Hours Update: Heritage Park is open year-round! Gasoline Alley Museum, the Heritage Plaza shops, The Selkirk and the Railway Café are open Friday & Monday, April 3 & 6 for Easter. Historical Village reopens May 16, 2026. Click here for full operating hours.
Hours Update: Heritage Park is open year-round! Gasoline Alley Museum, the Heritage Plaza shops, The Selkirk and the Railway Café are open Friday & Monday, April 3 & 6 for Easter. Historical Village reopens May 16, 2026. Click here for full operating hours.
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
Closed
Friday
Closed
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed
The Historical Village is closed except for special events like Ghouls' Night Out and Once Upon a Christmas until the 2026 May Long Weekend.
Building/Museum
Heritage Park built this tent cabin in 1976 to portray a form of temporary accommodation frequently used by homesteaders and businesses before 1900.
During massive population booms in Alberta, urban centres such as Calgary, Medicine Hat, Red Deer and Edmonton experienced housing shortages. Between 1901 and 1911, for example, Calgary’s population rocketed from 4,392 to 43,704. In the same time frame, Red Deer’s population shot skyward from 323 to 2,118. There simply weren’t enough houses to accommodate this great influx of people, and it was too expensive to rent a house, or live in a hotel or boardinghouse. Until better housing could be found, many families chose to live in tents or tent cabins.
1900 Heritage DR. S.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2V 2X3
Email: info@heritagepark.ca
Phone: 403.268.8500
There are plenty of ways to get to the Park, whether that be on foot, via transit, or driving. Click here to find the way that works for you!