvania. |
| Apr 23 1980: | Discovering Dinosaurs lecture series, third of five lectures, "Reflections of the Dinosaur World", by Dr. Dale Russell, National Museum of Canada. |
| Apr 30 1980: | Discovering Dinosaurs lecture series, fourth of five lectures, "Dinosaur Physiology", by Dr. John Ostrom, Yale University. |
| May 07 1980: | Discovering Dinosaurs lecture series, fifth of five lectures, "Cold Blooded Facts about Hot Blooded Dinosaurs", by Dr. Robert Bakker, John [sic] Hopkins University. |
| Sep 05 1980: | Australian Aboriginal Art exhibition opens. |
| Sep 06 1980: | Discovering Dinosaurs exhibition closes. |
| Oct 05 1980: | Australian Aboriginal Art exhibition closes. |
| Jan 06 1981: | Opening event for Birds of Prey and Understanding Clay exhibitions. |
| Jan 16 1981: | Understanding Clay exhibition opens. |
| Jan 20 1981: | Opening event for Minerals, Metals and Man, Ukrainian Religous Architecture, and Thank You exhibitions. |
| Jan 21 1981: | Museum Open House, first day of two day event. |
| Jan 22 1981: | Museum Open House, second day of two day event. |
| Apr 07 1981: | Elitekey: Micmac Material Culture exhibition opens. |
| Mar 16 1981: | Nag Hammadi exhibition opens. |
| Apr 20 1981: | "Thank You" exhibition closes. |
| Jun 02 1981: | Canada! exhibition opens. |
| Jun 11 1981: | Chinese Canadian Heritage and Cultural Exhibition exhibition opens. |
| Jun 17 1981: | Nag Hammadi exhibition closes. |
| Jun 29 1981: | Elitekey: Micmac Material Culture exhibition closes. |
| Jul 02 1981: | Canada! exhibition closes. |
| Jul 07 1981: | Pictures in the Wild exhibition opens. |
| Jul 07 1981: | The Bird Photography of Tom Webb exhibition opens. |
| Jul 07 1981: | Playful Objects: An Exhibition in Celebration of Fun exhibition opens. |
| Jul 08 1981: | The Beauty of Pheasants exhibition opens. |
| Jul 12 1981: | Chinese Canadian Heritage and Cultural Exhibition exhibition closes. |
| Jul 21 1981: | Avatars: Hindu Incarnations exhibition opens. |
| Aug 30 1981: | Pictures in the Wild exhibition closes. |
| Aug 30 1981: | The Bird Photography of Tom Webb exhibition closes. |
| Sep 01 1981: | Playful Objects: An Exhibition in Celebration of Fun exhibition closes. |
| Sep 07 1981: | Mammoth Find in the Edmonton Area exhibition closes. |
| Sep 02 1981: | Paul Allen's West exhibition opens. |
| Sep 08 1981: | Rodeo: A Pictorial Essay exhibition opens. |
| Sep 15 1981: | The Covenant Chain: Indian Ceremonial and Trade Silver exhibition opens. |
| Sep 15 1981: | Opening event for The Covenant Chain: Indian Ceremonial and Trade Silver exhibition. |
| Oct 02 1981: | Paul Allen's West exhibition closes. |
| Oct 30 1981: | Rodeo: A Pictorial Essay exhibition closes. |
| Nov 15 1981: | The Covenant Chain: Indian Ceremonial and Trade Silver exhibition closes. |
| Nov 22 1981: | Avatars: Hindu Incarnations exhibition closes. |
| Dec 01 1981: | Spirits of Earth and Water: Ancient Eskimo Cultures of Newfoundland and Labrador exhibition opens. |
| Dec 03 1981: | The Four Seasons: Food-Getting in British Columbia Prehistory exhibition opens. |
| Dec 08 1981: | Opening event for The Four Seasons: Food-Getting in British Columbia Prehistory and Spirits of Earth and Water: Ancient Eskimo Cultures of Newfoundland and Labrador exhibitions. |
| Jan 03 1982: | Canada Fantasy exhibition closes. |
| Jan 06 1982: | Ancient Scribes exhibition closes. |
| Jan 06 1982: | The Prairie West: A Visual Perspective exhibition opens. |
| Jan 08 1982: | From My Grandmother's Hands: Moccasins of the Plains Indians exhibition opens. |
| Jan 14 1982: | The Four Seasons: Food-Getting in British Columbia Prehistory exhibition closes. |
| Feb 02 1982: | Western Alienation exhibition opens. |
| Feb 21 1982: | The Beauty of Pheasants exhibition closes. |
| Feb 28 1982: | From My Grandmother's Hands: Moccasins of the Plains Indians exhibition closes. |
| Apr 01 1982: | Wild Flowers of Alberta exhibition opens. |
| Apr 06 1982: | Benny Motzfeldt: A Norwegian Pathfinder in Glass exhibition opens. |
| Apr 20 1982: | Newfoundland Photography exhibition opens. |
| Apr 25 1982: | Western Alienation exhibition closes. |
| Apr 25 1982: | Horse Brasses exhibition closes. |
| May 02 1982: | Birds of Alberta exhibition closes. |
| May 16 1982: | Museum Open House, behind the scenes event. |
| May 18 1982: | Museum Open House, behind the scenes event. |
| May 30 1982: | Newfoundland Photography exhibition closes. |
| Jun 02 1982: | Maurits C. Escher (1898-1971) exhibition opens. |
| Jun 02 1982: | A Feast of Colour: Corpus Christi Dance Costumes of Ecuador exhibition opens. |
| Jun 02 1982: | Eugene Atget (1857-1927) exhibition opens. |
| Jun 20 1982: | Benny Motzfeldt: A Norwegian Pathfinder in Glass exhibition closes. |
| Jun 22 1982: | Dinosaurs, Mammoths and Cavemen: The Art of Charles R. Knight exhibition opens. |
| Jun 28 1982: | The Friends of the Provincial Museum of Alberta Society established. |
| Jun 30 1982: | Images of the Wild exhibition opens. |
| Jul 12 1982: | A Feast of Colour: Corpus Christi Dance Costumes of Ecuador exhibition closes. |
| Aug 03 1982: | Eugene Atget (1857-1927) exhibition closes. |
| Aug 15 1982: | Maurits C. Escher (1898-1971) exhibition closes. |
| Aug 17 1982: | Charlie Beil: Western Sculptor 1894-1976 exhibition opens. |
| Aug 24 1982: | The Poetry Gallery exhibition opens. |
| Sep 19 1982: | Wild Flowers of Alberta exhibition closes. |
| Sep 19 1982: | Images of the Wild exhibition closes. |
| Sep 26 1982: | Dinosaurs, Mammoths and Cavemen: The Art of Charles R. Knight exhibition closes. |
| Oct 06 1982: | The Creative Tradition: Indian Handicrafts and Tourist Art exhibition opens. |
| Oct 14 1982: | The Laughter of a Free Nation: Polish Political Cartoons, August 1980 to December 1981 exhibition opens. |
| Oct 17 1982: | Charlie Beil: Western Sculptor 1894-1976 exhibition closes. |
| Nov 01 1982: | Nightwings exhibition opens. |
| Nov 03 1982: | 500 Years of Wine in the Arts exhibition opens. |
| Nov 21 1982: | The Laughter of a Free Nation: Polish Political Cartoons, August 1980 to December 1981 exhibition closes. |
| Nov 23 1982: | The Poetry Gallery exhibition closes. |
| Nov 24 1982: | Bighorn Sheep Habitat Group in the Habitat Gallery opens. |
| Nov 24 1982: | Omingmak - The Muskox exhibition opens. |
| Nov 30 1982: | 500 Years of Wine in the Arts exhibition closes. |
| Nov 30 1982: | The War of 1812 exhibition opens. |
| Dec 21 1982: | Tiles Tell a Tale exhibition opens. |
| Jan 02 1983: | Nightwings exhibition closes. |
| Jan 03 1983: | The War of 1812 exhibition closes. |
| Jan 04 1983: | The Creative Tradition: Indian Handicrafts and Tourist Art exhibition closes. |
| Jan 11 1983: | Dreams of Empire - Canada Before 1700 exhibition opens. |
| Jan 17 1983: | Hokkaido Art - 1960-1980 exhibition opens. |
| Jan 23 1983: | Tiles Tell a Tale exhibition closes. |
| Jan 24 1983: | Omingmak - The Muskox exhibition closes. |
| Feb 01 1983: | Cloud Flowers: Rhododendrons East and West exhibition opens. |
| Feb 13 1983: | Hokkaido Art - 1960-1980 exhibition closes. |
| Feb 15 1983: | Canadian Nature Art exhibition opens. |
| Feb 22 1983: | Choices exhibition opens. |
| Mar 06 1983: | Canadian Nature Art exhibition closes. |
| Mar 15 1983: | Cloud Flowers: Rhododendrons East and West exhibition closes. |
| Mar 27 1983: | Dreams of Empire - Canada Before 1700 exhibition closes. |
| Mar 27 1983: | Choices exhibition closes. |
| Apr 01 1983: | Colours of Acadia: Couleurs d'Acadie exhibition opens. |
| Apr 12 1983: | Inuit Games and Contests: The Clifford E. Lee Collection of Prints exhibition opens. |
| Apr 13 1983: | Pioneering Women exhibition opens. |
| Apr 27 1983: | Lansdowne - Bird Paintings 1958-1972 exhibition opens. |
| Apr 27 1983: | White Pelican Habitat Group, diorama in the Habitat Gallery opens. |
| May 15 1983: | Museum Open House, first day of a two day event. |
| May 16 1983: | Museum Open House, second day of a two day event. |
| May 18 1983: | The Chinese Canadian Cultural and Heritage Exhibition opens. |
| May 24 1983: | Pioneering Women exhibition closes. |
| May 30 1983: | Colours of Acadia: Couleurs d'Acadie exhibition closes. |
| Jun 09 1983: | The Chinese Canadian Cultural and Heritage Exhibition closes. |
| Jun 14 1983: | The Warship Wasa: Lost 1628 - Raised 1961 exhibition opens. |
| Jun 14 1983: | Flower Cloths: Art of the Hmong exhibition opens. |
| Jul 14 1983: | Don Taylor, Geology Curator (1966-1974), died in Edmonton, Alberta. |
| Jul 10 1983: | Lansdowne - Bird Paintings 1958-1972 exhibition closes. |
| Jul 17 1983: | Inuit Games and Contests: The Clifford E. Lee Collection of Prints exhibition closes. |
| Jul 17 1983: | Flower Cloths: Art of the Hmong exhibition closes. |
| Sep 03 1983: | Studio Ceramics in Alberta II 1953-1963 exhibition opens. |
| Sep 06 1983: | Western Moments by Len Gibbs exhibition opens. |
| Sep 11 1983: | The Warship Wasa: Lost 1628 - Raised 1961 exhibition closes. |
| Sep 11 1983: | Quillwork of the Plains Indians exhibition closes. |
| Sep 13 1983: | Soup Tureens from the Campbell Museum Collection exhibition opens. |
| Sep 16 1983: | Galapagos: Born of the Sea exhibition opens. |
| Oct 09 1983: | Wildflowers of Alberta exhibition closes. |
| Oct 12 1983: | Studio Ceramics in Alberta II 1953-1963 exhibition closes. |
| Oct 16 1983: | Galapagos: Born of the Sea exhibition closes. |
| Oct 23 1983: | Western Moments by Len Gibbs exhibition closes. |
| Oct 23 1983: | Soup Tureens from the Campbell Museum Collection exhibition closes. |
| Nov 01 1983: | C. W. Jefferys: Graphic Works exhibition opens. |
| Nov 05 1983: | Aymara Weaving: Ceremonial Textiles of Colonial and 19th Century Bolivia exhibition opens. |
| Nov 09 1983: | Ketubah: The Jewish Marriage Contract exhibition opens. |
| Dec 04 1983: | C. W. Jefferys: Graphic Works exhibition closes. |
| Jan 16 1984: | Aymara Weaving: Ceremonial Textiles of Colonial and 19th Century Bolivia exhibition closes. |
| Jan 16 1984: | Ketubah: The Jewish Marriage Contract exhibition closes. |
| Feb 08 1984: | Meteorites exhibition opens. |
| Mar 05 1984: | Archaeology exhibition closes. |
| Mar 25 1984: | Meteorites exhibition closes. |
| Apr 01 1984: | J. A. Irvine Collection exhibition opens. |
| Apr 02 1984: | Changing Views of Children exhibition opens. |
| Apr 22 1984: | J. A. Irvine Collection exhibition closes. |
| Apr 23 1984: | James Marshall Drawings exhibition opens. |
| May 11 1984: | Museum Open House. |
| May 11 1984: | Summer Resort Life in Canada: Two Centuries at Murray Bay exhibition opens. |
| May 21 1984: | James Marshall Drawings exhibition closes. |
| Jun 02 1984: | Noritake: Art Deco Porcelains exhibition opens. |
| Jun 02 1984: | Vilhemina to Wilhelmina: A Long Journey to a New Life exhibition opens. |
| Jun 08 1984: | Model Soldiers: History in the Palm of Your Hand exhibition opens. |
| Jun 11 1984: | Summer Resort Life in Canada: Two Centuries at Murray Bay exhibition closes. |
| Jun 13 1984: | Great Horned Owl Diorama in the Habitat Gallery opens. |
| Jun 13 1984: | The Birds of Jean-Luc Grondin exhibition opens. |
| Jul 01 1984: | Noritake: Art Deco Porcelains exhibition closes. |
| Jul 01 1984: | Pressed on Paper: Fish Rubbings and Nature Prints exhibition opens. |
| Jul 11 1984: | Vilhemina to Wilhelmina: A Long Journey to a New Life exhibition closes. |
| Jul 21 1984: | Matchsafes: Striking Designs exhibition opens. |
| Aug 12 1984: | Model Soldiers: History in the Palm of Your Hand exhibition closes. |
| Aug 12 1984: | West of West: Ancient Monuments in Ireland exhibition opens. |
| Aug 19 1984: | Matchsafes: Striking Designs exhibition closes. |
| Aug 26 1984: | The Birds of Jean-Luc Grondin exhibition closes. |
| Aug 26 1984: | Pressed on Paper: Fish Rubbings and Nature Prints exhibition closes. |
| Oct 08 1984: | West of West: Ancient Monuments in Ireland exhibition closes. |
| Oct 16 1984: | Canadian Nature Art 1985 exhibition opens. |
| Oct 23 1984: | Collecting Our Natural Heritage exhibition opens. |
| Oct 24 1984: | Changing Views of Children exhibition closes. |
| Oct 30 1984: | Hills and Streams: Landscape Decoration on Chinese Export Blue and White Porcelain exhibition opens. |
| Nov 04 1984: | Canadian Nature Art 1985 exhibition closes. |
| Nov 13 1984: | The 100th Anniversary of the Ukrainian Women's Movement exhibition opens. |
| Nov 19 1984: | The 100th Anniversary of the Ukrainian Women's Movement exhibition ends. |
| Nov 25 1984: | Grade Three Friendship Quilt exhibition closes. |
| Dec 01 1984: | Alberta Christmas, five weeks of special events and programs begins. |
| Dec 16 1984: | Hills and Streams: Landscape Decoration on Chinese Export Blue and White Porcelain exhibition closes. |
| Jan 06 1985: | Collecting Our Natural Heritage exhibition closes. |
| Jan 07 1985: | Alberta Christmas, five weeks of special events and programs ends. |
| Jan 15 1985: | The Salt Marsh: A Meeting of Land and Sea exhibition opens. |
| Jan 19 1985: | The Seasonal Trade: Holiday Gift and Greeting Cards exhibition opens. |
| Feb 17 1985: | The Seasonal Trade: Holiday Gift and Greeting Cards exhibition closes. |
| Mar 24 1985: | The Salt Marsh: A Meeting of Land and Sea exhibition closes. |
| Apr 01 1985: | A Modern Master of an Ancient Art exhibition opens. |
| Apr 12 1985: | National Wildlife Week, first day of three days of special events and programs. |
| Apr 14 1985: | A Modern Master of an Ancient Art exhibition closes. |
| Apr 14 1985: | National Wildlife Week, last day of three days of special events and programs. |
| Apr 12 1985: | Highlights in the Search for Ancient Life exhibition opens. |
| Apr 21 1985: | Museum Open House, one day event. |
| Apr 14 1985: | Eskimo Dolls exhibition opens. |
| Jun 02 1985: | Highlights in the Search for Ancient Life exhibition closes. |
| Jun 11 1985: | Alberta Quilts exhibition opens. |
| Jun 23 1985: | Eskimo Dolls exhibition closes. |
| Jul 03 1985: | Parks and People: In Commemoration of Parks Canada's Centennial exhibition opens. |
| Aug 01 1985: | Black Culture exhibition opens. |
| Aug 12 1985: | Alberta Quilts exhibition closes. |
| Aug 27 1985: | Sámi Dáidda: The Art and Craft of the Laplanders exhibition opens. |
| Sep 02 1985: | Black Culture exhibition closes. |
| Sep 06 1985: | One with the Earth exhibition opens. |
| Sep 20 1985: | Completion of the Habitat Gallery, featuring 18 dioramas showing biodiversity from the four major natural regions of Alberta. |
| Sep 20 1985: | Wolves and Bison in Wood Buffalo National Park habitat group opens. |
| Sep 20 1985: | Haida Artists' Art exhibition opens. |
| Sep 24 1985: | "The Herds of Kautokeino", a lecture on Sámi culture, given by Robert Paine. |
| Oct 11 1985: | "Flora of Kashmir and Nepal", a lecture given by Roy Lancaster. |
| Oct 17 1985: | How Did We Get Here? Peopling Alberta: A Series of Talks lecture series, first of seven presentations, "Setting the Stage: Glaciers, Ice-Free Corridors, and Prehistoric Environments", a lecture given by Nat Rutter. |
| Oct 24 1985: | How Did We Get Here? Peopling Alberta: A Series of Talks lecture series, second of seven presentations, "Beringia: Our Ties to Asia", a lecture given by Charles Schweger. |
| Oct 31 1985: | Parks and People: In Commemoration of Parks Canada's Centennial exhibition opens. |
| Oct 31 1985: | How Did We Get Here? Peopling Alberta: A Series of Talks lecture series, third of seven presentations, "South of the Glaciers: The Evidence from the Rest of the Americas", a lecture given by Ruth Gruhn. |
| Nov 07 1985: | How Did We Get Here? Peopling Alberta: A Series of Talks lecture series, fourth of seven presentations, "On the Plains of Albertas", a lecture given by Rod Vickers. |
| Nov 09 1985: | South of Winter: Scenes from Aransas Wildlife Refuge exhibition opens. |
| Nov 14 1985: | How Did We Get Here? Peopling Alberta: A Series of Talks lecture series, fifth of seven presentations, "Reflections on Boreal Forest Prehistory in Northern Alberta", a lecture given by Jack Ives. |
