Arts Commons Competitors

The Banff Centre's mission is inspiring creativity. Thousands of artists, leaders, and researchers from across Canada and around the world participate in programs here every year. Through its multi-disciplinary programming, The Banff Centre provides them with the support they need to create, to develop solutions, and to make the impossible possible.

Heritage Park is one of Canada’s largest living history museums, with hundreds of exhibits, rides, shops, restaurants and daily demonstrations and activities to keep the young and the young-at-heart captivated in the past. Experiencing history is a year-round possibility. October to May is the Park’s winter operating season, during which you can explore the rare collection of vintage vehicles and petroliana in Gasoline Alley Museum and the charming shops and restaurants in the Heritage Town Square free zone, located before the Park gates. In the summer operating season, from May to October, the Heritage Town Square free zone, Gasoline Alley Museum and the bustling Historical Village are all open.

At Glenbow, art lovers, history buffs and pop culture fanatics can all find something inspiring. You can spend an hour or a whole day exploring stories of local history and culture or discovering art from around the world. With over 250,000 items in our collection, Glenbow is one of the largest museums in Western Canada. Glenbow is a public art museum that: • Acquires and exhibits remarkable collections of art and artifacts • Presents important national and international art exhibitions • Provides impactful art and culture learning opportunities • Engages our diverse communities with meaningful and memorable experiences Glenbow creates cultural prosperity and community vitality for generations of Albertans. In 1966, Eric Lafferty Harvie made a transformative donation to the province when he gave his vast collection of art, artifacts and historical documents to the people of Alberta, along with an endowment to form Glenbow Museum. Glenbow was created to promote and encourage the acquisition and diffusion of knowledge of the human race, its arts, its history and the nature of the world in which it lives. This big idea has guided the museum for over 50 years and continues to inform Glenbow’s future.