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Spend the day exploring Alberta's fascinating history! Admission provides access to all galleries in the Royal Alberta Museum for the entire day. Book your ticket to enjoy Express entry and skip line ups! Mammoth Pass members, please login first.

Our popular Sustainable Societies program is now available as a take-home object kit! We've transformed the guided tour and board game into a hands-on learning experience for your classroom.

The museum is like your good old friend with countless stories. Stories shared with excitement, authenticity and a touch of Alberta's world famous hospitality! We are Albertan through and through. Share our passion for the province we call home.

With your Senior Mammoth Pass you get ONE YEAR of EXPRESS ENTRY admission to the Royal Alberta Museum, plus discounts at our Shop and Café, for ONLY $35!

Join us for a screening of Animal Nation   Bison, which details how Indigenous communities like the Kainai Blood Tribe revive their deep cultural and ecological ties to the bison with the help of Elk Island National Park, which reintroduces them to the prairies they roamed in vast herds before colonization.

This film is appropriate for all ages.

From space rocks, live bugs and an ancient mammoth, to wildlife dioramas and personal accounts from people who have shaped our province. Ah-ha moments await around every corner, along with endless opportunities to spark imagination and feed your curiosity.

Your Adult Mammoth Passes is good for ONE YEAR of EXPRESS ENTRY admission to the Royal Alberta Museum, plus discounts at our Shop and Café for ONLY $45!

This film is recommended for visitors aged 14 and up.

In honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day, you’re invited to join us for a screening of Birth of a Family.

Four siblings, Betty Ann, Esther, Rosalie, and Ben, were among 20,000 Indigenous children in Canada taken from their families between 1955 and 1985 and placed in foster care or adopted by white families. As they uncover their shared past, they rebuild their connection and begin to form a family. Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada.

This screening is included with General Admission.

Millions of years of history and thousands of objects in an iconic place. From the everyday to the unexpected - feed your curiosity with stories you won't find anywhare else

Your Youth Mammoth Pass provides ONE YEAR of EXPRESS ENTRY admission to the Royal Alberta Museum, plus discounts at our Shop and Café, for ONLY $25!

Join us for a special screening of Nanekawâsis, a documentary spanning four decades of Indigenous artist George Littlechild’s storied career.

As a two-spirit person and ‘60s scoop survivor, Littlechild’s artwork draws from a unique perspective of pain, joy, and exemplary merit. Through archival footage and new interviews, this documentary gives viewers the opportunity to get to know a major player in the Indigenous art world, while highlighting the impacts of colonialism in Canada on both art and artist.

Please be advised: This film is rated PG and contains artistic representations of nudity.

Join us for a screening of Animal Nation – Beaver, which takes you on a cross-Canada journey to reveal how beavers shape ecosystems, restore wetlands and connect Indigenous communities to the land. From Algonquin Park, Ont., to Nicola Valley, B.C., the industrious beaver emerges as a vital symbol of renewal and resilience.

This film is appropriate for all ages.

Come to the go-to place for Alberta history. We have many answers, but we raise just as many questions. We are a great destination, but really, we are a starting point for your whole family to explore and discover together.

Your Family Mammoth Pass provides ONE YEAR of EXPRESS ENTRY admission to the Royal Alberta Museum for up to 8 PEOPLE, plus discounts at our Shop and Café, for ONLY $90!

Give a Gift of Historic Proportions!

Gift a Mammoth Pass and share the fun with your friends and family! A Mammoth Pass includes one year of express entry admission and discounts at our Shop and Café.

Archaeologists uncover artifacts and piece together Alberta’s history. Become a junior archaeologist and learn from the materials left behind by people of the past!

In this hands-on workshop, you’ll dive into a mock dig-pit and learn the skills that help archaeologists make their discoveries. Practice repairing broken artifacts and learn how to figure out just how old these objects are.

This workshop is designed for youth in Grades 4– 8 (ages 9 –14); no previous experience is required.

Note: Due to limited space, this is a drop-off activity; parents cannot accompany participants during the workshop.

Join us for a screening of Animal Nation – Caribou. In the Northwest Territories, researchers brave the barren lands to study caribou, using traditional knowledge to seek solutions to their decline. In Quebec, Innu mentors teach youth about their sacred bond with the boreal caribou, a species in crisis.

This film is appropriate for all ages.

Self-Guided Field Trips are a great way for schools to visit the museum in a supported and flexible way.

Self-Guided Field Trip fees (per group, up to 35 students and 7 adults):

Pre-k - grade 1: $45

Grades 2   12: $125

Self-guided field trips are a great way for groups to visit the museum in a supported and flexible way.

Self-guided field trip fees per group (of up to 20 kids and 4 adults):

All groups $75.00

Summer self-guided field trips include:

• A designated space for coats and backpacks
• A reserved time and space for lunch (11:15am-11:45am)
• Access to the museum's permanent galleries (the children's gallery is for age 6 and under)

Each booking allows for up to 20 kids and 4 adults to attend.

To keep our galleries, as well as the students visiting safe, we ask that supervision is maintained AT ALL TIMES in the galleries.

Bookings are completed upon confirmation of credit card payment. At this time, we are not allowing payment upon arrival for group bookings - they must be paid for in advance.

You will receive a message to the provided preferred email address approximately 1 week prior to your booking with further information about arrival.

If you have any questions, please reach out to us at ACSW.RamLearningTm@gov.ab.ca and you will receive a response within two business days.

How do traditions, abilities, or ways of life shape a person's identity? In this two-part program, students will explore the theme of identity and discover the value of learning from museum objects.

Join us for a screening of Animal Nation – Bear, in which the Ktunaxa highlight their deep spiritual connection to grizzly bears through research, conservation and efforts to protect their sacred habitat.

This film is appropriate for all ages.

Why do beavers have flat tails, why are moose so tall, and why do geese migrate in the spring and fall? How are animals in Alberta able to survive in the unique environments they call home?

Palaeontologists study fossils to uncover what life was like thousands of years ago. Become junior palaeontologist and learn about what animals lived in Alberta during the Ice Age!

In this workshop, get hands-on with real fossils and learn the skills that help palaeontologists make their discoveries. Learn how to tell the difference between Ice Age fossils and how to piece together Alberta’s frozen past.

This workshop is designed for youth in Grades 4 – 8 (ages 9 –14); no previous experience is required.

Note: Due to limited space, this is a drop-off activity; parents cannot accompany participants during the workshop.

What did this land look like a thousand, ten thousand, or even one million years ago? Alberta boasts many unique landscapes and features. Mountains, rivers, and valleys have formed slowly over time, but have you ever wondered how they came to be?