| Nov 21 1985: | How Did We Get Here? Peopling Alberta: A Series of Talks lecture series, sixth of seven presentations, "Native Oral Traditions: Another Interpretive Framework", a lecture given by Julie Cruikshank. |
| Nov 24 1985: | One with the Earth exhibition closes. |
| Nov 28 1985: | How Did We Get Here? Peopling Alberta: A Series of Talks lecture series, last of seven presentations, "New Peoples, New Ways of Life", a lecture given by Pat McCormack. |
| Nov 30 1985: | Sámi Dáidda: The Art and Craft of the Laplanders exhibition closes. |
| Dec 01 1985: | Christmas Cheer with an International Flavour, a five-week series of displays and special events begins. |
| Dec 08 1985: | South of Winter: Scenes from Aransas Wildlife Refuge exhibition closes. |
| Dec 18 1985: | Gallery of the Dolls exhibition opens. |
| Jan 05 1986: | Haida Artists' Art exhibition closes. |
| Jan 05 1986: | Christmas Cheer with an International Flavour, a five-week series of displays and special events ends. |
| Jan 24 1986: | Native Harvests: Plants in American Indian Life exhibition opens. |
| Jan 24 1986: | Rigging the Chiefs exhibition opens. |
| Feb 01 1986: | Understanding China Through Cartoons exhibition opens. |
| Feb 28 1986: | Gallery of the Dolls exhibition closes. |
| Mar 02 1986: | Museum Open House, one day event. |
| Mar 14 1986: | Lost Architecture of Kiev exhibition opens. |
| Mar 16 1986: | Understanding China Through Cartoons exhibition closes. |
| Apr 04 1986: | Wildlife Posters exhibition opens. |
| Apr 10 1986: | Second Annual National Wildlife Week, four days of special events begins. |
| Apr 13 1986: | Second Annual National Wildlife Week, four days of special events ends. |
| May 01 1986: | Wedding Regalia 1885-1985 exhibition opens. |
| May 04 1986: | Wildlife Posters exhibition closes. |
| May 07 1986: | Lost Architecture of Kiev exhibition closes. |
| May 23 1986: | Native Harvests: Plants in American Indian Life exhibition closes. |
| Jun 07 1986: | The Metis 1885-1985 exhibition opens. |
| Jun 15 1986: | Rigging the Chiefs exhibition closes. |
| Jun 21 1986: | A Flowering of Science: Plants from Captain Cook's First Voyage, 1768-1771 exhibition opens. |
| Jul 01 1986: | Wedding Regalia 1885-1985 exhibition closes. |
| Jul 01 1986: | Royalty Commemorative China and Pottery exhibition opens. |
| Jul 11 1986: | Butterflies, Beauty in Evolution exhibition opens. |
| Jul 20 1986: | The Metis 1885-1985 exhibition closes. |
| Jul 20 1986: | A Flowering of Science: Plants from Captain Cook's First Voyage, 1768-1771 exhibition closes. |
| Jul 26 1986: | Chinese Export Silver exhibition opens. |
| Aug 01 1986: | Royalty Commemorative China and Pottery exhibition closes. |
| Aug 01 1986: | The Roots of Chile exhibition opens. |
| Aug 06 1986: | The Long Long Trail: The Story of Alberta's Oil Sands exhibition opens. |
| Aug 11 1986: | Goldweights of Ghana exhibition opens. |
| Aug 31 1986: | The Roots of Chile exhibition closes. |
| Sep 07 1986: | Chinese Export Silver exhibition closes. |
| Sep 16 1986: | Concerning Work: Change in the Work Process in Canada 1850-2000 exhibition opens. |
| Sep 17 1986: | Hunting in the Arctic exhibition opens. |
| Sep 21 1986: | The Long Long Trail: The Story of Alberta's Oil Sands exhibition closes. |
| Oct 01 1986: | Canadian Autumn exhibition opens. |
| Oct 26 1986: | Goldweights of Ghana exhibition closes. |
| Nov 02 1986: | Concerning Work: Change in the Work Process in Canada 1850-2000 exhibition closes. |
| Nov 13 1986: | Seasons of Celebration: Ritual in Eastern Christian Culture exhibition opens. |
| Nov 16 1986: | Canadian Autumn exhibition closes. |
| Nov 21 1986: | Trapping in Transition: Native Trapping in Northern Alberta exhibition opens. |
| Nov 30 1986: | Hunting in the Arctic exhibition closes. |
| Dec 01 1986: | Christmas at the Museum, a month-long series of displays and special events begins. |
| Dec 31 1986: | Christmas at the Museum, a month-long series of displays and special events ends. |
| Jan 04 1987: | Seasons of Celebration: Ritual in Eastern Christian Culture exhibition closes. |
| Jan 14 1987: | Recapitulation exhibition opens. |
| Jan 18 1987: | Butterflies, Beauty in Evolution exhibition closes. |
| Jan 23 1987: | Helping Ourselves: Crafts of the Grenfell Mission exhibition opens. |
| Feb 01 1987: | Black History Month '87 exhibition opens. |
| Feb 08 1987: | Unfamiliar Fauna of the Open Sea exhibition opens. |
| Feb 18 1987: | International Wildlife Posters exhibition closes. |
| Feb 21 1987: | One Hundred Years of Canadian Hungarian History exhibition opens. |
| Feb 28 1987: | Black History Month '87 exhibition closes. |
| Mar 01 1987: | Recapitulation exhibition closes. |
| Mar 08 1987: | Unfamiliar Fauna of the Open Sea exhibition closes. |
| Mar 12 1987: | Freedom of the Road: Bicycles in Western Canada Since 1860 exhibition opens. |
| Mar 17 1987: | Chinese Export Porcelain in Canada exhibition opens. |
| Mar 22 1987: | One Hundred Years of Canadian Hungarian History exhibition closes. |
| Apr 01 1987: | National Wildlife Week Children's Posters exhibition opens. |
| Apr 05 1987: | Helping Ourselves: Crafts of the Grenfell Mission exhibition closes. |
| Apr 10 1987: | Wolves: Myth and Reality exhibition opens. |
| Apr 10 1987: | Third Edmonton National Wildlife Week Festival, first day of three days of special events. |
| Apr 12 1987: | Third Edmonton National Wildlife Week Festival, third day of three days of special events. |
| Apr 16 1987: | National Association of Photographic Arts exhibition opens. |
| May 03 1987: | National Wildlife Week Children's Posters exhibition closes. |
| May 17 1987: | Chinese Export Porcelain in Canada exhibition closes. |
| Jun 14 1987: | Freedom of the Road: Bicycles in Western Canada Since 1860 exhibition closes. |
| Jun 14 1987: | National Association of Photographic Arts exhibition closes. |
| Jun 25 1987: | The Art of the Needle exhibition opens. |
| Sep 01 1987: | Polish Arts and Crafts exhibition opens. |
| Sep 14 1987: | Arpilleras - Contemporary Chilean Folk Art exhibition opens. |
| Sep 27 1987: | Arpilleras - Contemporary Chilean Folk Art exhibition closes. |
| Oct 01 1987: | Long Legged Wading Birds exhibition opens. |
| Oct 04 1987: | Museum Open House, one day event. |
| Oct 15 1987: | Grey Nuns: 250th Anniversary exhibition opens. |
| Oct 24 1987: | The Art of the Needle exhibition closes. |
| Oct 29 1987: | Alberta Remembers exhibition opens. |
| Nov 01 1987: | Polish Arts and Crafts exhibition closes. |
| Nov 15 1987: | Grey Nuns: 250th Anniversary exhibition closes. |
| Nov 22 1987: | Long Legged Wading Birds exhibition closes. |
| Nov 22 1987: | Alberta Remembers exhibition closes. |
| Nov 22 1987: | Leonardo Da Vinci: Engineer and Architect exhibition opens. |
| Nov 25 1987: | Antique English Coffee Pots exhibition opens. |
| Jan 02 1988: | Antique English Coffee Pots exhibition closes. |
| Jan 13 1988: | Cowichan Knitting exhibition opens. |
| Jan 17 1988: | Leonardo Da Vinci: Engineer and Architect exhibition closes. |
| Jan 21 1988: | Ancient Chinese Bronzes exhibition opens. |
| Jan 28 1988: | Unlike the Lilies: Doukhobor Textiles and Tools exhibition opens. |
| Feb 03 1988: | Wildlife Week Festival, events and exhibitions begin. |
| Feb 13 1988: | China to Alberta: The Long Journey exhibition opens. |
| Mar 13 1988: | Cowichan Knitting exhibition closes. |
| Mar 13 1988: | Unlike the Lilies: Doukhobor Textiles and Tools exhibition closes. |
| Mar 17 1988: | China to Alberta: The Long Journey exhibition closes. |
| Mar 22 1988: | Ancient Chinese Bronzes exhibition closes. |
| Mar 23 1988: | The Third Eye exhibition opens. |
| Mar 31 1988: | Wildlife Week Festival, events and exhibitions end. |
| Apr 05 1988: | National Wildlife Week Posters exhibition opens. |
| Apr 12 1988: | Western Canada Waterfowl and Wildfowl Decoy Carving Competition begins. |
| Apr 12 1988: | National Association for Photographic Art exhibition opens. |
| Apr 16 1988: | A Decade of Quilting exhibition opens. |
| Apr 24 1988: | Western Canada Waterfowl and Wildfowl Decoy Carving Competition ends. |
| May 04 1988: | Crossing the River: A History of Alberta Ferries exhibition opens. |
| May 15 1988: | The Third Eye exhibition closes. |
| May 19 1988: | Traces of the Past, new Fossil Gallery opens. |
| May 29 1988: | A Decade of Quilting exhibition closes. |
| May 31 1988: | National Wildlife Week Posters exhibition closes. |
| Jun 01 1988: | Stories in Stone: Sculptures from Northern Quebec and Western Kenya exhibition opens. |
| Jun 12 1988: | National Association for Photographic Art exhibition closes. |
| Jun 18 1988: | Theatre of Empire: 300 Years of Maps of the Maritimes exhibition opens. |
| Jun 19 1988: | Crossing the River: A History of Alberta Ferries exhibition closes. |
| Jun 30 1988: | Peter Lipinski: Ukrainian Church Painter of Alberta exhibition opens. |
| Jul 07 1988: | Taking Root: Canada from 1700 to 1760 exhibition opens. |
| Jul 10 1988: | Stories in Stone: Sculptures from Northern Quebec and Western Kenya exhibition closes. |
| Jul 31 1988: | Peter Lipinski: Ukrainian Church Painter of Alberta exhibition closes. |
| Aug 14 1988: | Taking Root: Canada from 1700 to 1760 exhibition closes. |
| Aug 16 1988: | Theatre of Empire: 300 Years of Maps of the Maritimes exhibition closes. |
| Aug 20 1988: | Watercolours by Cai Jiang-Bai exhibition opens. |
| Aug 20 1988: | Chinese Photographic Society of Alberta exhibition opens. |
| Sep 08 1988: | Chinese Photographic Society of Alberta exhibition closes. |
| Sep 08 1988: | Qu Ru Miniatures exhibition closes. |
| Sep 11 1988: | Watercolours by Cai Jiang-Bai exhibition closes. |
| Sep 23 1988: | Northwind Dreaming: Fort Chipewyan 1788 - 1988 exhibition opens. |
| Sep 23 1988: | The Fort Chipewyan Breakfast Club exhibition opens. |
| Oct 01 1988: | From Terra Incognita to the Prairie West exhibition opens. |
| Oct 07 1988: | Czechoslovak Cultural Exhibition opens. |
| Oct 07 1988: | Tkanyna: An Exhibit of Ukrainian Weaving exhibition opens. |
| Oct 16 1988: | Museum Open House, a one day event. |
| Oct 22 1988: | Ship Models, first day of a two day event. |
| Oct 23 1988: | Ship Models, last day of a two day event. |
| Oct 27 1988: | Alberta Remembers exhibition opens. |
| Nov 13 1988: | From Terra Incognita to the Prairie West exhibition closes. |
| Nov 23 1988: | Alberta Remembers exhibition closes. |
| Nov 27 1988: | A Child's Christmas at the Museum exhibition opens. |
| Jan 15 1989: | A Child's Christmas at the Museum exhibition closes. |
| Jan 19 1989: | Images of Alberta exhibition opens. |
| Jan 21 1989: | C. W. Mathers' Vision exhibition opens. |
| Feb 19 1989: | Images of Alberta exhibition closes. |
| Feb 23 1989: | Forests, A Shared Resource exhibition opens. |
| Mar 07 1989: | Western Canada Waterfowl and Wildfowl Decoy Carving Competition display opens. |
| Mar 19 1989: | Western Canada Waterfowl and Wildfowl Decoy Carving Competition display closes. |
| Mar 26 1989: | Tkanyna: An Exhibit of Ukrainian Weaving exhibition closes. |
| Apr 02 1989: | C. W. Mathers' Vision exhibition closes. |
| Apr 02 1989: | Forests, A Shared Resource exhibition closes. |
| Apr 06 1989: | National Association for Photographic Art exhibition opens. |
| Apr 11 1989: | Children's Posters exhibition opens. |
| Apr 14 1989: | First day of Edmonton Wildlife Week events. |
| Apr 15 1989: | Second day of Edmonton Wildlife Week events. |
| Apr 16 1989: | Third and final day of Edmonton Wildlife Week events. |
| Apr 29 1989: | Arabic Calligraphy and Miniature Writing exhibition opens. |
| May 28 1989: | National Association for Photographic Art exhibition closes. |
| May 28 1989: | Children's Posters exhibition closes. |
| Jun 05 1989: | Blood from Stone exhibition opens. |
| Jun 07 1989: | Ernst Bollhorn Drawings exhibition opens. |
| Jun 25 1989: | Arabic Calligraphy and Miniature Writing exhibition closes. |
| Jul 01 1989: | The Royal Visit, 1939 exhibition opens. |
| Jul 17 1989: | Blood from Stone exhibition closes. |
| Aug 07 1989: | Ernst Bollhorn Drawings exhibition closes. |
| Sep 04 1989: | Northwind Dreaming: Fort Chipewyan 1788 - 1988 exhibition closes. |
| Sep 04 1989: | The Royal Visit, 1939 exhibition closes. |
| Sep 10 1989: | Chinese Photographic Society of Alberta exhibition opens. |
| Sep 15 1989: | All Aboard the N.A.R. exhibition opens. |
| Sep 16 1989: | Your Will Be Done On Earth exhibition opens. |
| Sep 21 1989: | Reefs: Fossils, Skeletons, and Shimmering Life exhibition opens. |
| Sep 23 1989: | Ahimsa: Gandhi's Life and Teaching exhibition opens. |
| Sep 28 1989: | "An Odyssey in Time: The Dinosarus of North America", lecture by Dr. Dale Russell, National Museum of Canada |
| Oct 03 1989: | To the Carriage Trade exhibition opens. |
| Oct 09 1989: | All Aboard the N.A.R. exhibition closes. |
| Oct 14 1989: | Ships Through the Ages exhibition opens. |
| Oct 15 1989: | Your Will Be Done On Earth exhibition closes. |
| Oct 21 1989: | Alberta Remembers: A Tradition of Service exhibition opens. |
| Oct 29 1989: | Ahimsa: Gandhi's Life and Teaching exhibition closes. |
| Nov 01 1989: | Coins and Tokens exhibition opens. |
| Nov 04 1989: | A Door to the Wild: Traditions of Rocky Mountain Buildings exhibition opens. |
| Nov 12 1989: | Ships Through the Ages exhibition closes. |
| Nov 19 1989: | Alberta Remembers: A Tradition of Service exhibition closes. |
| Nov 26 1989: | Coins and Tokens exhibition closes. |
| Dec 01 1989: | Visions of Christmas Past exhibition opens. |
| Dec 17 1989: | Reefs: Fossils, Skeletons, and Shimmering Life exhibition closes. |
| Jan 02 1990: | A Door to the Wild: Traditions of Rocky Mountain Buildings exhibition closes. |
| Jan 07 1990: | Visions of Christmas Past exhibition closes. |
| Jan 14 1990: | The Art of Frank Beebe exhibition opens. |
| Jan 22 1990: | Documenting Edmonton exhibition opens. |
| Jan 26 1990: | Museum Open House two-day event begins. |
| Jan 27 1990: | Museum Open House two-day event ends. |
| Feb 18 1990: | The Art of Frank Beebe exhibition closes. |
| Feb 24 1990: | Haiti: The First Black Republic and its Monuments to Freedom exhibition opens. |
| Mar 14 1990: | To the Carriage Trade exhibition closes. |
| Mar 16 1990: | Ink Paintings by Hong Kong Artists exhibition opens. |
| Mar 25 1990: | Haiti: The First Black Republic and its Monuments to Freedom exhibition closes. |
| Jan 31 1990: | Documenting Edmonton exhibition closes. |
| Apr 04 1990: | National Association of Photographic Artists: Nature Photographs exhibition opens. |
| Apr 06 1990: | Sixth Annual National Wildlife Week Festival events begin. |
| Apr 08 1990: | Ink Paintings by Hong Kong Artists exhibition opens. |
| Apr 08 1990: | Sixth Annual National Wildlife Week Festival events end. |
| Apr 20 1990: | Treasures in Oriental Porcelain: Selections from the Ernest E. Poole Collection exhibition opens. |
| May 06 1990: | National Association of Photographic Artists: Nature Photographs exhibition closes. |
| May 15 1990: | Kayasayawina Ka Wapahtihitohk: To Show the Old Things exhibition opens. |
| May 15 1990: | The North West Rebellion of 1885 exhibition opens. |
| Jun 02 1990: | Portraits of Edmonton exhibition opens. |
| Jun 08 1990: | The Scriver Blackfoot Collection: Repatriation of Canada's Heritage exhibition opens. |
| Jun 09 1990: | Cryptogams: A Photographic Exhibition of Lichens, Mosses and Liverworts of Northwest North America exhibition opens. |
| Jul 11 1990: | Provincial Museum of Alberta welcomes its 8-millionth visitor. |
| Jul 29 1990: | Cryptogams: A Photographic Exhibition of Lichens, Mosses and Liverworts of Northwest North America exhibition closes. |
| Aug 12 1990: | Kayasayawina Ka Wapahtihitohk: To Show the Old Things exhibition closes. |
| Aug 12 1990: | The North West Rebellion of 1885 exhibition closes. |
| Aug 18 1990: | Chinese Photographic Society exhibition opens. |
| Sep 03 1990: | Portraits of Edmonton exhibition closes. |
