Lacombe & District Historical Society

http://www.lacombemuseum.com

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A SHORT STORY ABOUT US
The Lacombe & District Historical Society acknowledges that we are situated on Treaty Six territory. We are respectful of the many First Nations, Métis and Inuit people whose footsteps have marked this land for centuries.

The Society works through three avenues of access to the community – through the Michener House Museum and Archives, the Blacksmith Shop Museum and the Society events that take place outside of the museum space.

The Lacombe & District Historical Society (#6288), formerly known as Maski-pitoon Historical Society, was incorporated May 5, 1971. Before officially becoming a Society, the organization met to discuss the purchase of the Grace Methodist parsonage, the birthplace of Governor General Daniel Roland Michener. The purchase of the site occurred October 11, 1972 and restoration was completed in the earlier part of 1984. In 1991, the Society purchased and restored the Lacombe Blacksmith Shop Museum – the oldest, operational, on original site blacksmith shop in Alberta.

From 2012 - 2020, the Society has been recognized by the Alberta Museums Association as a Recognized Museum and has maintained year-round permanent staff and volunteers. This has allowed the Lacombe Museums to act as a source of school tours & programming, hosting special events for the community, and having our collection of over 12,000+ items in our archives accessible for researchers.

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