Grande Prairie Public Library

#101 9839 103 Ave 

Grande Prairie, AB 

T8V 6M7  

Telephone: 780-532-3580

The Grande Prairie Public Library has over 100,000 items in its collection and more than 150 newspaper and magazine subscriptions.  As well, five public Internet terminals and word processors are available to access the Internet and there is a growing list of CD-ROM titles.  Over 260,000 items were circulated in 2000 and over 153,000 people visited the Library. Information services are available at the library in person, by telephone, and by email. The library provides information and inter-library loan services as the resource centre for the Peace Library System.  Through the provincial resource-sharing network and using the library’s print and electronic resources, Peace Country residents can obtain information and materials from around the world.    

Library hours of operation are as follows:   

Monday – Thursday    10:00AM – 9:00PM

Friday – Saturday       10:00AM – 6:00PM

Sunday                       1:00PM – 5:00PM    

 

 

Museums

  

Grande Prairie Museum and Heritage Village

Centennial Park (102 Ave and 102 St)
Grande Prairie, Alberta
T8V 0R5
Telephone: 780-532-5482   

 The Grande Prairie Museum has been situated in Muskoseepi Park since the early 1970s, across Bear Creek from the City’s Centennial Park.  Centennial Park was redeveloped as the anchor of Muskoseepi Park, which was officially opened in 1986. Take a step back into time – back to the turn of the last century when the Grande Prairie was being settled.    Museum is the heart of the Heritage Resources Department, housing the administration centre for the department. From this location, educational programs are developed, tours are organized and interpretive displays and temporary exhibits are designed and offered to Museum visitors.    

Museum hours of operation are as follows:    

Monday – Friday           8:30AM – 4:30PM
Saturday                      10:00AM – 4:30PM
Sunday                        12:00PM – 4:30PM    

Phone:  780-532-5482

Fax:  780-831-7371

Museum Services The Heritage Resources Department also provides visitors with a variety of services designed to enhance their experience discovering the history of our area.    

Special events

School and group tours

Educational programs

Community and program room rentals

Gift shop

 

Heritage Discovery Centre

11330 106 St
Grande Prairie, AB
T8V 7X9
Telephone: 780-532-5790

At the Heritage Discover Centre at Centre 2000, you can go even further back in time – back to the dinosaurs!  Find out how this Grande Prairie region was formed geographically and how the dinosaurs lived.  You’ll learn about the Aboriginal peoples that lived in our area, the animals that are found in our forests, streams and skies.  Follow the human history through the time of the European settlers, Treaty 8 and to the present day.    

• Permanent exhibits showcasing the natural and social history of the Peace Country from prehistoric times to the present
• Interactive displays for the whole family
• Piper, the life-size animated pachyrhinosaur
• Rotary Learning Centre
• Kin Gallery for traveling exhibits
• Community events
• School tours and educational programs

 

 

Forbes Homestead

10424 96 St
Grande Prairie, AB
Telephone: 780-830-7090    

The Forbes Homestead is the oldest standing building in Grande Prairie. It was built in 1911 and was the first hospital in the area, an ajoining home was added in 1912 and was occupied by Reverand Alexander Forbes and his wife Agnes.    The home was restored and opened to the public in 2010.    

 

 

Arts and Music

 

 

Prairie Art Gallery

10299 99 St
Grande Prairie, AB
Telephone: 780-532-8111    

Culture is alive and very well in Grande Prairie!    The Grande Prairie Art Gallery, one of only seven Class A galleries in Alberta, exhibits works by local artists as well as traveling exhibitions from Alberta, Canada and around the world.  The Gallery is housed in a designated Provincial Historical Site building – the Central Park High School, which was built in 1929.    

 

 

Grande Prairie Regional College

There’s no end to the music scene in Grande Prairie!  Our area has many local musicians who perform  almost every type of music – folk, rock, county and classical to name a few.  The Grande Prairie Regional College offers diploma and degree programs in music and also offers conservatory lessons for people of all ages.    Not only do the locals perform, artists from Alberta, Canada, and abroad grace our stages – whether it is the intimate Second Street Theatre stage, Crystal Centre’s Bowes Crystal Gardens, Canada Games arena or the Grande Prairie Regional College’s formal Douglas J. Cardinal Theatre for the Performing Arts.  Then, of course, there are the outdoor music events such as the Telus Country Fever, Summer Slam and Sunday’s in the Park at Muskoseepi Park’s Amphitheatre.    

 

Theatre

 

 

Grande Prairie Live Theatre

Grande Prairie Live Theatre is one of Canada’s largest non-profit community theatre companies. Producing seven shows a season and performs to an audience of over 10,000 people. GPLT relies heavily on its over 300 volunteers to produce community theatre of the highest quality.    

 

 Douglas J. Cardinal Performing Arts Centre  

 

Ovations Dinner Theatre

     

Service Clubs

Grande Prairie’s outstanding volunteers are found hard at work making our community a better place for everyone.  More than 200 support groups, community organizations, service clubs, youth groups and other not-for-profit agencies are active in the Grande Prairie area.