| Sep 03 1990: | The Scriver Blackfoot Collection: Repatriation of Canada's Heritage exhibition closes. |
| Sep 06 1990: | Chinese Photographic Society exhibition opens. |
| Sep 16 1990: | Treasures in Oriental Porcelain: Selections from the Ernest E. Poole Collection exhibition closes. |
| Oct 15 1990: | Prehistoric Gigantics exhibition opens. |
| Nov 06 1990: | First presentation in Giants and Science lecture series, held in conjunction with Prehistoric Gigantics exhibition, "Public Paleontology: Access to the fossil record" by Dr. Teri Skwara. |
| Nov 13 1990: | Second presentation in Giants and Science lecture series, held in conjunction with Prehistoric Gigantics exhibition, "From Mountains to Molehills: A Saga of Ice Age Alberta", by Dr. Jim Burns. |
| Nov 27 1990: | Third presentation in Giants and Science lecture series, held in conjunction with Prehistoric Gigantics exhibition, "Dropping in for a Drink: The Mammoth Site of Hot Spring [sic], South Dakota" by Dr. Larry Agenbroad. |
| Dec 04 1990: | Fourth presentation in Giants and Science lecture series, held in conjunction with Prehistoric Gigantics exhibition, "Back to the roots: 10,000 years of vegetation in Alberta" by Dr. Alwynne B. Beaudoin. |
| Dec 11 1990: | Fifth presentation in Giants and Science lecture series, held in conjunction with Prehistoric Gigantics exhibition, "Roving Giants: The Dinosaurs of Western Canada" by Dr. Philip J. Currie. |
| Jan 20 1991: | Mollie Lenhardt Retrospective exhibition opens. |
| Jan 29 1991: | Coats of Eider exhibition opens. |
| Feb 12 1991: | Fort Edmonton's Two Hundred Years exhibition opens. |
| Feb 23 1991: | Family Open House, one day special event. |
| Mar 03 1991: | Prehistoric Gigantics exhibition closes. |
| Mar 29 1991: | Mungo Martin: A Slender Thread exhibition opens. |
| Mar 31 1991: | Mollie Lenhardt Retrospective exhibition closes. |
| Mar 31 1991: | Coats of Eider exhibition closes. |
| Apr 04 1991: | National Association of Photographic Artists: Photographs exhibition opens. |
| Apr 12 1991: | National Wildlife Week Festival events begin. |
| Apr 14 1991: | National Wildlife Week Festival events end. |
| May 06 1991: | National Association of Photographic Artists: Photographs exhibition closes. |
| May 12 1991: | Mungo Martin: A Slender Thread exhibition closes. |
| May 12 1991: | Highlights in the Search for Ancient Life exhibition opens. |
| Jun 06 1991: | Five-String Banjos of the Classic Era exhibition opens. |
| Jun 15 1991: | Highlights in the Search for Ancient Life exhibition closes. |
| Jun 16 1991: | Treasures: What Earth and Hand Have Made exhibition opens. |
| Jul 28 1991: | Five-String Banjos of the Classic Era exhibition closes. |
| Jul 31 1991: | Fort Edmonton's Two Hundred Years exhibition closes. |
| Aug 16 1991: | Chinese Photographic Society: Photographs exhibition opens. |
| Aug 28 1991: | Photos of the Galapagos exhibition opens. |
| Sep 08 1991: | Chinese Photographic Society: Photographs exhibition closes. |
| Oct 05 1991: | Alberta Ship Model Society, first day of demonstration event. |
| Oct 06 1991: | Alberta Ship Model Society, second and final day of demonstration event. |
| Oct 06 1991: | Alberta Remembers: Military Posters exhibition opens. |
| Oct 08 1991: | Flying Colours, Design on the Wing exhibition opens. |
| Oct 27 1991: | Treasures: What Earth and Hand Have Made exhibition closes. |
| Oct 27 1991: | Photos of the Galapagos exhibition closes. |
| Nov 09 1991: | Album - A Century of Ukrainian Life in Canada exhibition opens. |
| Nov 29 1991: | Teddy Bears on Parade: An Unbearably Merry Christmas exhibition opens. |
| Dec 01 1991: | Album - A Century of Ukrainian Life in Canada exhibition closes. |
| Dec 13 1991: | A Coat of Many Colours: Two Centuries of Jewish Life in Canada exhibition opens. |
| Jan 12 1992: | Alberta Remembers: Military Posters exhibition closes. |
| Jan 12 1992: | Teddy Bears on Parade: An Unbearably Merry Christmas exhibition closes. |
| Jan 16 1992: | Selected Chinese Paintings Through the Ages exhibition opens. |
| Jan 31 1992: | Prairie Dogs exhibition opens. |
| Feb 07 1992: | Lawrence D. Halmrast died in Milk River, Alberta, at the age of 66. Shortly before his death, he donated a large firearms collection to the Provincial Museum of Alberta. |
| Feb 16 1992: | Selected Chinese Paintings Through the Ages exhibition closes. |
| Feb 17 1992: | Flying Colours, Design on the Wing exhibition closes. |
| Feb 20 1992: | Artists in the Wilderness: Images of a Vanishing Alberta exhibition opens. |
| Feb 28 1992: | Trapline Lifeline exhibition opens. |
| Mar 01 1992: | A Coat of Many Colours: Two Centuries of Jewish Life in Canada exhibition closes. |
| Mar 03 1992: | Special preview event for the Halmrast collection, a collection of 140 Civil War era rifles and revolvers donated to the Provincial Museum of Alberta by Lawrence Halmrast. |
| Mar 22 1992: | Artists in the Wilderness: Images of a Vanishing Alberta exhibition closes. |
| Mar 31 1992: | SPLASH! A Welcome to Spring, a week-long celebration of spring begins. |
| Apr 05 1992: | SPLASH! A Welcome to Spring, a week-long celebration of spring ends. |
| Apr 09 1992: | For Our Children exhibition opens. |
| Apr 11 1992: | Seventh Annual National Wildlife Week Festival events begin. |
| Apr 12 1992: | Seventh Annual National Wildlife Week Festival events end. |
| Apr 21 1992: | My Name is Nanuq: Diary of a Polar Bear exhibition opens. |
| Apr 26 1992: | Trapline Lifeline exhibition closes. |
| May 09 1992: | Confederation Life Gallery of Canadian History exhibition opens. |
| May 01 1992: | Beauty of Birds exhibition opens. |
| May 15 1992: | Live! Bug Room exhibition opens. |
| May 24 1992: | Prairie Dogs exhibition closes. |
| Jun 14 1992: | For Our Children exhibition closes. |
| Jun 16 1992: | My Name is Nanuq: Diary of a Polar Bear exhibition closes. |
| Jul 06 1992: | Fort Edmonton (1830 - 1915), Alberta Legislature Grounds excavation and field school begins, led by Museum-based archaeologist Dr Heinz Pyszczyk. |
| Jul 25 1992: | Chinese Photographic Society exhibition opens. |
| Jul 31 1992: | Alberta Rose exhibition opens. |
| Aug 09 1992: | Chinese Photographic Society exhibition closes. |
| Aug 16 1992: | Live! Bug Room exhibition closes. |
| Aug 30 1992: | Beauty of Birds exhibition closes. |
| Sep 07 1992: | Confederation Life Gallery of Canadian History exhibition closes. |
| Oct 10 1992: | Whales! Bigger Than Dinosaurs exhibition opens. |
| Oct 27 1992: | Photos of the Galapagos exhibition closes. |
| Oct 27 1992: | The Beauty and Science of Birds Gallery opens. |
| Oct 27 1992: | Our Green World Gallery opens. |
| Nov 06 1992: | Alberta Rose exhibition closes. |
| Dec 06 1992: | Mammoth 25th Birthday Party, the Provincial Museum of Alberta celebrates 25 years. |
| Jan 19 1993: | The Gilded Age Gallery opens. |
| Mar 07 1993: | Whales! Bigger Than Dinosaurs exhibition closes. |
| Mar 18 1993: | The Architecture of Old Vilnius exhibition opens. |
| Mar 30 1993: | Spring-in-the Middle, a week-long celebration of spring begins. |
| Apr 04 1993: | Spring-in-the Middle, a week-long celebration of spring ends. |
| Apr 04 1993: | National Association of Photographic Artists: Photographs exhibition opens. |
| May 06 1993: | National Association of Photographic Artists: Photographs exhibition closes. |
| May 15 1993: | Landmarks of the Hinton Trail: The Paintings of Robert Guest exhibition opens. |
| May 15 1993: | The Poster War: Allied Propaganda Art of the First World War exhibition opens. |
| May 30 1993: | The Architecture of Old Vilnius exhibition closes. |
| Jun 01 1993: | Days of the Buffalo: Clarence Tillenius Paintings exhibition opens. |
| Jul 01 1993: | The Bug Room Gallery opens. |
| Jul 05 1993: | Fort Edmonton (1830 - 1915), Alberta Legislature Grounds excavation and field school begins, led by Museum-based archaeologist Dr Heinz Pyszczyk. |
| Jul 18 1993: | The Poster War: Allied Propaganda Art of the First World War exhibition closes. |
| Jul 25 1993: | Landmarks of the Hinton Trail: The Paintings of Robert Guest exhibition closes. |
| Aug 02 1993: | Days of the Buffalo: Clarence Tillenius Paintings exhibition closes. |
| Aug 11 1993: | Fort Edmonton (1830 - 1915), Alberta Legislature Grounds excavation and field school ends, led by Museum-based archaeologist Dr Heinz Pyszczyk. |
| Oct 02 1993: | Floral Memories exhibition opens. |
| Oct 09 1993: | Sharks: Facts and Fantasy exhibition opens. |
| Nov 14 1993: | Floral Memories exhibition closes. |
| Nov 27 1993: | Painters of Canada Series: Exhibition of Christmas Cards 1931 exhibition opens. |
| Dec 04 1993: | Beartown: Return of the Teddy exhibition opens. |
| Dec 06 1993: | Treasures of the Earth Gallery opens on the Museum's 26th anniversary. |
| Jan 04 1994: | Sharks: Facts and Fantasy exhibition closes. |
| Jan 09 1994: | Painters of Canada Series: Exhibition of Christmas Cards 1931 exhibition closes. |
| Jan 09 1994: | Beartown: Return of the Teddy exhibition closes. |
| Mar 26 1994: | Spring in the Middle celebration of spring begins. |
| Apr 16 1994: | Time Travellers I lecture series, first presentation: "Pompeii - New Discoveries" given by John Dobbins. |
| Apr 17 1994: | Spring in the Middle celebration of spring ends. |
| Apr 21 1994: | Time Travellers I lecture series, second presentation: "Dead Silence" given by Owen Beattie. |
| Apr 28 1994: | Time Travellers I lecture series, third presentation: "Bridge of the Black Dragon" given by Jack Ives. |
| May 05 1994: | Time Travellers I lecture series, fourth presentation: "Iceman" given by Konrad Spindler. |
| May 10 1994: | A Rare Flower: A Century of Cantonese Opera in Canada exhibition opens. |
| May 14 1994: | Reading the Rocks Gallery opens. |
| May 19 1994: | They Are Truly Heroes: Alberta's Miners exhibition opens. |
| May 21 1994: | Birds of Alberta exhibition opens. |
| Jul 17 1994: | A Rare Flower: A Century of Cantonese Opera in Canada exhibition closes. |
| Jul 30 1994: | Birds of Alberta exhibition closes. |
| Aug 15 1994: | They Are Truly Heroes: Alberta's Miners exhibition closes. |
| Sep 01 1994: | Marketing the Crop exhibition opens. |
| Oct 01 1994: | Masters of the Night: The True Story of Bats exhibition opens. |
| Oct 31 1994: | Marketing the Crop exhibition closes. |
| Nov 22 1994: | Canadian Wildlife Habitat Conservation Stamps and Print Competition exhibition opens. |
| Dec 03 1994: | Beartown '94: Return of the Teddy exhibition opens. |
| Jan 03 1995: | Canadian Wildlife Habitat Conservation Stamps and Print Competition exhibition closes. |
| Jan 08 1995: | Masters of the Night: The True Story of Bats exhibition closes. |
| Jan 15 1995: | Beartown '94: Return of the Teddy exhibition closes. |
| Feb 04 1995: | For King and Country: Alberta in the Second World War exhibition opens. |
| Mar 25 1995: | Spring-in-the-Middle: A Medieval Towne Faire celebration of spring begins. |
| Apr 04 1995: | National Association of Photographic Artists: Photographs exhibition opens. |
| Apr 17 1995: | Spring-in-the-Middle: A Medieval Towne Faire celebration of spring ends. |
| May 05 1995: | National Association of Photographic Artists: Photographs exhibition closes. |
| May 09 1995: | Time Travellers II lecture series, first presentation: "Solving the Mysteries of Violent Death: Forensic Anthropology" given by William Haglund. |
| May 10 1995: | Old Nova Scotian Quilts exhibition opens. |
| May 14 1995: | For King and Country: Alberta in the Second World War exhibition closes. |
| May 16 1995: | Time Travellers II lecture series, second presentation: "Ainu-e Paintings" given by Shotaro Hayashi. |
| May 16 1995: | The Cultural Facilities and Historic Resources Division of Alberta Community Development, to which the Provincial Museum of Alberta belonged, was awarded a Premier's Award of Excellence. |
| May 18 1995: | Hokkaido Art: Myth to Modernism exhibition opens. |
| May 18 1995: | Ainu Art and Life exhibition opens. |
| May 22 1995: | Historic Edmonton: Faces of Riverdale exhibition opens. |
| May 25 1995: | Time Travellers II lecture series, third presentation: "History Beneath Our Streets: Ten Thousand Years of Edmonton History" given by Heinz Pyszczyk. |
| Jun 01 1995: | Public Archaeology: Fort Edmonton (1830 - 1915), Alberta Legislature Grounds experience begins. |
| Jun 08 1995: | Time Travellers II lecture series, fourth presentation: "The Killing Fields: Head-Smashed-In World Heritage Site" given by Jack Brink. |
| Jun 21 1995: | Time Travellers II lecture series, fifth presentation: "The Aztecs: Life in the Golden Empire" given by Jeffrey Parsons. |
| Jul 04 1995: | Historic Edmonton: Faces of Riverdale exhibition closes. |
| Jul 08 1995: | Historic Edmonton: The End of the Steel exhibition opens. |
| Aug 05 1995: | Chinese Photographic Society: Photographs exhibition opens. |
| Aug 13 1995: | Old Nova Scotian Quilts exhibition opens. |
| Aug 13 1995: | Hokkaido Art: Myth to Modernism exhibition closes. |
| Aug 13 1995: | Ainu Art and Life exhibition closes. |
| Aug 21 1995: | Historic Edmonton: The End of the Steel exhibition closes. |
| Aug 24 1995: | Historic Edmonton: Eda Owen, Edmonton's Weather Lady exhibition opens. |
| Aug 25 1995: | Chinese Photographic Society: Photographs exhibition closes. |
| Sep 30 1995: | CARNOSAURS! exhibition opens. |
| Oct 04 1995: | Historic Edmonton: Eda Owen, Edmonton's Weather Lady exhibition closes. |
| Nov 25 1995: | Beartown in the Rockies exhibition opens. |
| Jan 14 1996: | Beartown in the Rockies exhibition closes. |
| Feb 03 1996: | Royal Bank From Child to Champ exhibition opens. |
| Feb 17 1996: | Happy Sunday exhibition opens. |
| Mar 17 1996: | Happy Sunday exhibition closes. |
| Mar 28 1996: | Time Travellers III lecture series, first presentation: "Art from the Ice Age" given by Jean Clottes. |
| Apr 08 1996: | CARNOSAURS! exhibition closes. |
| Apr 18 1996: | Time Travellers III lecture series, second presentation: "The Vikings in Greenland" given by Charles Schweger. |
| Apr 25 1996: | Time Travellers III lecture series, third presentation: "Medicine Wheels: A Mystery in Stone" given by Rod Vickers. |
| Apr 28 1996: | Royal Bank From Child to Champ exhibition closes. |
| May 16 1996: | Time Travellers III lecture series, fourth presentation: "Before the Silk Road" given by Victor Mair. |
| Jun 22 1996: | Jungle Fever exhibition opens. |
| Jun 22 1996: | Eaton Centre Jewels of France exhibition opens. |
| Aug 02 1996: | Chinese Photographic Society: Photographs exhibition opens. |
| Aug 18 1996: | Jungle Fever exhibition closes. |
| Aug 23 1996: | Marketing the Crop: The Art of the Fruit Crate Label exhibition opens. |
| Aug 25 1996: | Eaton Centre Jewels of France exhibition opens. |
| Aug 26 1996: | Chinese Photographic Society: Photographs exhibition closes. |
| Sep 06 1996: | Flying Colours: Design on the Wing exhibition opens. |
| Sep 28 1996: | Capital City Savings Bugworld exhibition opens. |
| Nov 01 1996: | Marketing the Crop: The Art of the Fruit Crate Label exhibition closes. |
| Nov 23 1996: | Beartown in the Rockies exhibition opens. |
| Jan 19 1997: | Beartown in the Rockies exhibition closes. |
| Feb 02 1997: | Capital City Savings Bugworld exhibition closes. |
| Feb 10 1997: | Flying Colours: Design on the Wing exhibition closes. |
| Mar 20 1997: | Time Travellers IV lecture series, first presentation: "Empires Beyond the Great Wall; Archaeology of Inner Mongolia" given by Adam Kessler. |
| Mar 22 1997: | Genghis Khan: Treasures of Inner Mongolia exhibition opens. |
| Mar 26 1997: | Pope & Young exhibition opens. |
| Apr 03 1997: | Time Travellers IV lecture series, second presentation: "Pharaoh's People: Reconstructive Lives of the Ancient Egyptians" given by Nancy Lovell. |
| Apr 09 1997: | Time Travellers IV lecture series, third presentation: "Stonehenge!" given by Christopher Chippindale. |
