NEW FOR 2018!!!

First Nation Display

An additional glass display showcasing the regional Cree culture. Includes traditional beading and moccasins, old photographs, and indigenous textile art. 

Household Tasks

Household tasks of the past were similar to those of today. In this display you will be taken back decades into the past to see how chores were done without electricity or running water. 

Open Shed

Musée St. Paul Museum is expanding! In order to better preserve historical agricultural machinery and to accomodate your viewing, the open shed protects the machinery from rain and corrosion and holds it in plain view to the public. Our new shed houses multiple combines and tractors of different styles, as well as a restored well-driller.

Nouveau en 2018!!!

Exposition des Premières Nations

Une nouvelle vitrine se trouve à l’entrée du musée où l’on peut voir divers objets traditionels des Cris de la région. Pour mettre en valeur les motifs et le style des première nations; des mocassins, des ceintures perlés, et une couverte sont en exposition. 

Tâches ménagères

Les tâches ménagères d’autrefois ressemble beaucoup à celle d’aujourd’hui. Ici, vous verrez comment s’accomplissaient les tâches ménagères dans un temps où l’eau courante et l’électricité n’était pas encore dans nos maisons.

Abri à machinerie

Le nouvel abri du Musée St. Paul Museum nous permet de bien exposer l’ancienne machinerie agricole au public, tout en les protégeants de la pluie et de la corrosion. L’abri contient pluseurs styles de batteuse et de tracteur du début des années 1900, ainsi qu’un puisatier restoré.

NOW AVAILABLE! SEARCHABLE PDF FILES OF ST. PAUL NEWSPAPERS, 1920 TO 1983!

View these files for 6 months with a $10 membership fee. Please see information under MEMBERSHIP tab above for procedure to obtain access. (Please note: These PDFs were obtained from microfiche. The older newspapers were in poorer quality when photographed, making the ‘search’ function less precise. Larger headings are more easily searchable for papers from the 1920s and 1930s).

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• St. Paul History books for sale. – $20 each
• St. Paul Centennial books published by the St. Paul Journal for sale. – $15 each
• Legacy in Wood books for sale. – $10 each

Local Author Books for sale:

• Margo Lagasse
• Emilia Keller
• Diane Robinson
• Lisa Grekul
• Eileen Shuh
• Shashi Misra Kalia
• R.F. Kahn
• Jean Crozier
• Nicholas Verbisky
• Ella Drobot
• J.C. Flynn

Local Musicians CDs:

• Calvin Vollrath
• Daniel Gervais
• Cassidy Zahar

Interactive Activities:

• Guided tours available at no extra cost (Tours are 40 to 90 minutes (for tours in French, please call ahead))
• Des Visites guidées sont disponibles gratuitement (pour des visites en français, veuillez téléphoner à l’avance)
• Geocache tour: New challenge every season! Use the clues provided to find the hidden cache box!
• Geocache tour: De nouveaux défis à chaque année! Utilisez les indices fournis pour trouver la boîte cachée!
• Picture Scavenger Hunt: Find picture clues throughout the museums and claim a prize!
• Chasse au trésor photographique: Trouvez les indices photographiques dispersés à travers le musée et gagnez un prix!
• Hide the Thimble Contest: We will hide a thimble in plain view, somewhere in the museum… If you can find it, you can enter your name for a $100 prize draw to be done in September! New hiding spot every season!
• Concours “ Trouvez le dé à coudre”: Un dé à coudre sera placé de façon évidente quelque part dans le musée… Si vous le trouvez, votre nom sera retenu pour le tirage d’un prix de 100$, qui aura lieu en septembre!

What is a geocache tour? … you are invited to walk through the museum exhibits looking at the different displays, collecting clues that will provide you with the location for the hidden geocache (container) – once you find the container, sign the log book and you can trade for something in the container with something you bring of equal or greater value. Items to bring for trading, ie. Small used toys, pins, loose change, etc. Items to trade worth approx. $1.00

Two Museums in One!

Musée Historique de St. Paul Historical Museum
Showcasing the rich history of St. Paul, Alberta:

• First Nations use of this area
• Winnipeg Trail
• Fur Trade
• Father Lacombe and the original Metis colony between 1896 and 1909
• Homesteading and development of the town
• Yearly special displays

Peoples’ Museum Society of/de St. Paul & District
Interactive displays featuring the agricultural traditions of rural northeastern Alberta, including:

• Farm machinery
• Model of a 1939 sawmill
• Displays related to blacksmithing, milk processing, veterinary medicine, beekeeping, and shipping grain crops.
• Restored 1914 log home built by the Destrube family of Rife, Alberta