Become a time traveller and step back in time over 125 years ago! History is brought to life at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, an open-air museum depicting early settlement in east central Alberta from 1892-1930.

The Ukranian Cultural Heritage Village has been operating for over 75 years! Here, you will be able to explore more than 35 restored historic buildings, including a new two-room school, three Eastern Byzantine Rite churches, a blacksmith shop, working grain elevator, farmsteads, a sod house and more. You will also be able to see traditional pieces of clothing and other collection pieces that have been donated to the Ukranian Cultural Heritage Village! In addition, you will be able to get some practical gardening advice, visit with a shopkeeper organizing his wares, stop by a pioneer kitchen for tips on baking bread, get points from the blacksmith on the best way to shoe your horse, or observe how a grain elevator works.

Make your Ukrainian experience complete with mouth-watering Ukrainian food at the concession. Immerse yourself in this vital part of Alberta’s history.


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