| Apr 10 1997: | Time Travellers IV lecture series, fourth presentation: "30,000 Years of Rock Art: from Kakadu, Australia's Northern Territory" given by Christopher Chippindale. |
| Apr 17 1997: | Time Travellers IV lecture series, fifth presentation: "Vignettes: Ten Remarkable Things About Alberta Archaeology" given by Jack Ives. |
| Apr 20 1997: | Pope & Young exhibition closes. |
| Jul 06 1997: | Genghis Khan: Treasures of Inner Mongolia exhibition closes. |
| Jul 15 1997: | Diamond Jenness exhibition opens. |
| Jul 20 1997: | The Mirror of the Martyrs exhibition opens. |
| Aug 09 1997: | Photographic Arts Society of Alberta exhibition opens. |
| Aug 17 1997: | The Mirror of the Martyrs exhibition closes. |
| Aug 29 1997: | Photographic Arts Society of Alberta exhibition closes. |
| Sep 02 1997: | Crossroads Photographic Society exhibition opens. |
| Sep 12 1997: | Diamond Jenness exhibition closes. |
| Nov 03 1997: | Crossroads Photographic Society exhibition closes. |
| Nov 21 1997: | From Asia...Across the Sea exhibition opens. |
| Nov 30 1997: | Syncrude Gallery of Aboriginal Culture opens. |
| Jan 28 1998: | Earthquest exhibition opens. |
| Feb 08 1998: | From Asia...Across the Sea exhibition closes. |
| Feb 18 1998: | Insectinside: The Insect Inside You exhibition opens. |
| Mar 07 1998: | Minnows to Monsters: Fishes and Fishing in Alberta exhibition opens. |
| Mar 21 1998: | Time Travellers V lecture series, first presentation: "Neanderthals: How different were they from modern people?" given by Mary Stiner. |
| Mar 22 1998: | Time Travellers V lecture series, second presentation: "Cave Bear Cults: Did They Exist?" given by Mary Stiner. |
| Apr 09 1998: | Time Travellers V lecture series, third presentation: "The Mayan World: Warfare and Alliance" given by Peter Mathews. |
| Apr 16 1998: | Time Travellers V lecture series, fourth presentation: "What They Saw: Alberta's Past Landscapes" given by Alwynne Beaudoin. |
| Apr 26 1998: | Earthquest exhibition closes. |
| Apr 26 1998: | Insectinside: The Insect Inside You exhibition closes. |
| Apr 30 1998: | Time Travellers V lecture series, fifth presentation: "Life at the Treeline: Ancient Caribou Hunts of the North" given by Ray LeBlanc. |
| May 02 1998: | Taylor's Planes exhibition opens. |
| May 16 1998: | Invention Adventure exhibition opens. |
| Jun 06 1998: | Rise with the Sun exhibition opens. |
| Jun 16 1998: | The Syncrude Gallery of Aboriginal Culture was recognized with a Gold award in the 1998 Premier's Award of Excellence, at a ceremony held at the Edmonton Convention Centre. |
| Aug 30 1998: | Taylor's Planes exhibition closes. |
| Aug 30 1998: | Invention Adventure exhibition closes. |
| Sep 07 1998: | Minnows to Monsters: Fishes and Fishing in Alberta exhibition closes. |
| Sep 07 1998: | Rise with the Sun exhibition closes. |
| Sep 07 1998: | The Photographic Arts Society of Alberta exhibition opens. |
| Sep 30 1998: | The Photographic Arts Society of Alberta exhibition closes. |
| Oct 20 1998: | Birds of Alberta exhibition opens. |
| Nov 28 1998: | Bears in Toytown exhibition opens. |
| Jan 06 1999: | Birds of Alberta exhibition closes. |
| Jan 16 1999: | Mosses to Microbes: Biodiversity by SEM exhibition opens. |
| Apr 05 1999: | Bears in Toytown exhibition closes. |
| Apr 08 1999: | Time Travellers VI lecture series, first presentation: "Black Dragon Rising: Manchuria's Impact on Chinese History" given by Jack Ives. |
| Apr 10 1999: | Portraits from the Inner City exhibition opens. |
| Apr 15 1999: | Time Travellers VI lecture series, second presentation: "Sunken World: The Archaeology of Gwaii Haanas" given by Martin Magne. |
| Apr 22 1999: | Time Travellers VI lecture series, third presentation: "Spirit Images, Medicine Rocks: Rock Art of Alberta" given by Michael Klassen. |
| Apr 25 1999: | Mosses to Microbes: Biodiversity by SEM exhibition closes. |
| May 01 1999: | Another America exhibition opens. |
| May 08 1999: | Worlds of the Inuit: Through the Artists' Eyes exhibition opens. |
| May 08 1999: | Siqiniq: Under the Same Sun exhibition opens. |
| May 13 1999: | Time Travellers VI lecture series, fourth presentation: "Custer's Last Battle: The Archaeology of the Battlefield at Little Big Horn" given by Richard Fox. |
| May 22 1999: | Finding Our Way Home: Alberta's Disappearing Grain Elevators exhibition opens. |
| May 22 1999: | A Prairie Icon: The Chinese Restaurant in Western Canada exhibition opens. |
| Jun 06 1999: | Portraits from the Inner City exhibition closes. |
| Jul 04 1999: | Another America exhibition closes. |
| Aug 08 1999: | Finding Our Way Home: Alberta's Disappearing Grain Elevators exhibition opens. |
| Aug 08 1999: | A Prairie Icon: The Chinese Restaurant in Western Canada exhibition closes. |
| Aug 10 1999: | The Photographic Arts Society of Alberta exhibition opens. |
| Sep 06 1999: | Worlds of the Inuit: Through the Artists' Eyes exhibition closes. |
| Sep 06 1999: | Siqiniq: Under the Same Sun exhibition closes. |
| Sep 06 1999: | The Photographic Arts Society of Alberta exhibition closes. |
| Sep 18 1999: | An Astonishing Cavalcade exhibition opens. |
| Sep 18 1999: | 60th Anniversary of Trolley Buses exhibition opens. |
| Oct 03 1999: | 60th Anniversary of Trolley Buses exhibition closes. |
| Oct 09 1999: | First Millennium Exhibition: Rise of the Black Dragon: Cultural Treasures from China exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Nov 08 1999: | Alberta Remembers exhibition opens. |
| Nov 27 1999: | Big Bear Fair: The World's Largest Teddy Bear Party exhibition opens. |
| Nov 28 1999: | An Astonishing Cavalcade exhibition closes. |
| Nov 30 1999: | Alberta Remembers exhibition closes. |
| Jan 09 2000: | First Millennium Exhibition: Rise of the Black Dragon: Cultural Treasures from China exhibition closes. |
| Feb 12 2000: | From Crystals to Gems exhibition opens. |
| Feb 21 2000: | Big Bear Fair: The World's Largest Teddy Bear Party exhibition closes. |
| Mar 25 2000: | Time Travellers VII lecture series, first presentation: "30,000 Years Before Van Gogh: Chauvet Cave Today" given by Jean Clottes. |
| Apr 13 2000: | Wildflowers of the Parkland: The Barbara George Collection exhibition opens. |
| Apr 13 2000: | Time Travellers VII lecture series, second presentation: "Tracking Ice Age Giants: People and Pleistocene Animals in Southern Alberta" given by Brian Kooyman. |
| Apr 20 2000: | Time Travellers VII lecture series, third presentation: "Archaeology of the Old Testament World: From Tribes to Urbanites in Iron Age Jordan" given by Larry Herr. |
| Apr 27 2000: | Time Travellers VII lecture series, fourth presentation: "Lord Baltimore's Ferryland: Early 17th Century Settlement in Newfoundland" given by Jim Tuck. |
| Apr 30 2000: | From Crystals to Gems exhibition closes. |
| May 06 2000: | Peter Ramos: Photographs of Western Canada exhibition opens. |
| May 17 2000: | Strathcona's Horse: A Western History exhibition opens. |
| May 27 2000: | Second Millennium Exhibition: The Mystical Arts of Tibet exhibition opens. |
| May 28 2000: | Wildflowers of the Parkland: The Barbara George Collection exhibition closes. |
| Jun 03 2000: | Mary Vaux Walcott - Botanical Illustration exhibition opens. |
| Jul 23 2000: | Peter Ramos: Photographs of Western Canada exhibition closes. |
| Jul 30 2000: | Strathcona's Horse: A Western History exhibition closes. |
| Jul 30 2000: | Mary Vaux Walcott - Botanical Illustration exhibition closes. |
| Aug 01 2000: | The Photographic Arts Society of Alberta exhibition opens. |
| Aug 27 2000: | Second Millennium Exhibition: The Mystical Arts of Tibet exhibition closes. |
| Aug 31 2000: | The Photographic Arts Society of Alberta exhibition closes. |
| Sep 09 2000: | Public Relations in War exhibition opens. |
| Oct 07 2000: | Third Millennium Exhibition: Anno Domini: Jesus Through the Centuries exhibition opens. |
| Dec 03 2000: | Public Relations in War exhibition opens. |
| Jan 07 2001: | Third Millennium Exhibition: Anno Domini: Jesus Through the Centuries exhibition closes. |
| Jan 27 2001: | The Silver Skate Exhibit: Skates and Skating from Yesteryear exhibition opens. |
| Feb 10 2001: | Fourth Millennium Exhibition: Syria, Land of Civilizations exhibition opens. |
| Mar 04 2001: | The Silver Skate Exhibit: Skates and Skating from Yesteryear exhibition closes. |
| Mar 29 2001: | Time Travellers VIII lecture series, first presentation: "In The City of The Queen of Sheba" given by William Glanzman. |
| Apr 07 2001: | Art Out of Sudan exhibition opens. |
| Apr 12 2001: | Time Travellers VIII lecture series, second presentation: "Alphabets and Texts: Inscriptions of Ancient Syria and the Near East" given by Walter Aufrecht. |
| Apr 26 2001: | Time Travellers VIII lecture series, third presentation: "Alberta, Athapaskans and Apaches" given by Jack Ives. |
| May 05 2001: | Time Travellers VIII lecture series, fourth presentation: "Syria's Early Bronze Age" given by Michael Fortin. |
| May 13 2001: | Fourth Millennium Exhibition: Syria, Land of Civilizations exhibition closes. |
| Jun 09 2001: | Edouard Cortès (1882-1969): Paris and the French Countryside Revealed exhibition opens. |
| Jun 30 2001: | Hugin and Munin: Myth and Images of Birds exhibition opens. |
| Jul 02 2001: | Art Out of Sudan exhibition closes. |
| Jul 22 2001: | Hugin and Munin: Myth and Images of Birds exhibition closes. |
| Aug 04 2001: | Alberta and Heilongjiang Province: Photographs exhibition opens. |
| Aug 04 2001: | AFA Collections: Portraits exhibition opens. |
| Aug 31 2001: | AFA Collections: Portraits exhibition closes. |
| Sep 03 2001: | Edouard Cortès (1882-1969): Paris and the French Countryside Revealed exhibition closes. |
| Sep 22 2001: | The Chinese Emperors' Collection: Qing Dynasty exhibition opens. |
| Oct 20 2001: | Alberta and Heilongjiang Province: Photographs exhibition closes. |
| Nov 17 2001: | SIXTIES: Linda McCartney's Sixties - Portrait of an Era exhibition opens. |
| Nov 17 2001: | SIXTIES: THE BEATLES! - Backstage and Behind the Scenes exhibition opens. |
| Jan 13 2002: | The Chinese Emperors' Collection: Qing Dynasty exhibition closes. |
| Jan 13 2002: | SIXTIES: Linda McCartney's Sixties - Portrait of an Era exhibition closes. |
| Jan 14 2002: | SIXTIES: Elliott Landry's SPIRIT OF A GENERATION: Dylan, The Band and Woodstock exhibition opens. |
| Feb 02 2002: | Waiting for the Light exhibition opens. |
| Mar 13 2002: | Time Travellers IX lecture series, first presentation: "Ancient DNA From Neandertals to Mammoths" given by Alan Cooper. |
| Apr 01 2002: | SIXTIES: THE BEATLES! - Backstage and Behind the Scenes exhibition closes. |
| Apr 01 2002: | SIXTIES: Elliott Landry's SPIRIT OF A GENERATION: Dylan, The Band and Woodstock exhibition closes. |
| Apr 02 2002: | SIXTIES: Mike McCartney's Liverpool - Sixties Black and White exhibition opens. |
| Apr 04 2002: | Time Travellers IX lecture series, second presentation: "The Fall of the Inca Empire" given by Patrick Carmichael. |
| Apr 07 2002: | Waiting for the Light exhibition closes. |
| Apr 18 2002: | Time Travellers IX lecture series, third presentation: "All That Glitters is not Gold: Metalwork in Prehistoric North America" given by Michael Wayman. |
| Apr 25 2002: | Time Travellers IX lecture series, fourth presentation: "Out of the Northern Ice: Climate Change and Yukon Archaeology" given by Sheila Greer. |
| May 02 2002: | Time Travellers IX lecture series, fifth presentation: "Landslides and Inca Engineering" given by Peter Bobrowsky. |
| May 04 2002: | Domestic Art: Quilts from the Museum's Collection exhibition opens. |
| May 12 2002: | SIXTIES: Mike McCartney's Liverpool - Sixties Black and White exhibition closes. |
| Jun 29 2002: | Money / L'Argent exhibition opens. |
| Jul 06 2002: | Big Things outdoor sculpture exhibition opens. |
| Sep 02 2002: | Money / L'Argent exhibition closes. |
| Sep 02 2002: | Domestic Art: Quilts from the Museum's Collection exhibition closes. |
| Sep 14 2002: | SNAP! Twenty Years of Printmaking exhibition opens. |
| Oct 12 2002: | Ancient Rome exhibition opens. |
| Nov 17 2002: | SNAP! Twenty Years of Printmaking exhibition closes. |
| Dec 14 2002: | Spotlight Gallery: Bone Diggers exhibition opens. |
| Feb 15 2003: | Fantastic Art by Edith Eichner exhibition opens. |
| Mar 20 2003: | Time Travellers X lecture series, first presentation: "The Art of Communication: Reading the Meaning of Roman Art" given by Steven Himans. |
| Mar 09 2003: | Spotlight Gallery: Bone Diggers exhibition closes. |
| Mar 31 2003: | Big Things outdoor sculpture exhibition closes. |
| Apr 03 2003: | Time Travellers X lecture series, second presentation: "Polynesian Origins" given by David Burley, simon Fraser University. |
| Apr 10 2003: | Time Travellers X lecture series, third presentation: "How and Why Do Languages Spread?" given by Lyle Campbell, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. |
| Apr 17 2003: | Time Travellers X lecture series, fourth presentation: "Another Ten Remarkable Things about Alberta Archaeology" given by Jack Ives. |
| Apr 21 2003: | Ancient Rome exhibition closes. |
| Apr 24 2003: | Go Fish! exhibition opens in the Spotlight Gallery |
| May 04 2003: | Fantastic Art by Edith Eichner exhibition closes. |
| May 06 2003: | Maurice Doll, Curator of Government History, awarded the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal for outstanding work in heritage preservation. The medal was presented by the Honourable Lois Hole, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, in a ceremony at Government House, Edmonton. |
| May 06 2003: | Big Things II outdoor sculpture exhibition opens. |
| May 17 2003: | SNEAK PEEK - The Wild Alberta Preview Gallery three-day event begins. |
| May 18 2003: | SNEAK PEEK - The Wild Alberta Preview Gallery second day of three-day event. |
| May 19 2003: | SNEAK PEEK - The Wild Alberta Preview Gallery three-day event ends. |
| Jun 05 2003: | Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition opens. |
| Jul 20 2003: | Go Fish! exhibition closes. |
| Aug 14 2003: | Spotlight Gallery: Forged in Fire: 19th Century Firearms in Alberta exhibition opens. |
| Sep 17 2003: | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits the Wild Alberta Gallery and pronounces it "Amazing!". |
| Sep 20 2003: | Wild Alberta Gallery opens. |
| Sep 28 2003: | Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition closes. |
| Oct 11 2003: | The Rookie exhibition opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| Dec 05 2003: | Appreciation evening for Mammoth Pass holders. |
| Dec 06 2003: | Teddy Bears are Back exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Jan 04 2004: | The Rookie exhibition closes. |
| Jan 11 2004: | Spotlight Gallery: Forged in Fire: 19th Century Firearms in Alberta exhibition closes. |
| Jan 24 2004: | Alberta Naturescapes exhibition opens in the Orientation Gallery. Photographs by Michael Chesworth. |
| Jan 30 2004: | Launch of a virtual exhibition, Valentine's Day: Love and Romance Through the Ages, hosted through the Virtual Museum of Canada |
| Feb 07 2004: | Spotlight Gallery: Every Mother's Fear: Alberta's Polio Experience exhibition opens. |
| Feb 16 2004: | Family Day events and activities at the museum. |
| Feb 16 2004: | Teddy Bears are Back exhibition closes. |
| Feb 21 2004: | Buried Treasures, first day of a two-day event in which visitors were invited to bring objects for curators to identify. |
| Feb 22 2004: | Buried Treasures, second day of a two-day event in which visitors were invited to bring objects for curators to identify. |
| Feb 26 2004: | Creatures Convention 2004, first day of a three-day event focusing on invertebrates, bugs, and The Bug Room. |
| Feb 27 2004: | Creatures Convention 2004, second day of a three-day event focusing on invertebrates, bugs, and The Bug Room. |
| Mar 27 2004: | Through the Eye of a Needle exhibition opens, featuring the embroidery traditions of women from Gujurat, India. |
