Brooks & District Museum
1269 Sutherland Dr E T1R 1C7 Brooks, AB, Canada

The Brooks&District Museum would like to say thank you to everyone who attended our first Halloween event, and a HUGE thank you to our AMAZING scare crew volunteers!! It wouldn’t have been the success it was without you all!!!

We have room for our spooky tours on Thurs. Oct. 28 as well now!!We have room for our spooky tours on Thurs. Oct. 28 as well now!!

It's still going to be REALLY cold outside for a while. Come to the Brooks Museum Gift Shop and pick up a custom gift box for your special someone that will warm them up We are open this week Thurs. & Fri. 10am-4pm Sat. 10am-2pm.

Hey there, just a reminder that our gift shop is open! Come on down and check out some unique gift ideas for Valentine's Day. We've got pottery, fidget quilts, dinosaur t-shirts, picture frames and much more! We're open today until 4pm Sat. 10am-3pm. Feb.11 & 12 10am-4pm Feb.13th 10am-3pm

The Museum Gift Shop will be open this week Thurs. & Fri. 10am to 4pm and Sat. 10am - 3pm for Valentine's Day shopping. And again Feb. 11, 12, 13 same time as above. If you are looking for something besides chocolates or flowers for your someone special come in and check out Shodd's Creation's amazing trays, or pick up a couple mugs from "Pottery by Coz" to share some hot cocoa together. Stop by and check it all out!

If you are looking for something to spruce up your home after putting away the Christmas decorations, or you want to spoil yourself or a friend the museum has these beautiful trays created by shodd’s Creations and Pottery by Coz. Message us and we can set up an appointment for purchase.

It really doesn't matter what your oven/stove is powered by, a good home cooked meal, or Christmas cookies came from all of these!!

Today is the LAST day our gift shop is open before Christmas! Come check out some locally made pottery, wood boxes; frames and more! We’re open from 10am-3pm

School has changed over the years, this year especially, but these buildings that hold so many memories for students from long ago are testaments to our strong communities. Students enjoy a happy, healthy holiday with family. Brooks; be kind and be safe.

In response to the provincial regulations the Brooks & District museum is closed to visitors, however our gift shop remains open with restrictions. There is a limited capacity of 5 persons and MASKS ARE MANDATORY! We appreciate everyone who has been in to support our crafters and shopping local this Christmas season. We have some new wood and metal frames and wood and epoxy trays that are AMAZING!! Our NEW hours will be Mon.-Fri. 10-3 until Dec. 23. We will be open Sat. Dec. 12 & 19 from 10-3 as well. For any inquiries please call 403 362-5073 or email [email protected]

This is a short visual of such an amazing place that holds a deep history of this area, and unique ways to share stories of the past.

Hey there, still looking for a cool gift for a friend, nieghbour, or co-worker? We're open Saturday's from 10am-3pm until Dec.19, if you can't make it Mon-Fri 9am-5pm to shop our gift shop of local crafters' items.

Artist's Note; Regaliceratops sure was a magnificent animal, however only the skull was found. So how do we know what the rest of it looked like? By comparing anatomy of creatures closely related we can make educated guesses as to how the creature may have been. I decided to showcase a few speculative ideas that other ceratopsions have been given. For example, we know that some relatives of regaliceratops have long quill-like feathers on its back, perhaps in a larger species, seen here, the quills became more large and sturdy. Perhaps they had patches of fluffier feathers for added display or warmth. Some have even speculated that Ceratopsians were omnivorous, meaning they ate both plants and meat! This behavior can be seen in "classic herbivore" animals today!

The buildings have changed businesses, street lights have been installed, and the vehicles have certainly changed A LOT!!

Artist's note; And that wraps up the Ancient Alberta series! Thank you all so much for tuning in and learning about this amazing province and its natural history! There's still plenty more prehistoric creatures i didn't talk about that used to roam around these parts, so look forward to more posts in the coming months! If you want to support me or see more of my work then you can follow me on Instagram @Uncle_red_art !

Artist's Note; We're nearing the end of the Awesome Ancient Alberta series, so of course the museum mascot Corythosaurus had to make an appearance! My personal favorite Brooks landmark has to be the big dinosaur statue outside the museum nicknamed "Cory", so I tried to model my recreation somewhat after it. But you can see the difference in appearance that a few decades of research can make! Note how the statue drags it's tail, where now because of more information, we know that they would have had a straight tail, acting like a counter balance! If you think Cory is just the coolest, come check out our new Cory the dinosaur Tshirts! Available at the museum, designed by yours truly!

The Brooks and District Museum will be open on Remembrance Day from 10am to 4pm.

The Brooks Fire Dept. has a long history, dating back to 1913 when the first 'Fire Brigade' was formed. Thank you for all you do for our community!

This Historic Site is somewhere all Brooks residents should go, at least once. Even in the winter! It is a great part of this areas history!

Did you know The Brooks & District Museum has a gift shop? We feature items crafted by local artisans. In an effort to support local this holiday season we encourage Brooks and area residents to stop by the museum Mon.- Fri. 9am - 5pm to find that unique gift for those special people in your lives. We have gift boxes ready for purchase, stop by and check them out.

We just want to remind our wonderful community we have great reasons to shop local this Christmas - local crafters handmade products, from dino designed t-shirts to epoxy initial keychains. Come check the Brooks & District Museum for a special gift for that unique someone this season!

Come check out our new display showing a bit of Prehistoric Alberta through fun Lego dioramas!

Artist's Note; It's not a dinosaur, and it's not a crocodile, so what was the strange Champsosaurus? It belonged to a group of reptiles that are now long gone. This beast truly was a CHAMP as it survived the mass extinction that killed off most of the dinosaurs, commonly known as the K-T extinction. They may look like a croc, but they're a great example of Convergent Evolution; when seperate species evolve similar forms due to similar environments.