Alberta Railway Museum — Attraction in Edmonton Energy And Technology Park

Took my summer camp here for a field trip. It was raining for most of the time but not a single kid complained. The staff was phenomenal! All of them seemed to love what they do and did a great job keeping the groups engaged. I myself had never been to this railway museum before and I had a great time. Some of the highlights the kids mentioned when we did of field trip recap back at our center were Having lunch inside of a train car taking a ride on a rail cart up and down their track learning morse code and how to use a typewriter getting gift bags and retro model train magazines touring all the different train cars, which many included some sort of interactive component. Not many things were actually blocked off.

If I could I would give this place a 6/5, I definitely suggest visiting here at least once. I myself will be returning in the future and our kids voted 100% Yes, that they would want to do this field again next summer. (The first time we have had a full 100% Yes on our "Yes, No, Maybe So" voting system)

Thank you to the staff at the Alberta Railway Museum for taking a day with miserable weather and turning it into our top ranked field trip of the...

Museums are not usually my favourite places to visit so when I go it is probably to take my family. This museum is different. To start with they don't put you in a building to look at "things" under glass. Rather, they let you to follow a suggested path through rail cars of various types and ages. This makes the experience more personal and real. You can climb up to the caboose, sit in the various types of passenger trains, and even enter the locomotive while trying to imagine how the men could have worked in such a hot place next to the boiler. I believe that most of the staff are volunteers but that means that they want to be there and it shows. This museum is located just north of Edmonton so it is an easy drive to visit. Rides in the actual train are short and only offered on long weekends but I'm sure that younger children will still find the short ride exciting. This was my second visit to the museum and I would recommend it to anybody for a fun and educational experience. On this visit I went mainly to take photographs as the museum offers endless possibilities for creative images. They have something for everyone including a snack bar...

The Alberta Railway Museum (ARM) is truly a must visit place! The story of the railway is intertwined with the story of our country and ARM does an excellent job of telling the story with railway equipment that worked the rails in Alberta. In addition, there is a large collection of artifacts that are displayed in a very understandable way. Kudos have to be given to the unseen volunteers who spend their time to not only maintain the collection but also restore important artifacts. As far as I am aware, ARM is the only non-government museum that has an operating steam locomotive and a 250t crane! Covid has been hard on every business but museums have really suffered, your admission fee can help ARM survive plus you will learn a lot of interesting information. Note that the speeder rides and looking at the collection was a big hit...