| Mar 27 2004: | In Shadow of Volcanoes exhibition opens, featuring 59 artworks by 31 artists from Yogyakarta, Indonesia. |
| Feb 28 2004: | Creatures Convention 2004, third day of a three-day event focusing on invertebrates, bugs, and The Bug Room. |
| Apr 15 2004: | Time Travellers XI lecture series, first presentation: "Sailors in Paradise - Embarking on the Last Voyage of HMS Pandora" given by Peter Gesner. |
| Apr 22 2004: | Time Travellers XI lecture series, second presentation: "On Dry Land: Detecting Drought in Alberta's Past" given by Alwynne Beaudoin. |
| Apr 25 2004: | Alberta Naturescapes exhibition closes. |
| Apr 29 2004: | Time Travellers XI lecture series, third presentation: "Carved in Stone: The Rise and Fall of the Great Stone Statues of Easter Island" given by Jack Brink. |
| Apr 30 2004: | Big Things II outdoor sculpture exhibition closes. |
| May 06 2004: | Time Travellers XI lecture series, fourth presentation: "Following the Shadows of the Great Ones: Western Canada's Early Explorers" given by Heinz Pyszczyk. |
| May 07 2004: | Where are the Children? Healing the Legacy of the Residential Schools exhibition opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| May 08 2004: | Big Things 3, outdoor sculpture exhibition opens. |
| May 19 2004: | Philip H. R. Stepney, Director of the Museum (1989-2001), died in Edmonton, Alberta, at the age of 56. |
| Jun 06 2004: | Through the Eye of a Needle exhibition closes. |
| Jun 06 2004: | In Shadow of Volcanoes exhibition closes. |
| Jun 19 2004: | A Century Past: Refined Living in the New Alberta exhibition opens. |
| Jun 24 2004: | The Wild Alberta Gallery was the recipient of a Premier's Award of Excellence, Bronze award, at a ceremony held at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton. |
| Jul 08 2004: | The GEE! in Genome exhibition opens. |
| Jul 09 2004: | Salts of the Earth exhibition opens, in the Café Cases. |
| Aug 02 2004: | Where are the Children? Healing the Legacy of the Residential Schools exhibition closes. |
| Sep 12 2004: | Spotlight Gallery: Every Mother's Fear: Alberta's Polio Experience exhibition closes. |
| Sep 27 2004: | Wild Light: Photographs by Dale Hudjik exhibition opens. |
| Oct 11 2004: | The GEE! in Genome exhibition closes. |
| Nov 06 2004: | Queens of the Court: The Edmonton Grads exhibition opens. |
| Nov 07 2004: | Alberta Remembers exhibition opens. |
| Nov 23 2004: | Alberta Remembers exhibition closes. |
| Dec 03 2004: | Appreciation evening for Mammoth Pass holders. |
| Dec 04 2004: | Teddies and Toys: Toy Stories Through Time exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Jan 09 2005: | Wild Light: Photographs by Dale Hudjik exhibition closes. |
| Jan 14 2005: | Back Home 2005: Karen Brownlee exhibition opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| Feb 14 2005: | More than Meets the Eye ... at the Museum! exhibition closes. |
| Feb 27 2005: | Teddies and Toys: Toy Stories Through Time exhibition closes. |
| Mar 03 2005: | Book launch for Aboriginal Cultures in Alberta: Five Hundred Generations by Susan Berry and Jack Brink, a companion book for the Syncrude Gallery of Aboriginal Culture. |
| Mar 13 2005: | A Century Past: Refined Living in the New Alberta exhibition closes. |
| Apr 03 2005: | Back Home 2005: Karen Brownlee exhibition closes. |
| Apr 30 2005: | Big Things 3, outdoor sculpture exhibition closes. |
| May 04 2005: | Salts of the Earth exhibition closes. |
| May 07 2005: | Hoof Prints to Tank Tracks - 100 Years of the South Alberta Light Horse exhibition opens. |
| May 10 2005: | Minister of Community Development Gary Mar announced $150 million over the next five years to renew the Museum. |
| May 15 2005: | Fossils! Creatures from the Depths of Time, a reworking of the fossils exhibition space, opens in the Natural History gallery. |
| May 19 2005: | C is for Chinook - An Alberta Alphabet exhibition opens. |
| May 21 2005: | Royal Alberta Museum Posters longterm hallway exhibition opens. |
| May 24 2005: | Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II visited the Provincial Museum of Alberta and renamed it the Royal Alberta Museum. |
| Jun 20 2005: | Alberta Centennial Sculpture Exhibition, outdoor exhibition opens. |
| Jul 01 2005: | Alberta Celebrates - Centennial Exhibition exhibition opens. |
| Jul 25 2005: | First day of five days of Bug Fair events. |
| Jul 29 2005: | Last day of five days of Bug Fair events. |
| Aug 07 2005: | C is for Chinook - An Alberta Alphabet exhibition closes. |
| Aug 13 2005: | Alberta Communities: Then and Now exhibition opens. |
| Aug 14 2005: | River Valley Festival, a one-day event focussing on the North Saskatchewan River and river valley. |
| Sep 15 2005: | Time Travellers XII lecture series, first presentation: "Time Travel Alberta Style: Forty Years of Archaeology and 8,000 Years of History in the Cypress Hills" given by Gerald Oetelaar. |
| Sep 18 2005: | Hoof Prints to Tank Tracks - 100 Years of the South Alberta Light Horse exhibition closes. |
| Sep 22 2005: | Time Travellers XII lecture series, second presentation: "Could Neanderthals Chew Gum and Walk at the Same Time? A Look at Current Ideas About the Last 'Archaic' Humans" given by John Speth. |
| Sep 25 2005: | Alberta Centennial Sculpture Exhibition, outdoor exhibition closes. |
| Sep 29 2005: | Time Travellers XII lecture series, third presentation: "A Mile in these Shoes: Apachean Ancestors Approaching the American Southwest" given by Jack Ives. |
| Oct 06 2005: | Time Travellers XII lecture series, fourth presentation: "The Lost Boys and Buffalo Jumps" given by Eldon Yellowhorn. |
| Oct 11 2005: | Dedication of the Jeongia, a Korean pavilion, on the Museum grounds. |
| Oct 16 2005: | Showing of the film "The Art of Nature: Clarence Tillenius", followed by a discussion between artist Clarence Tillenius and documentary film-maker Pirkko Karvonen. |
| Oct 22 2005: | Kid Stuff: Great Toys from Our Childhood exhibition opens. |
| Nov 01 2005: | Remembrance Day 2005 exhibition opens. |
| Nov 13 2005: | Collector's Day, collectors of tin toys and soldiers met in the Upper Lounge. |
| Nov 22 2005: | Special Presentation: "The Cave Beneath the Sea: Paleolithic Rock Art at Cosquer Cave", public lecture by Jean Clottes. |
| Nov 30 2005: | Remembrance Day 2005 exhibition closes. |
| Dec 02 2005: | Appreciation evening for Mammoth Pass holders. |
| Jan 09 2006: | Kid Stuff: Great Toys from Our Childhood exhibition closes. |
| Jan 15 2006: | Alberta Communities: Then and Now exhibition closes. |
| Jan 21 2006: | Beneath the Surface exhibition opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| Jan 28 2006: | Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition opens. |
| Jan 29 2006: | Alberta Celebrates - Centennial Exhibition exhibition closes. |
| Feb 12 2006: | Queens of the Court: The Edmonton Grads exhibition closes. |
| Mar 18 2006: | Pysanky: The Art and Passion of Chester Kuc exhibition opens. |
| Mar 19 2006: | Beneath the Surface exhibition closes. |
| Mar 25 2006: | The Photographic Art Society of Alberta exhibition opens. |
| Apr 18 2006: | Book launch for Alberta Formed - Alberta Transformed, edited by Michael Payne, Donald G. Wetherell, and Catherine Cavanaugh, the centennial history of Alberta. The book launch was held at Rutherford House on the University of Alberta campus. Several current and former Museum staffers contributed to these volumes. |
| Apr 23 2006: | Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition closes. |
| May 07 2006: | Pysanky: The Art and Passion of Chester Kuc exhibition closes. |
| May 09 2006: | Many tense moments as Museum staffers participated at a distance in an auction at Sotheby's auction house in New York. At the end of the sale, the Museum had acquired 33 of 43 pieces in the Southesk collection. |
| May 27 2006: | From Geisha to Diva: The Kimonos of Ichimaru exhibition opens. |
| May 27 2006: | Satisfaction Guaranteed: The Mail-Order Catalogue in Canada exhibition opens. |
| May 28 2006: | The Photographic Art Society of Alberta exhibition closes. |
| Jun 03 2006: | Margaret Shelton: Alberta Memories exhibition opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| Jun 03 2006: | Big Things 4, outdoor sculpture exhibition opens. |
| Jun 10 2006: | The Frontier in Bronze: Sculptures by Bob Scriver exhibition opens in the Spotlight Gallery. |
| Jun 18 2006: | Special Event: National Aboiginal Day. |
| Jun 29 2006: | Lecture "The Geisha in Japanese Society", by Barry Till, East Asian Art Curator, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. |
| Jul 03 2006: | Margaret Shelton: Alberta Memories exhibition closes. |
| Jul 08 2006: | AFA Collects: Works by First Nations Artists exhibition opens. |
| Jul 12 2006: | Lecture "From Kimono to Harajuku Girls", by by Linda Tzang, Curator, Cultural Communities. |
| Aug 08 2006: | First day of three days of Bug Fair events. |
| Aug 09 2006: | Second day of three days of Bug Fair events. |
| Aug 10 2006: | Last day of three days of Bug Fair events. |
| Aug 17 2006: | The Queen's Rent, consisting of the pelts of two elk and of two black beaver pelts, transferred from the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta to the Royal Alberta Museum. |
| Aug 22 2006: | The Museum held a media preview to highlight the return of the Southesk Collection to western Canada. |
| Aug 27 2006: | AFA Collects: Works by First Nations Artists exhibition closes. |
| Sep 02 2006: | H. G. Glyde exhibition opens. |
| Sep 04 2006: | From Geisha to Diva: The Kimonos of Ichimaru exhibition closes. |
| Sep 04 2006: | Satisfaction Guaranteed: The Mail-Order Catalogue in Canada exhibition closes. |
| Sep 05 2006: | The Museum Café is now managed by museum staff and has a new menu and ambiance. |
| Sep 28 2006: | Time Travellers XIII lecture series, first presentation: "The Peopling of the Americas: New Insights from Genetic Studies" given by Theodore Schur. |
| Oct 01 2006: | The Queen's Rent exhibition closes. |
| Oct 01 2006: | Big Things 4, outdoor sculpture exhibition closes. |
| Oct 05 2006: | Time Travellers XIII lecture series, second presentation: "The Amaizing Trace: Discovering Past Aboriginal Use of Maize on the Canadian Plains" given by Sonia Zarrillo. |
| Oct 12 2006: | Time Travellers XIII lecture series, third presentation: "Prehistoric Shamans of Lake Baikal, Siberia" given by Andrzej Weber. |
| Oct 26 2006: | Time Travellers XIII lecture series, fourth presentation: "X-Box Archaeology: Reconstructing a Thule Whalebone House from the Canadian High Arctic Using 3-D Imaging Technology" given by Peter Dawson. |
| Oct 27 2006: | Special Event: Sneak Peek for Mammoth Pass holders at LEGO® Ocean Adventure amd BOB THE BUILDERTM: PROJECT BUILD IT |
| Oct 28 2006: | LEGO® Ocean Adventure exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Oct 28 2006: | BOB THE BUILDERTM: PROJECT BUILD IT exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Oct 29 2006: | H. G. Glyde exhibition closes. |
| Nov 02 2006: | In Service to the Crown - Aboriginal Veterans of the First and Second World Wars exhibition opens. |
| Nov 03 2006: | Allan King - Timeless Beauty of Platinum Photography exhibition opens. |
| Nov 04 2006: | Penguins: A Formal Affair, one-hour presentation by West Edmonton Mall Marine Life Education Programs, in the Upper Lounge. |
| Nov 11 2006: | Screening of Forgotten Warriors, directed by Loretta Todd, a National Film Board documentary about men and women from Indigenous communities who fought in the Second World War. |
| Nov 18 2006: | Spineless Wonders, one-hour presentation by West Edmonton Mall Marine Life Education Programs, in the Upper Lounge. |
| Nov 19 2006: | The Frontier in Bronze: Sculptures by Bob Scriver exhibition closes. |
| Nov 23 2006: | Project Renewal - Building a Museum for Alberta exhibition opens. |
| Nov 30 2006: | In Service to the Crown - Aboriginal Veterans of the First and Second World Wars exhibition closes. |
| Dec 02 2006: | Penguins: A Formal Affair, one-hour presentation by West Edmonton Mall Marine Life Education Programs, in the Upper Lounge. |
| Dec 09 2006: | Models of Historical Edmonton exhibition opens. |
| Dec 16 2006: | Spineless Wonders, one-hour presentation by West Edmonton Mall Marine Life Education Programs, in the Upper Lounge. |
| Dec 27 2006: | Penguins: A Formal Affair, one-hour presentation by West Edmonton Mall Marine Life Education Programs, in the Upper Lounge. |
| Dec 29 2006: | Spineless Wonders, one-hour presentation by West Edmonton Mall Marine Life Education Programs, in the Upper Lounge. |
| Jan 14 2007: | Allan King - Timeless Beauty of Platinum Photography exhibition closes. |
| Jan 21 2007: | Models of Historical Edmonton exhibition closes. |
| Jan 28 2007: | LEGO® Ocean Adventure exhibition closes. |
| Jan 28 2007: | BOB THE BUILDERTM: PROJECT BUILD IT exhibition closes. |
| Feb 01 2007: | REMNANTS - Ray Van Nes Platinum Prints exhibition opens. |
| Feb 17 2007: | Galen Rowell - A Retrospective exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Mar 16 2007: | "From Birds to Butterflies - Tracking wildlife species using non-conventional techniques", lecture by Dr. Keith Hobson, Canadian Wildlife Service. |
| Mar 19 2007: | John Poikans, palaeontology technician and preparator at the Museum in the late 1960s, died in Kelowna, British Columbia, at the age of 87. |
| Mar 24 2007: | Cool and Collected exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Mar 29 2007: | "Museums as an Educational Tool: The Case of the House of Wonders Museum of History & Culture of Zanzibar & the Swahili Coast", lecture by Professor Sheriff. Second lecture in the University of Alberta Distinguished Speakers Series. |
| Apr 01 2007: | REMNANTS - Ray Van Nes Platinum Prints exhibition closes. |
| Apr 06 2007: | Photographic Arts Society of Alberta exhibition opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| May 05 2007: | Stories from the Southesk Collection: A 150-Year Journey exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| May 11 2007: | Alberta Formed - Alberta Transformed, edited by Michael Payne, Donald G. Wetherell, and Catherine Cavanaugh, the centennial history of Alberta, was given the award for Book Design of the Year at the 2007 Alberta Book Publishing Awards event held in Edmonton. Several current and former Museum staffers contributed to these volumes. |
| May 13 2007: | Photographic Arts Society of Alberta exhibition closes. |
| May 19 2007: | Small Wonder: The Miniscule Magnified exhibition opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| May 21 2007: | National Aboriginal Day, special events. |
| Jul 03 2007: | Ralph Carson, on staff 1965-1982, first as Assistant Curator, Natural History, later as Habitat Artist, died in Edmonton, Alberta, at the age of 69. |
| Jul 23 2007: | The Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta (FRIAA) invests $1.25 million, through the Friends of Royal Alberta Museum Society, to enrich the Wild Alberta Gallery. |
| Aug 07 2007: | First of two days of Bug Fair events. |
| Aug 08 2007: | Second of two days of Bug Fair events. |
| Sep 03 2007: | Cool and Collected exhibition closes. |
| Sep 03 2007: | Galen Rowell - A Retrospective exhibition closes. |
| Sep 03 2007: | Project Renewal - Building a Museum for Alberta exhibition closes. |
| Sep 16 2007: | Small Wonder: The Miniscule Magnified exhibition closes. |
| Sep 22 2007: | Skyscapes - Interpretation of the Alberta Sky exhibition opens. |
| Sep 22 2007: | First day of National Forest Week events. |
| Sep 30 2007: | Last day of National Forest Week events. |
| Oct 11 2007: | Time Travellers XIV lecture series, first presentation: "Ancient Fish Traps of the Northwest Coast" given by Rob Losey. |
| Oct 18 2007: | Time Travellers XIV lecture series, second presentation: "Archaeological Research and Interpretive Programming at Wanuskewin Heritage Park: A Retrospective" given by Ernie Walker. |
| Oct 29 2007: | Remembrance Day exhibition opens. |
