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4525-47a Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4N 6Z6
Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery is closed until further notice. Check out our Blog for art activities and up to date news! All programs/events/tours have been cancelled up to and including June 30. We are currently working on protocols to potentially re-open in July. Details to come soon.
4525-47a Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4N 6Z6
This is Part 2 of a two-part baking series. View Part 1 here! Mmmmmm, cake. My adventure in trying out a Lemon Sponge Cake Recipe as described in Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis’s Cook Book, published in 1908. Melanie, our...
#MuseumMomentsMW Today’s theme for Museum Week is Museum Moments so we’re sharing some memories of past events and visits to the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery (MAG). Share with us some of your favourite moments of the...
#CultureInQuarantineMW Today’s theme for Museum Week 2020 is Culture in Quarantine. We invite you to re-create some paintings or prints from the MAG’s collections using what you can find in your household! This is inspired by the...
#MuseumWeek #HeroesMW Photo: Dr. Richard Parsons taken in 1934. Red Deer & District Archives, P8353 Each year the MAG participates in @MuseumWeek which aims to deliver culture and arts to audiences worldwide digitally...
Mary Westera (Toerse) Den Ham, Netherlands 1926-2017 Image: Mary and Ties Westera ready to depart on the boat, 1948. Marrigje (Mary) Toerse was born in October 1926. She grew up on a small farm where her family grew vegetables...
Ann Korver (Barthel) Haarlem, Netherlands Image: Nicolaas and Ann Korver on their wedding day, November 8, 1963 in Lethbridge, Alberta. Antje (Ann) Barthel was born in May 1944. Twice, her family tried to immigrate to Canada and were...
Sam Denhaan The Hague, Netherlands Image: Sam when he arrived in Alberta in 1954. Simon (Sam) Denhaan was 6 when Germany invaded and remembers their astonishing advance. His father was in the Dutch army, and became a Prisoner of War...
Rob Porkka Red Deer, Alberta Image: Rob Porkka at the Knokke-Heist Liberation March Rob Porkka is a historian and educator. He taught at the AFCENT International School (run by NATO) in the Netherlands on loan from the Red Deer...
Addy Jentink (Heystek) Vlissingen, Netherlands Addy (Zoetje Adriana) Heystek was born in February 1931. Her family lived close to the sea on Walcheren Island. The youngest of three children, she has fond memories from before the war including...
Coby TenHove (Spuijbrock) Vlaardingen, Netherlands In December 1944, Jacoba (Coby) Spuijbrock was born in the middle of the night by the light of an oil lamp. With the scarcity of resources, her family was lucky to find oil in it. Food...
Hours of OperationGALLERY HOURS (Once the MAG re-opens):
Monday - Friday: 10 am - 4:30 pm
Saturday & Sunday: Closed
Holidays: To Be Determined
Business Hours 9 am - 4:30 pm Mon-Fri
Phone 403-309-8405
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