EventsAlberta Arts Days
Alberta Arts Days are here! On September 30, October 1 & 2, the Royal Tyrrell Museum is offering extra family-friendly, art-filled activities and free general admission!
Arts Days program schedule:
Friday, September 30
11:00 a.m. - Passion for the Past (video) Free!
1:30 p.m. - Science Break Free!
2:00 p.m. - Depth of Field: Join our resident photographer in the outdoor amphitheatre as she teaches you about capturing the badlands on film. Then enter your favourite shots in the Museum’s photo contest on Flickr. Free!
3:30 p.m. - Science Break Free!
4:00 p.m. - Behind the Scenes (video) Free!
Saturday, October 1 & Sunday, October 2
11:00 a.m. - Create-a-Cast: make and paint your own cast of a fossil while you discover the role casts play in the Museum exhibits, and get “hands-on” with some real fossils.
Ages 4+, 75 mins, $10/person
Register now!
11:00 a.m. - Passion for the Past (video) Free!
Noon to 3:00 p.m. - Dinosaur Masks: Release your inner artist and create your own dinosaur mask in our drop-in activity on our second floor. Free!
1:30 p.m. - Science Break Free!
2:00 p.m. - Depth of Field: Join our resident photographer in the outdoor amphitheatre as she teaches you about capturing the badlands on film. Then enter your favourite shots in the Museum’s photo contest on Flickr. Free!
3:30 p.m. - Science Break Free!
4:00 p.m. - Behind the Scenes (video) Free!
Alberta Arts Days: September 30 - October 2, is an annual celebration of our culture, heritage, artistic diversity, and provincial pride. This province-wide initiative is helping to achieve the goals of our cultural policy, The Spirit of Alberta, and is part of National Culture Days — a pan-Canadian movement to raise the awareness, accessibility, participation, and engagement of all Canadians in the arts and cultural life of their communities. For more information, or to access a listing of other Arts Days events taking place across the province, visit AlbertaArtsDays.ca
- Inside the Royal Tyrrell Museum
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Located 6 km from Drumheller, the Museum is nestled in the heart of the Canadian Badlands where fossil hunters have prospected for over a century.