| Nov 15 2007: | The Royal Alberta Museum receives artifacts and archival material related to the ship-wrecked Empress of Ireland from the Empress of Ireland Artifacts Committee. |
| Nov 18 2007: | Remembrance Day exhibition closes. |
| Nov 25 2007: | Skyscapes - Interpretation of the Alberta Sky exhibition closes. |
| Dec 01 2007: | Museum by Numbers, an exhibition celebrating 40 years of Museum history, opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| Dec 06 2007: | Mammoth Milestone, celebration of the Museum's 40th Anniversary, marked by four days of special events. |
| Jan 31 2008: | Museum by Numbers, an exhibition celebrating 40 years of Museum history, closes in the Orientation Gallery. |
| May 13 2008: | A replica of a 16th century Korean warship on display in the Museum Lobby. The Kobuksan, or turtle ship, is 7.5 m long. |
| May 29 2008: | Lost Ship, Recovered Voyages: The Empress of Ireland exhibition opens. |
| Jun 14 2008: | Dragons: Between Science and Fiction exhibition opens. |
| Jun 21 2008: | Peter Hide Sculptures, outdoor exhibition opens. |
| Jul 06 2008: | Here be Dragons... and other creatures lecture series. First of ten lectures: "Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon: The Role and Symbolism of Dragons in the Harry Potter Series" by Edmund Kern. |
| Jul 13 2008: | Here be Dragons... and other creatures lecture series. Second of ten lectures: "Komodo Island: Where there be Dragons - Exploring the Natural History of the Largest Living Dragon" by Bob Johnson. |
| Jul 20 2008: | Here be Dragons... and other creatures lecture series. Third of ten lectures: "Dragons and Cryptozoology" by Loren Coleman. |
| Jul 27 2008: | Here be Dragons... and other creatures lecture series. Fourth of ten lectures: "Dragons and Other Mythical Beasts in Asian Cultures" by Paula Swart. |
| Aug 03 2008: | Here be Dragons... and other creatures lecture series. Fifth of ten lectures: "Everybody Wants - and Needs - a Dragon" by Joe Nigg. |
| Aug 10 2008: | Here be Dragons... and other creatures lecture series. Sixth of ten lectures: "Painting Dragons in their Natural Habitat" by William Stout. |
| Aug 17 2008: | Here be Dragons... and other creatures lecture series. Seventh of ten lectures: "Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science" by Jeff Meldrum. |
| Aug 24 2008: | Here be Dragons... and other creatures lecture series. Eighth of ten lectures: "Evolution and Extinction of the Dragon" by Peter Hogarth. |
| Aug 31 2008: | Here be Dragons... and other creatures lecture series. Ninth of ten lectures: "On the Track of Mokele-mbembe: Africa's Living Dinosaur" by William Gibbons. |
| Sep 07 2008: | Here be Dragons... and other creatures lecture series. Tenth of ten lectures: "Backyard Dragons: The Bizarre Facts about Alberta's Dragonflies, Dinosaurs and Extinct (and Living!) Lizards" by John Acorn. |
| Sep 14 2008: | Dragons: Between Science and Fiction exhibition closes. |
| Oct 02 2008: | Time Travellers XV lecture series, first presentation: "Sedimentary Evidence: Thule Whalers Leave Clues About Their Past" given by Marianne Douglas. |
| Oct 05 2008: | Peter Hide Sculptures, outdoor exhibition closes. |
| Oct 05 2008: | Lost Ship, Recovered Voyages: The Empress of Ireland exhibition closes. |
| Oct 09 2008: | Time Travellers XV lecture series, second presentation: "The Peopling of the New World: A View from the Mesa Site in the Western Arctic" given by Michael Kunz. |
| Oct 16 2008: | Time Travellers XV lecture series, third presentation: "Longhouses of the Arctic" given by Eric Damkjar. |
| Oct 23 2008: | Time Travellers XV lecture series, fourth presentation: "The Last Imaginary Place" given by Robert McGhee. |
| Oct 25 2008: | Arte en la Charrería exhibition opens. |
| Oct 25 2008: | Joshua's Journey exhibition opens. |
| Oct 31 2008: | A replica of a 16th century Korean warship ends its display in the Museum Lobby. The Kobuksan, or turtle ship, is 7.5 m long. |
| Nov 04 2008: | Alberta Cowboys in Art exhibition opens. |
| Nov 22 2008: | Heights of Fashion: A History of the Elevated Foot exhibition opens. |
| Dec 13 2008: | Bill Kellner, former Shipper/Receiver at the Museum, died in Edmonton at the age of 78. |
| Jan 04 2009: | Joshua's Journey exhibition closes. |
| Jan 04 2009: | Alberta Cowboys in Art exhibition closes. |
| Jan 31 2009: | Ends of the Earth: From Polar Bears to Penguins exhibition opens. |
| Mar 08 2009: | Heights of Fashion: A History of the Elevated Foot exhibition closes. |
| Apr 13 2008: | Arte en la Charrería exhibition closes. |
| Apr 06 2009: | Imagining Head-Smashed-In: Aboriginal Buffalo Hunting on the Northern Plains by Archaeology Curator Jack Brink given the City of Edmonton Book Prize at the Mayor's Celebration of the Arts at the Winspear Centre, Edmonton. This is the first of many awards for this book |
| Apr 24 2009: | Imagining Head-Smashed-In: Aboriginal Buffalo Hunting on the Northern Plains by Archaeology Curator Jack Brink given the Society for American Archaeology Public Audience Book Award at the 74th Annual Meeting held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. |
| Apr 26 2009: | Ends of the Earth: From Polar Bears to Penguins exhibition closes. |
| May 15 2009: | International Museum Day lecture: "How Do We Know How Old Things Are?" presentation by Alwynne B. Beaudoin |
| May 16 2009: | Imagining Head-Smashed-In: Aboriginal Buffalo Hunting on the Northern Plains by Archaeology Curator Jack Brink given the Canadian Archaeological Association's 2009 Public Communication Award at the 42nd Annual Conference, held in Thunder Bay, Ontario. |
| Jun 20 2009: | Hummingbirds of the Americas exhibition opens. |
| Sep 26 2009: | Much More Munsch exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Oct 08 2009: | Time Travellers XVI lecture series, first presentation: "A Man by Many Names: Davidson Black and the Discovery of Peking Man" given by Julie L. Cormack. |
| Oct 15 2009: | Time Travellers XVI lecture series, second presentation: "Human Evolution: Progress, Problems and Possibilities" given by Bernard Wood. |
| Oct 23 2009: | Piece by Piece, a musical multimedia piece presented in the Museum Theatre, featuring songs written and performed by Maria Dunn, interwoven with audiovisual materials that showed the experiences of immigrant women who worked in Edmonton's GWG clothing factory during its 93 year history. |
| Oct 29 2009: | Time Travellers XVI lecture series, third presentation: "Peopling the Red Continent: Pleistocene Colonization of Australia" given by James F. O'Connell. |
| Oct 31 2009: | Hummingbirds of the Americas exhibition closes. |
| Nov 05 2009: | Time Travellers XVI lecture series, fourth presentation: "Chimpanzee Archaeology: A New Understanding of the Origin and Development of Culture" given by Julio Mercader. |
| Nov 11 2009: | Remembrance Day Exhibition: Women in the Canadian Armed Forces exhibition opens. |
| Nov 12 2009: | Diamonds: Mined, Refined and Designed lecture series. First of four lectures, "A Day in the Life of a Diamond Exploration Geologist: The Hunt for Canada's Next Diamond Mine" by Pamela Strand. |
| Nov 15 2009: | Darwin 200 Celebrations: "Charles Darwin and the Idea of Time", a lecture by Alwynne Beaudoin. |
| Nov 15 2009: | Remembrance Day Exhibition: Women in the Canadian Armed Forces exhibition closes. |
| Nov 22 2009: | Darwin 200 Celebrations: Book Launch: On the Origin of Species, a theatre event with Alwynne Beaudoin and James Butler. |
| Nov 26 2009: | Diamonds: Mined, Refined and Designed lecture series. Second of four lectures, "Diamonds in Brazil - Uncovering New Frontiers in the Jungles of Rondônia" by Roger Morton. |
| Nov 28 2009: | A Northern Alphabet, paintings by Ted Harrison, opens.. |
| Nov 28 2009: | Vanishing Cultures, photographs by Larry Louie, opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| Nov 29 2009: | Darwin 200 Celebrations: "Charles Darwin's Origin of Species: The Story Behind the Book", a lecture by James Butler. |
| Dec 10 2009: | Diamonds: Mined, Refined and Designed lecture series. Third of four lectures, "The Art and Beauty of Diamonds" by Gabriel Tolkowsky. |
| Jan 14 2010: | Diamonds: Mined, Refined and Designed lecture series. Fourth of four lectures, "Volcanoes: Can't Live With Them, Can't Live Without Them" by Roy Eccles. |
| Jan 31 2010: | Vanishing Cultures, photographs by Larry Louie, closes |
| Jan 31 2010: | A Northern Alphabet, paintings by Ted Harrison, opens.. |
| Feb 13 2010: | Natural Selections: Our Q&A About Alberta Nature exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Apr 06 2010: | Much More Munsch exhibition closes. |
| Apr 03 2010: | Reeds & Wool: Patterned Screens of Central Asia exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| May 08 2010: | Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Jun 25 2010: | Videos from the Natural Selections exhibition, produced by DynacorMedia of Edmonton, gained two Bronze Awards in the 31st annual Telly Awards (2010) in New York. The videos were given awards for outstanding achievement in the education and use of HD (high definition) categories for non-broadcast media. |
| Jun 30 2010: | A Bird in the Hand exhibition opens. |
| Aug 29 2010: | Reeds & Wool: Patterned Screens of Central Asia exhibition closes in the Feature Gallery. |
| Aug 29 2010: | A Bird in the Hand exhibition closes. |
| Oct 07 2010: | Time Travellers XVII lecture series, first presentation: "Ancient People of the Desert West: Change and Adaptation in the Bonneville Basin" given by David Rhode. |
| Oct 14 2010: | Time Travellers XVII lecture series, second presentation: "Taproots and Transformations: Wild Roots, Hot Rocks and Cultivated Landscapes of the Pacific Northwest" given by Sandra Peacock. |
| Oct 21 2010: | Time Travellers XVII lecture series, third presentation: "Cuisine and Coprolites: What We Have Learned from Ancient Human Poop and Why It Matters" given by Vaughn M. Bryant. |
| Oct 28 2010: | Time Travellers XVII lecture series, fourth presentation: "On the Origins and Spread of Mediterranean Farming: Keystone Species, Co-evolutionary Relationships and Human Technologies" given by Franca Boag. |
| Nov 02 2010: | Natural Selections: Our Q&A About Alberta Nature lecture series, first presentation: "Digging in the Dark: Caves and Ice Age Fossils in Western North America" given by Chris Jass. |
| Nov 09 2010: | Natural Selections: Our Q&A About Alberta Nature lecture series, second presentation: "How are New Bird Species Created? Lessons from a Hybrid Zone in Western Alberta" given by Jocelyn Hudon. |
| Nov 23 2010: | Natural Selections: Our Q&A About Alberta Nature lecture series, third presentation: "An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles, Mites and the Other Little 'Pests' On Which We Depend: Exploring the Value of Biodiversity" given by Tyler Cobb. |
| Nov 30 2010: | Natural Selections: Our Q&A About Alberta Nature lecture series, fourth and final presentation: "Studying an Endangered Fish: Do We Have An Option?" given by Mark Steinhilber. |
| Jan 05 2011: | Questions & Collections: Research at the Museum lecture series, first presentation: "Seeds, Shells and Sediment: Ten Thousand Years of Landscape Change in Northwest Alberta" given by Alwynne Beaudoin. |
| Jan 09 2011: | Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition closes. |
| Jan 19 2011: | Questions & Collections: Research at the Museum lecture series, second presentation: "Golden Opportunity: The Stories Behind the Dazzling Bralorne Gold Collection" given by Melissa Bowerman. |
| Jan 23 2011: | Natural Selections: Our Q&A About Alberta Nature exhibition closes. |
| Feb 02 2011: | Questions & Collections: Research at the Museum lecture series, third presentation: "Who is Howling in the Night? Exploring the Ecology of a Top Predator Outside Our Front Door" given by Mark Edwards. |
| Feb 16 2011: | Questions & Collections: Research at the Museum lecture series, fourth presentation: "Ancient Stone Hammers: What Were They Used For?" given by Karen L. Giering. |
| Feb 24 2011: | Collections from Home: Duck Decoys, made by Gary Erickson, Assistant Curator, Ornithology, exhibition opens in the Café Corridor. |
| Mar 02 2011: | Questions & Collections: Research at the Museum lecture series, fifth presentation: "Why Do We Need Collections: Wasp Research at the Museum?" given by Matthias Buck. |
| Mar 16 2011: | Questions & Collections: Research at the Museum lecture series, sixth presentation: "Saving Face: Towards the Conservation of Petroglyphs at Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park, Southern Alberta?" given by Jack Brink. |
| Mar 30 2011: | Questions & Collections: Research at the Museum lecture series, seventh and final presentation: "'So Bright a Picture': First Nations and Métis Art from the Southesk Collection" given by Susan Berry. |
| Apr 07 2011: | Premier Ed Stelmach announces that the Government of Alberta will allocate $340 million towards building a new 36,000 m² Royal Alberta Museum in downtown Edmonton by 2015. |
| Jun 11 2011: | Creatures of the Abyss exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Jul 05 2011: | Collections from Home: Cookie Cutters collected by Janet Waldon, Public Programs Coordinator, exhibition opens in the Café Corridor. |
| Jul 05 2011: | St. John Ambulance: Celebrating 100 years in Alberta exhibition opens in the Upper Lounge. |
| Jul 07 2011: | In the Museum Lobby, visitors could watch work on restoration of the Sunwapta Totem Pole. |
| Jul 09 2011: | Composed Exposures exhibition opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| Sep 11 2011: | Creatures of the Abyss exhibition closes in the Feature Gallery. |
| Sep 20 2011: | St. John Ambulance: Celebrating 100 years in Alberta exhibition closes in the Upper Lounge. |
| Sep 29 2011: | Time Travellers XVIII lecture series, first presentation: "Masters of Animals: Buffalo and Pronghorn Hunting on the Alberta Plains" given by Jack Brink. |
| Oct 02 2011: | Work on restoration of the Sunwapta Totem Pole continues but is no longer on public view in the Museum Lobby. |
| Oct 06 2011: | Time Travellers XVIII lecture series, second presentation: "Mammoths and Mastodons as Prey: Megamammal Hunting in the Human Past" given by Gary Haynes. |
| Oct 13 2011: | Time Travellers XVIII lecture series, third presentation: "No Moa: Whatever Happened to the Giant Flightless Birds of New Zealand" given by Brian Kooyman. |
| Oct 15 2011: | A River Runs Through It exhibition opens. |
| Oct 20 2011: | Time Travellers XVIII lecture series, fourth presentation: "Dorset Palaeoeskimo Seal Harvesting at Port au Choix, Northwestern Newfoundland" given by Priscilla Renouf. |
| Oct 22 2011: | Remembrance Day Exhibition: Threads of Comfort and Hope opens. |
| Nov 04 2011: | Collections from Home: Bells exhibition opens in the Café Corridor. |
| Nov 05 2011: | Narrative Quest exhibition opens. |
| Nov 13 2011: | Remembrance Day Exhibition: Threads of Comfort and Hope closes. |
| Nov 27 2011: | Composed Exposures exhibition closes in the Orientation Gallery. |
| Nov 30 2011: | Rod Vickers, Plains Archaeologist (1991-2001), died in Edmonton, Alberta, at the age of 65. |
| Dec 04 2011: | Culture Crates exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Dec 07 2011: | Chris Robinson appointed Executive Director of the Royal Alberta Museum. |
| Jan 06 2012: | Imagining Head-Smashed-In: Aboriginal Buffalo Hunting on the Northern Plains by Archaeology Curator Jack Brink given the Felicia A. Holton Book Award, co-sponsored by the Center for American Archaeology and the Archaeological Institute of America. at the AIA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. |
| Jan 22 2012: | Death of artist Clarence Tillenius, in Manitoba, at the age of 98. He was well known for his work on museum dioramas, including the Mountain Goat diorama that was in the Wild Alberta gallery at the former museum location in Glenora. |
