City’s portal to the past ready for visitors
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With over 15,000 photographs, 300,000 negatives and 15,000 documents and artifacts, the Prince Albert Historical Museum is the city’s most tangible link to the past. Curator Michelle Taylor said residents can start to learn more about the facility and their own past when the museum opens Tuesday, May 23.
“For this year, our summer exhibit is Canada 150. We’re focusing on the three prime ministers elected from Prince Albert,” she said. “It is a very hands-on display.”
The Prince Albert Historical Society is one of the oldest in Western Canada. It was first established in 1886. A fire in 1890 destroyed the artifacts and records the Society had collected. In 1921, the Historical Society was reorganized and is today’s best source of information on the history of Prince Albert and the surrounding region.
“We’re going to try something different this year. We’ll be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week but we’ll stay open until 9 p.m. on Thursdays,” Taylor said. “We had a number of visitors last year thanks to people playing Pokemon Go along the riverbank in the evenings. We’re hoping later hours will entice more visitors.”
