Visiting the Glenbow Museum for fans of Canadian history and culture is the same as for a sweet tooth getting to the fabulous gingerbread house of the world-famous tale Hansel and Gretel written by the Brothers Grimm.

The largest museum in Western Canada has placed its vast collections in 20 huge halls with an area of about 10 thousand square meters. Over a million exhibits tell a fascinating story of the country’s development by the first settlers and its rapid growth up to these days.

Founded in 1966 with support from the Glenbow-Alberta Institute, the popular museum was placed in the very heart of the wonderful city of Calgary opposite its main symbol – the Calgary Tower. The spacious halls of the modern building are divided into four parts. Each has its own history: the history of culture, ethnography, military history, and mineralogy of this fantastic North American country. The collection of the history of Canadian culture is represented by thousands of unique exponents dating back to the 19th-20th centuries. They allow tourists to learn the lifestyle of the distant ancestors of present-day Canadians: what they wore, ate, did, and what gods they prayed to. Here you can also see a stunning collection of pictorial artworks, including Snow, Lake O'Hara by James MacDonald, Among the Firs by Emily Carr, Canoes in a Fog, Lake Superior by talented Canadian artist Frances Anne Hopkins. Cultural and household items of American Indians, Eskimos, nations of South America, Asia, and Africa are shown in the ethnographical collection. And more than 25 thousand units of old cold weapons and firearms are in the section of military history.

Japanese weapons and arms as well as Canadian orders and medals take the central place. If the previous collections are more likely to appeal to male visitors, the collection of minerals will not leave any woman indifferent. There are precious and semi-precious stones from all parts of the world, including minerals shimmering in the dark called fool's gold.