| Jan 30 2012: | Culture Crates exhibition close in the Feature Gallery. |
| Feb 01 2012: | Questions & Collections II: Research at the Museum lecture series, first of six presentations: "Chop Suey on the Prairies: Reflections on Chinese restaurants in Alberta" given by K. Linda Tzang. |
| Feb 04 2012: | Faces of Labour exhibition opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| Feb 05 2012: | A River Runs Through It exhibition closes. |
| Feb 12 2012: | Collections from Home: Bells exhibition closes in the Café Corridor. |
| Feb 15 2012: | Questions & Collections II: Research at the Museum lecture series, second of six presentations: "How to Preserve Artifacts: Notes from the conservation lab" given by Margot Brunn. |
| Feb 18 2012: | Winged Tapestries: Moths at Large exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Mar 01 2012: | Questions & Collections II: Research at the Museum lecture series, third of six presentations: "Small, Dark and Sandstone: Tiny plants with a big tale to tell" given by Roxy Hastings. |
| Mar 14 2012: | Questions & Collections II: Research at the Museum lecture series, fourth of six presentations: "Project Sapsucker: A window into an overlooked hybrid zone in western Alberta" given by Jocelyn Hudon. |
| Mar 24 2012: | Fashioning Feathers exhibition opens in the Spotlight Gallery. |
| Mar 28 2012: | Questions & Collections II: Research at the Museum lecture series, fifth of six presentations: "The Alberta Quilt Project" given by Lucie Heins. |
| Apr 10 2012: | Death of artist John Weaver, in Hope, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 92. Well known for his sculptures in bronze, he created three large bronze artworks for the Museum lobby while working as the Museum's resident sculptor, 1966-1971. |
| Apr 11 2012: | Questions & Collections II: Research at the Museum lecture series, sixth of six presentations: "Threads of Life: The 1917 Waskatenau signature quilt" given by Sean Moir. |
| Apr 29 2012: | Narrative Quest exhibition closes. |
| May 10 2012: | The Royal Alberta Museum reached a milestone earlier this week: 13 million visitors since opening in 1967. |
| May 29 2012: | Lives of Aboriginal Women of the Canadian Northwest and Borderlands, edited by Sarah Carter and Patricia A. McCormack, was acknowledged as the Winner of the 2012 Best Book in Aboriginal History Prize by the Canadian Historical Association at their Annual Meeting in Waterloo, Ontario. Co-edited by former Curator of Ethnology Dr Pat McCormack, the book features an article by Curator of Ethnology Dr Susan Berry called "Recovered Identities: Four Métis Artists in Nineteenth Century Rupert's Land", highlighting women who created some of the items in the Southesk Collection. |
| Jun 08 2012: | Jack Brink, Curator of Archaeology, awarded an Honourary Doctor of Laws degree by Athabasca University, Alberta, in recognition of his contributions to the field of archaeology. |
| Jun 09 2012: | Lives of Aboriginal Women of the Canadian Northwest and Borderlands, edited by Sarah Carter and Patricia A. McCormack, was acknowledged as the Alberta Scholarly and Academic Book of the Year by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta at their Gala Event in Calgary. Co-edited by former Curator of Ethnology Dr Pat McCormack, the book features an article by Curator of Ethnology Dr Susan Berry called "Recovered Identities: Four Métis Artists in Nineteenth Century Rupert's Land", highlighting women who created some of the items in the Southesk Collection. |
| Jun 09 2012: | Wolf to Woof: The Story of Dogs exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Jun 18 2012: | Royal Alberta Museum Posters longterm hallway exhibition ends, after being on display for just over 7 years. |
| Jun 20 2012: | At its Annual General Meeting, the Friends of Royal Alberta Museum Society celebrated its 30th Anniversary and marked the occasion by presenting the Museum with an historic artifact: a dessert plate, made by the Minton company about 1867, featuring a picture entitled 'Over the Mountain, near Jasper House'. The plate commemorates the travels of Viscount Milton and Dr. Cheadle, who were early adventure tourists in western Canada, and illustrates one of the scenes from their tour. |
| Jun 24 2012: | Faces of Labour exhibition closes in the Orientation Gallery. |
| Jun 30 2012: | Maskwacîs (Bear Hills) exhibition opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| Jul 31 2012: | Executive Director Chris Robinson and Curator of Western Canadian History Cathy Roy received "The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem" for "valuable assistance in the furtherance of the work of the Order, in connection with the Alberta Council" for work on the St. John Ambulance exhibition in 2011. |
| Aug 16 2012: | A new book, Tyler's Facts on Frass, went on sale in the Museum Shop. Written by Jessica Glombick and illustrated by Valerie Damen, the book was inspired by the work of Dr Tyler Cobb, Curator of Invertebrate Zoology. |
| Aug 27 2012: | Maskwacîs (Bear Hills) exhibition closes. |
| Aug 30 2012: | Photographs from the early years of the Department of Geology exhibition opens in the Orientation Gallery, part of celebration marking the 100 year anniversary of this University of Alberta department. |
| Sep 03 2012: | Winged Tapestries: Moths at Large exhibition closes in the Feature Gallery. |
| Sep 16 2012: | Wolf to Woof: The Story of Dogs exhibition closes. |
| Sep 24 2012: | Photographs from the early years of the Department of Geology exhibition closes. This was part of celebration marking the 100 year anniversary of this University of Alberta department. |
| Sep 29 2012: | Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee exhibition opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| Oct 06 2012: | The Tsars' Cabinet exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Oct 11 2012: | Time Travellers XIX lecture series, first presentation: "Excavating the Unexpected: Housepits in Banff National Park" given by Gwyn Langemann. |
| Oct 15 2012: | Groundbreaking ceremony for the new Royal Alberta Museum at the downtown location. The event comprises the symbolic removal of a piece of one of the Ernestine Tahedl mosaic murals from the wall of the old Post Office Building. |
| Oct 18 2012: | Time Travellers XIX lecture series, second presentation: "'You Can't Go Home Again': How the Built Environment Becomes Archaeological" given by Margaret Kennedy. |
| Oct 25 2012: | Time Travellers XIX lecture series, third presentation: "The Sustainable City in Antiquity: New Halos in Hellenistic Greece" given by Margriet Haagsma. |
| Oct 27 2012: | Alberta Remembers: Canadian Casualties of the Afghan Conflict opens in the Museum Lobby. |
| Nov 01 2012: | Time Travellers XIX lecture series, fourth presentation: "Chaco Canyon, the Anasazi Capital" given by Stephen Lekson. |
| Nov 18 2012: | Alberta Remembers: Canadian Casualties of the Afghan Conflict closes. |
| Nov 27 2012: | Inuujaq: Dolls of the Canadian Arctic exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Dec 07 2012: | River's Edge Petrified Tree Stump exhibition opens amid celebrations to mark the 45th anniversary of the Museum's first day open to the public. |
| Jan 02 2013: | The Tsars' Cabinet exhibition closes. |
| Jan 06 2013: | Fashioning Feathers exhibition closes. |
| Jan 13 2013: | Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee exhibition closes. |
| Jan 19 2013: | Cold Recall: Roald Amundsen's Reflections from the Northwest Passage exhibition opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| Jan 30 2013: | Questions & Collections III: Research at the Museum lecture series, first of six presentation: "Revealing the Hidden Stories in Wild Alberta's Big Horn Sheep Diorama" given by Alwynne B. Beaudoin. |
| Feb 13 2013: | Questions & Collections III: Research at the Museum lecture series, second of six presentation: "Dancing on the Head of a Pin: Unravelling nature, one mite at a time" given by David Evans Walter. |
| Feb 16 2013: | Echoes in the Ice: History, Mystery, and Frozen Corpses exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Feb 16 2013: | Irene Avaalaaqiaq: Myth and Reality exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Feb 27 2013: | Questions & Collections III: Research at the Museum lecture series, third of six presentation: "Paper Wasps: The adventures of species discovery in the 21st century" given by Matthias Buck. |
| Mar 13 2013: | Questions & Collections III: Research at the Museum lecture series, fourth of six presentation: "Hand Weaving: An Albertan history" given by Cathy Roy. |
| Mar 19 2013: | Lecture by Her Excellency Mona Elisabeth Brøther, Norwegian Ambassador to Canada, about Norway's High North Strategy, in connection with the Cold Recall: Roald Amundsen's Reflections from the Northwest Passage exhibition. |
| Mar 27 2013: | Questions & Collections III: Research at the Museum lecture series, fifth of six presentation: "Trench Art: From tools of war to works of 'art'" given by Sean Moir. |
| Apr 10 2013: | Questions & Collections III: Research at the Museum lecture series, sixth of six presentation: "Speaking with Dolls" given by guest curator Bill Tracy. |
| Apr 20 2013: | Chop Suey on the Prairies exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Apr 28 2013: | Inuujaq: Dolls of the Canadian Arctic exhibition closes. |
| Apr 28 2013: | Cold Recall: Roald Amundsen's Reflections from the Northwest Passage exhibition closes. |
| May 04 2013: | Alberta Mushrooms exhibition opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| May 05 2013: | River's Edge Petrified Tree Stump exhibition closes. |
| May 20 2013: | Echoes in the Ice: History, Mystery, and Frozen Corpses exhibition closes. |
| May 20 2013: | Irene Avaalaaqiaq: Myth and Reality exhibition closes. |
| Jun 13 2013: | Opening event and preview for The Art of Seating: Two Hundred Years of American Design exhibition, including a presentation by Tim Antoniuk providing context for the design story. |
| Jun 15 2013: | The Art of Seating: Two Hundred Years of American Design exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Jun 21 2013: | Milton and Cheadle Plates case display opens in the Lobby. |
| Sep 15 2013: | Alberta Mushrooms exhibition closes. |
| Sep 21 2013: | 20 Years of Time Travellers exhibition opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| Sep 23 2013: | Public event at the corner of 103A Avenue and 99 Street in downtown Edmonton to mark the end of the demolition of the Canada Post building and the start of construction of the new Royal Alberta Museum bulding. Symbolic of this was the unveiling of hoarding around the site identifying it as the new museum's location. |
| Sep 23 2013: | Museum Memories postcard campaign begins. Albertans were invited to share their favorite museum memories through postcards. |
| Oct 06 2013: | The Art of Seating: Two Hundred Years of American Design exhibition closes. |
| Oct 17 2013: | Time Travellers XX lecture series, first presentation: "The King in the Car Park: the search for Richard III" given by Jo Appleby. |
| Oct 24 2013: | Time Travellers XX lecture series, second presentation: "Investigating HMS Investigator, a nineteenth-century sailing ship in the Canadian arctic" given by Ryan Harris. |
| Oct 28 2013: | Publication of Alberta's Government House: A Vice-Regal Residence, a history of one of Alberta's most treasured buildings by Jane Ross, retired Curator of Western Canadian History. The book was published to mark the centennial of Government House. |
| Oct 31 2013: | Time Travellers XX lecture series, third presentation: "Neandertals: Just like us or quite different?" given by Dennis Sandgathe. |
| Nov 07 2013: | Time Travellers XX lecture series, fourth presentation: "Vectors, Vestiges and Valhallas: Earliest human presence in Alberta at the end of the Ice Age" given by Jack Ives. |
| Nov 09 2013: | Pattern Wizardry exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Nov 12 2013: | 20 Years of Time Travellers exhibition closes. |
| Nov 16 2013: | Seeds in Disguise exhibition opens in the Spotlight Gallery. |
| Nov 17 2013: | "Alberta's Government House", a lecture by Jane Ross, retired Curator of Western Canadian History, to celebrate the publication of a new book, Alberta's Government House: A Vice-Regal Residence, a history of one of Alberta's most treasured buildings, which commemorates the centennial of Government House. |
| Nov 23 2013: | Species at Risk, photography exhibition opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| Nov 29 2013: | Appreciation evening for Mammoth Pass holders. |
| Dec 09 2013: | Milton and Cheadle Plates case display in the Lobby closes. |
| Dec 24 2013: | To celebrate the season and summarize activities at the Museum during the past year, Executive Director Chris Robinson broadcasts a holiday poem on YouTube. |
| Dec 31 2013: | Museum Memories postcard campaign ends. Albertans were invited to share their favorite museum memories through postcards. |
| Jan 29 2014: | Questions & Collections IV: Research at the Museum lecture series, first of six presentations: "The Science and Beauty of Seeds " given by Dr. Alwynne B. Beaudoin. |
| Feb 07 2014: | Ground-breaking ceremony held to mark the start of construction for the new Museum building at its downtown location. |
| Feb 12 2014: | Questions & Collections IV: Research at the Museum lecture series, second of six presentations: "When Algae Met Fungi: A lichen love story" given by Dr. Diane Haughland. |
| Feb 13 2014: | First support pile in place and first concrete poured for construction of the new downtown Museum building. |
| Feb 16 2014: | Seeds in Disguise exhibition closes. |
| Feb 26 2014: | Questions & Collections IV: Research at the Museum lecture series, third of six presentations: "A Geological Pattern Mystery: How patterns large and small provide insight into Earth's history" given by Melissa Bowerman. |
| Mar 09 2014: | Pattern Wizardry exhibition closes. |
| Mar 12 2014: | Questions & Collections IV: Research at the Museum lecture series, fourth of six presentations: "Our Changing Relationship with Bears: Society, culture and conservation" given by Dr. Mark Edwards. |
| Mar 16 2014: | Species at Risk, photography exhibition closes. |
| Mar 22 2014: | Bones, Rust and Wheels: Echoes from the past, an exhibition of paintings, opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| Mar 26 2014: | Questions & Collections IV: Research at the Museum lecture series, fifth of six presentations: "Unwanted Guests: Prisoners of war in Canada during the Second World War" given by Sean Moir. |
| Apr 09 2014: | Questions & Collections IV: Research at the Museum lecture series, sixth of six presentations: "Biographical Objects and Historical Narrative" given by Susan Berry. |
| Apr 12 2014: | Western Threads: Contemporary Fibre Art exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Apr 27 2014: | Chop Suey on the Prairies exhibition closes. |
| Jun 14 2014: | Worn to be Wild: The Black Leather Jacket exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Jul 01 2014: | Bones, Rust and Wheels: Echoes from the past closes. |
| Jul 05 2014: | Black Gold exhibition opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| Aug 04 2014: | Western Threads: Contemporary Fibre Art exhibition closes. |
| Aug 24 2014: | Black Gold exhibition closes. |
| Aug 30 2014: | Finding Place: Exploring Home Through Field Journal Art exhibition opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| Sep 07 2014: | Worn to be Wild: The Black Leather Jacket exhibition closes. |
| Nov 28 2014: | Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Nov 30 2014: | Finding Place: Exploring Home Through Field Journal Art exhibition closes. |
| Dec 06 2014: | Nowhere People photographic exhibition opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| Jan 28 2015: | Questions & Collections V: Research at the Museum lecture series, first of six presentations: "Burrowing Owls Living on a Developed Landscape" given by Corey Scobie. |
