Welcome
We look forward to seeing you again
Regular Hours
Museum: Mon - Fri 10 am - 3 pm
Office: Mon - Fri 8:30 am - 4 pm, or
by appointment, contact us
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Onoway and
District Historical Guild welcomes you to Onoway
Museum!
- The Onoway Museum is located
in the Old Brick School, vacated as an elementary
school in June 2007.
Beaupré School was a two-room brick school
built in 1921. Over the years this building grew
and evolved into Onoway Elementary School with a
school population of 430 when it was
decommissioned in 2007. The Old Brick School
gained a new life as Onoway Museum, preserving the
history of the school and the surrounding
community. The four classrooms feature themed
exhibits: School Room, Country Home, Main Street,
and Community Life/Farm. These exhibits tell the
story of the founding, settlement, and development
of this part of north-central Alberta.
Educational
programs and special tours are available throughout
the year by appointment.
- The Onoway Archives is home
to an extensive collection of school registers
from one-room schools in the area dating back to
1909 as well as documents relating to individuals,
families and organizations in the Onoway area.
- The Onoway Heritage Centre
(formerly Onoway Elementary School) is now a
multi-use facility with numerous classrooms and
other areas available to the community to enable
clubs, organizations, families, instructors to
provide opportunities for learning,
self-improvement, group events and just plain fun.
Hourly rentals are available for the classrooms,
gym and open area. See the Facility
Bookings page for details.
- The Reading Room is a
comfortable space dedicated to research and
reading about history, housing a comprehensive
collection of school textbooks, cookbooks, local
newspapers, magazines and books on Alberta and
local history. The time will fly by as you explore
the (non-digital) world of books and magazines!
- The Archives
and Reading Room are located on the lower level of
the museum.
The Onoway and
District Historical Guild was created in 2003 by a
group of local residents committed to preserving the
history of Onoway and district. This building is the
outcome!
Check out the tabs on this page and explore the
various aspects of the Onoway Museum and Onoway
Heritage Centre.
Onoway Museum
& Heritage Centre
4708 Lac Ste.
Anne Trail North,
Onoway, AB T0E 1V0
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