The Museum is opening soon!
Thanks to all our volunteers, we are busily preparing for opening day.
We hope to see you on Saturday, May 19, 2012!
Preserving Alberta's Railway History
- Experience the past in a fun, hands-on and interactive fashion
- Over 75 cars and locomotives on site
- Ride on vintage trains, speeders, and railway equipment
- Archives of railway history
- Third largest railway museum in Canada, largest in Alberta
Our Mission Statement
The Alberta Railway Museum, located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, preserves and interprets significant railway artifacts, including locomotives, railway cars, track maintenance equipment, and buildings. Our collection and interpretation efforts focus on the Canadian National Railways, Northern Alberta Railways, and short line and industrial railways.
The museum welcomes visitors from the general public during SUMMER WEEKENDS from Victoria Day weekend to Labour Day weekend each year.
The museum welcomes visitors from the general public during SUMMER WEEKENDS from Victoria Day weekend to Labour Day weekend each year.
Recent Updates
- New pictures of locomotive 1392 have been added to the Museum's Flickr page.
- Six new slide shows on the Current Projects page, and one on the Volunteer page
- We are pleased to have been awarded a 2011 Community Investment Program Arts and Museums Building Operating Grant from the Edmonton Arts Council and City of Edmonton. The award letter states: "This grant, in the amount of $7,500 is to support a portion of the costs associated with maintaining clean, well-lighted, heated and secure facilities that are accessible by the public and primarily dedicated for use by a range of not-for-profit arts and cultural groups."
- A link to the Library and Archives Canada site has been added to the Links page.