| Feb 11 2015: | Questions & Collections V: Research at the Museum lecture series, second of six presentations: "A Tale of Two Mammoth Museums" given by Dr. Chris Jass. |
| Feb 25 2015: | Questions & Collections V: Research at the Museum lecture series, third of six presentations: "Tracking Down the Volcanoes of Ancient Alberta" given by Melissa Bowerman. |
| Mar 11 2015: | Questions & Collections V: Research at the Museum lecture series, fourth of six presentations: "Alberta's 'Blue-coated Mounties'" given by Sean Moir. |
| Mar 22 2015: | Nowhere People photographic exhibition closes. |
| Mar 25 2015: | Questions & Collections V: Research at the Museum lecture series, fifth of six presentations: "Guns Guns Guns" given by Anthony Worman. |
| Mar 28 2015: | Natural Hi-stories exhibition opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| Apr 08 2015: | Questions & Collections V: Research at the Museum lecture series, sixth of six presentations: "Digging for Subfossil Pollen in the Mountains" given by Diana Tirlea. |
| Apr 12 2015: | Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition closes. |
| May 16 2015: | Glimpses of the Grasslands: The Artistic Vision of Colin Starkevich exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| May 28 2015: | The construction crew all sign the last steel beam of the new downtown Museum. |
| Jun 21 2015: | Natural Hi-stories exhibition closes. |
| Jun 28 2015: | The Grand Tour exhibition opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| Aug 27 2015: | The Grand Tour exhibition closes. |
| Sep 05 2015: | Out of Bounds: The Art of Lynn Malin exhibition opens in the Orientation Gallery. |
| Sep 07 2015: | Last day of operation for the Café at the Museum's Glenora site, as the transition to the new downtown Museum ramps up. |
| Sep 08 2015: | First day of reduced opening days and amenities (no Café) at the Museum's Glenora site, as the transition to the new downtown Museum ramps up. |
| Sep 27 2015: | Glimpses of the Grasslands: The Artistic Vision of Colin Starkevich exhibition closes. |
| Oct 22 2015: | Across Borders: Naoki Ishikawa exhibition opens. |
| Nov 15 2015: | Out of Bounds: The Art of Lynn Malin exhibition closes. |
| Nov 15 2015: | Across Borders: Naoki Ishikawa exhibition closes. |
| Dec 04 2015: | Goodbye, Hello: A Celebration of Our Past and Future exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Dec 04 2015: | In late afternoon, the museum kicks off a 48-hour closing event, a celebration and a farewell to the Glenora site. |
| Dec 06 2015: | Goodbye, Hello: A Celebration of Our Past and Future exhibition closes. |
| Dec 06 2015: | The museum closes to the public on the Glenora site, in order to move to downtown. |
| Jan 27 2016: | Questions & Collections VI: Research at the Museum lecture series, first of six presentations: "Mysteries in the Museum" given by Anthony Worman. |
| Feb 10 2016: | Questions & Collections VI: Research at the Museum lecture series, second of six presentations: "Nature's Ways to Colour a Bird Red" given by Dr. Jocelyn Hudon. |
| Feb 24 2016: | Questions & Collections VI: Research at the Museum lecture series, third of six presentations: "Unlocking the Secret Stories of Teeth" given by Dr. Christian Barrón-Ortiz. |
| Mar 09 2016: | Questions & Collections VI: Research at the Museum lecture series, fourth of six presentations: "Memory Meaning-making and Collections" given by Emma Knight. |
| Mar 23 2016: | Questions & Collections VI: Research at the Museum lecture series, fifth of six presentations: "Discovering Alberta History...One Quilt at a Time" given by Lucie Heins. |
| Apr 06 2016: | Questions & Collections VI: Research at the Museum lecture series, sixth of six presentations: "Preserving Value: Conservation of the Royal Alberta Museum's Collections" given by Carmen Li. |
| Jun 02 2016: | Roxy Hastings, on staff at the museum 1989-2014 and Curator of Botany (1995-2014), died in Edmonton, Alberta, at the age of 59. |
| Aug 16 2016: | Completion of the downtown Museum building is marked by an oaktree-planting ceremony at the site. |
| Jan 25 2017: | Questions & Collections VII: Research at the Museum lecture series, first of six presentations: "Pumice: not just for cleaning your feet" given by Dr. Britta Jensen. |
| Feb 08 2017: | Questions & Collections VII: Research at the Museum lecture series, second of six presentations: "Hometown: Learning from Alberta's Early Black Communities" given by Dr. Mathew Levitt. |
| Feb 22 2017: | Questions & Collections VII: Research at the Museum lecture series, third of six presentations: "Curling in Alberta" given by Trisha Carleton. |
| Mar 08 2017: | Questions & Collections VII: Research at the Museum lecture series, fourth of six presentations: "Rattlesnakes and Rodents: Exploring a new Ice Age cave deposit on the northern Plains" given by Dr. Chris Jass. |
| Mar 22 2017: | Questions & Collections VII: Research at the Museum lecture series, fifth of six presentations: "Treaty Days as Adaptation and Resistance: Exploring objects and documents of Treaty annuity payments, 1876-1950" given by Dr. Melanie Niemi-Bohun. |
| Apr 05 2017: | Questions & Collections VII: Research at the Museum lecture series, sixth of six presentations: "Appreciating the Small Things: The captivating world of Alberta bryophytes" given by Dr. Richard Caners. |
| Nov 15 2017: | Milt Wright, archaeologist 1991-1995, died in BC at the age of 65. |
| Mar 21 2018: | Paul Beier, Exhibit Designer on staff ca. 1988 - 2003, died in Edmonton, Alberta, at the age of 66. |
| Sep 12 2018: | On an unseasonably cold and snowy day, the opening date of the new Royal Alberta Museum downtown is announced: October 3. |
| Oct 03 2018: | Opening day of the new Royal Alberta Museum downtown. For this and the following five days admission was free. |
| Oct 08 2018: | More than 41,000 visitors explored the new Royal Alberta Museum in the first six days after opening. |
| Oct 23 2018: | Death of Bob Stevens, former Head of Security at the Provincial Museum of Alberta, in Fort Saskatchewan, at the age of 86. |
| Nov 11 2018: | First exhibition opens at the new Royal Alberta Museum, Remembering the First World War. The exhibition is located in the Human History Hall. |
| Nov 19 2018: | The new Royal Alberta Museum was one of the sites for the unveiling of the new $10 bill, which featured Viola Desmond. |
| Feb 18 2019: | More than 19,900 people braved the cold weather and visited the new Royal Alberta Museum on Family Day. |
| Feb 20 2019: | Hugh Smith, retired Curator of Mammalogy (1968-1990), died in St. Albert, Alberta. |
| Mar 23 2019: | "I Am From Here", stories from the descendants of Alberta's early black pioneers, opens in the Human History Hall at the new Royal Alberta Museum. |
| Apr 18 2019: | Vikings: Beyond the Legend is the first major international exhibition to open in the Feature Exhibition Hall at the new Royal Alberta Museum. |
| Jun 17 2019: | Bi-Giwen: Coming Home - Truth Telling from the Sixties Scoop; opens in the upper lobby. The exhibit was developed by the Sixties Scoop Indigenous Society of Alberta (SSISA). |
| Jun 21 2019: | Bi-Giwen: Coming Home - Truth Telling from the Sixties Scoop closes. The exhibit was developed by the Sixties Scoop Indigenous Society of Alberta (SSISA). |
| Oct 20 2019: | Vikings: Beyond the Legend, the first major international exhibition in the Feature Exhibition Hall, closes. |
| Nov 01 2019: | Museums' Choice: Fossil Favourites from Across Canada, a travelling exhibition, opens in the Natural History Hall. |
| Dec 12 2019: | Canadian citizenship ceremony held in the Amiskwaciy Theatre at the Royal Alberta Museum. |
| Jan 12 2020: | Maurice White, long-time museum volunteer, died in Devon, Alberta, at the age of 95. |
| Feb 02 2020: | Museums' Choice: Fossil Favourites from Across Canada, a travelling exhibition, closes. |
| Feb 17 2020: | More than 12,900 people visited the Royal Alberta Museum on the second Family Day since the institution opened at its new location. |
| Mar 17 2020: | Following an order from Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health forbidding public gatherings and attendance at public facilities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Royal Alberta Museum closes to the public. |
| May 16 2020: | Following transition to Stage 1 conditions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on May 14, the Royal Alberta Museum re-opens to the public, with changes to promote physical distancing. |
| May 31 2020: | Death of Linda Scott, long time (1991-2015) administrative professional supporting Natural History, at the age of 62. |
| Jul 05 2020: | Great Western Garment Company (GWG) exhibition closes. |
| Oct 17 2020: | Artist Beth Zaiken awarded the Lanzendorf National Geographic Paleoart Prize in 2D for the Ice Age Mural in the Natural History Hall. |
| Oct 18 2020: | Remembering the First World War exhibition closes. |
| Nov 01 2020: | "I Am From Here", stories from the descendants of Alberta's early black pioneers, closes in the Human History Hall at the Royal Alberta Museum. |
| Dec 12 2020: | Following an order from Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health imposing enhanced measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Royal Alberta Museum closes to the public, effective at midnight. |
| Dec 30 2020: | Jack Brink, former Curator of Archaeology, appointed as a member of the Order of Canada by the Governor General. |
| Apr 30 2021: | First virtual lecture in Up Close: Stories, objects, and ideas from beyond the galleries series "Mysteries Melting from the Ice" presented by Diana Tirlea. |
| May 14 2021: | Second virtual lecture in Up Close: Stories, objects, and ideas from beyond the galleries series "Malignant Plastics" presented by Alison Fleming. |
| May 26 2021: | Chris Robinson retires as Executive Director of the Royal Alberta Museum. |
| May 28 2021: | Third virtual lecture in Up Close: Stories, objects, and ideas from beyond the galleries series "Rainbow Bright" presented by Carmen Li. |
| Jun 11 2021: | Fourth virtual lecture in Up Close: Stories, objects, and ideas from beyond the galleries series "Alberta Quiltmakers and Their Quilts" presented by Lucie Heins. |
| Jun 16 2021: | Following transition to Stage 2 conditions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on June 10, the Royal Alberta Museum re-opens to the public, maintaining some galleries closed in the interests of public safety. |
| Jun 16 2021: | Quilt of Belonging exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Jun 16 2021: | Abandoned Alberta photography exhibition opens in the Community Gallery. |
| Jul 01 2021: | Following transition to Stage 3 conditions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on July 1, the Royal Alberta Museum re-opens the Children's Gallery and the Manitou Asinîy space. |
| Jul 14 2021: | Breathe exhibition, a display of masks, many made by Indigenous artists, opens in the Textiles Gallery in the Human History Hall. |
| Sep 06 2021: | Quilt of Belonging exhibition closes. |
| Sep 07 2021: | Meaghan Patterson takes up her appointment as Executive Director of the Royal Alberta Museum. |
| Oct 11 2021: | Breathe exhibition, a display of masks, many made by Indigenous artists, closes. |
| Mar 09 2022: | DRIVE: Reimagining the Ride exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Mar 13 2022: | Abandoned Alberta photography exhibition closes. |
| Apr 29 2022: | Jack Brink, former Curator of Archaeology, presented with the Johan (John) Dormaar Distinguished Service Award by the Archaeological Society of Alberta and the Smith-Wintemberg Award by the Canadian Archaeological Association at the 54th Annual Canadian Archaeological Association and 47th Annual Archaeological Society of Alberta Joint Meeting in Edmonton. |
| Apr 08 2022: | First virtual lecture in Up Close: Stories, objects, and ideas from beyond the galleries series "Attracting Owls: Nest box vacancies and owl puke" presented by Corey Scobie. |
| Apr 15 2022: | Julie Hrapko, Curator of Botany (1969-1994), died in Edmonton, Alberta, at the age of 95. |
| Apr 22 2022: | Second virtual lecture in Up Close: Stories, objects, and ideas from beyond the galleries series "Collecting a Pandemic: Why, how, and what" presented by Pay Myers. |
| May 06 2022: | Third virtual lecture in Up Close: Stories, objects, and ideas from beyond the galleries series "Berries and Birds: Exotic plants altering the colour of birds" presented by Jocelyn Hudon. |
| May 20 2022: | Fourth virtual lecture in Up Close: Stories, objects, and ideas from beyond the galleries series "Elk ivory pendants in Alberta" presented by Karen Giering. |
| Jun 03 2022: | Fifth virtual lecture in Up Close: Stories, objects, and ideas from beyond the galleries series "Ancient buffalo hunting on the Great Plains" presented by Stan Knowlton, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Interpretive Centre. |
| Jun 17 2022: | Sixth virtual lecture in Up Close: Stories, objects, and ideas from beyond the galleries series "Piecing together the puzzle of past landscapes" presented by Diana Tirlea. |
| Aug 10 2022: | Museum Café reopens after being closed since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. |
| Sep 02 2022: | Museum staff participate in the first of two days of events on the Legislature grounds to celebrate the first Alberta Day. |
| Sep 03 2022: | Museum staff participate in the second of two days of events on the Legislature grounds to celebrate the first Alberta Day. |
| Sep 08 2022: | Death of Queen Elizabeth II, at Balmoral Castle at the age of 96. The Queen visited the museum in 2005 and renamed it the Royal Alberta Museum. |
| Dec 14 2022: | Jack Brink, former Curator of Archaeology (2001-2018), invested with the Order of Canada, in Ottawa, Ontario. |
| Jan 30 2023: | Jack Brink, former Curator of Archaeology (2001-2018), died in Edmonton, at the age of 73. |
| May 25 2023: | The Royal Alberta Museum starts late night opening until 8 pm on Thursday evenings. Originally late night openings were scheduled to end on August 31 2023, but continued beyond that date. |
| Jun 04 2023: | DRIVE: Reimagining the Ride exhibition closes. |
| Feb 23 2024: | Angkor: The Lost Empire of Cambodia exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
| Mar 28 2024: | Lecture "Looking Beyond the Temples" by Dr. Alison Carter, University of Oregon, in connection with the Angkor: The Lost Empire of Cambodia exhibition. |
| Apr 17 2024: | Here & Now exhibition opens in the Human History Hall west gallery. |
| May 31 2024: | Dr. Pat McCormack, former Curator of Ethnology, 1984-1994, died at the age of 77. |
| Sep 29 2024: | Here & Now exhibition closes. |
| Nov 21 2024: | Connections exhibition opens in the Human History Hall north gallery. |
| Apr 02 2025: | Ukrainian Voice: A Legacy Mosaic goes on display in the Lobby. |
| Jun 22 2025: | Connections exhibition closes. |
| May 16 2025: | Orcas: Our Shared Future exhibition opens in the Feature Gallery. |
This list has been compiled from many and various public sources, primarily Museum publications,
including the Information Bulletin (produced 1968-1972), The Storyteller (produced 1981-1995), Mammoth Tracks (2003-2017),
and exhibition catalogues. Other sources include media kits and backgrounders produced for specific exhibitions and news releases. Additional
information was derived from exhibition reviews published in various museology publications and newspaper articles and event listings. Since
2011, most information has been obtained from the Museum's FaceBook page, Twitter feed, and e-newsletter.
This presentation has been compiled and is ©1998-2025 by
Alwynne B. Beaudoin (bluebulrush@gmail.com)
Last updated February 1, 2025
Alwynne B. Beaudoin (bluebulrush@gmail.com)
Last updated February 1, 2025