As part of our off-site displays, our Exploring Wetlands pop-up is visiting schools across Lac La Biche and Plamondon this spring! 🌿
Hands-on activities help students explore wetland ecosystems and wildlife.
Now at Vera M. Welsh Elementary (NLPS)—don’t miss it!
Wishing a joyful Orthodox Easter to all who celebrate. 🕊️
As communities come together for this meaningful occasion, we extend our warmest wishes for peace, renewal, and connection.
May this day bring you joy and time with loved ones.
— Lac La Biche Museum
We’re excited to welcome Melissa Stuebing, a Community Social Work student from Portage College, who is completing her practicum with us at the Lac La Biche Museum! 🎉
Happy Easter from the Lac La Biche Museum!
Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday and a bright spring ahead. 🌸
Something new at the Bold Centre!
🗓 March 19 – May 20
Explore two exhibits: Hats in Miniature and Through the Lens of Tannie Deschambeau.
#NationalIndigenousLanguagesDay
Today, we recognize Indigenous languages as living, evolving systems of knowledge, identity, and connection.
These covers of Cree Review — Kicitwa Mitêh (ᑭᒋᑢᐤ ᒥᑌᐦ) (1900s–1920s) show Cree (nêhiyawêwin) used in print over a century ago.
As Easter approaches, we’d like to let you know that the Lac La Biche Museum will be closed from April 3–6, 2026. 🐣🌷
We’ll reopen on April 7—and we wish you a joyful and relaxing Easter weekend!
Our curator Tara Jacklin joined Aurora Middle School’s Culture and Connection Day today, sharing stories about the rich multicultural mosaic of the LLB region.
From Indigenous communities to settlers from around the world, the area today reflects 70+ cultural groups shaping our history.
📣 Lakeland Interpretive Society AGM
Join us on Thursday, April 16 at 7:00 PM at the Lac La Biche Museum for the Lakeland Interpretive Society Annual General Meeting.
Learn about the museum’s work and how you can get involved as a volunteer.
📍 9910–101 Ave, Lac La Biche
Volunteers Needed | Lac La Biche Museum
We’re looking for volunteers aged 16+ to help with collections and archival work — including artifact handling, organizing, scanning, and basic documentation.
No experience needed; training provided. Apply via our website.
🥚 Lac La Biche Explorers: Easter Egg Decorating 🎨
Join us at the Lac La Biche Museum on March 21 from 3 to 4 PM for a creative, hands-on egg decorating workshop.
📝Register required: on our website or by calling 📞 780-623-5008
📍 Location: Lac La Biche Museum
💲 Free Program
✨ New Entrance Exhibit
Lac La Biche Citizen of the Year: Women Edition
📅 Mar 10 – Apr 8
To mark #InternationalWomensDay, this display highlights women recognized as Citizens of the Year and their contributions to the Lac La Biche community.
🎨 Call for Artists & Crafters
The Lac La Biche Museum is now accepting artwork and traditional crafts for sale on consignment in our Gift Shop.
If you are interested, please send your request to:
📧 director@laclabichemuseum.com
For questions, call:
📞 780-623-5008
⚾Thank you to Stacey St. Jean for extensive research on the historic baseball diamond that stood in McArthur Park. Although the Municipal Heritage Site nomination was unsuccessful, this valuable research was gifted to the Lac La Biche Museum and will help inform future exhibits.
We’re looking forward to attending the Career Fair on March 9 at the Bold Center!
🕘 9:30am–12pm: High School Job Fair
🕧 12:30pm–3pm: Community Job Fair
Stop by our table to learn about our Summer Museum Assistant positions. We’d be happy to answer your questions!
📣 We’re hiring Museum Assistants – Summer 2026!
📍 Lac La Biche Museum | 💲 $20/hr | May 5–Aug 31
✅ Full-time student, interest in history & culture, meet YCW criteria
📧 Resume: director@laclabichemuseum.com
📞 780-623-5008
🥖🧈 How They Baked
March 6 | 4–6 PM
Churn your own butter, taste it with fresh sourdough, and learn how historic recipes worked (and why their measurements don’t match ours!).
Take home butter + your own sourdough starter.
📍 Stuart MacPherson Public Library
💲 Free | Drop-in
✨ Now on display at McArthur Place
📅 Feb 19 – April 22
🛶 Alberta’s Second Oldest Settlement: Explore Lac La Biche’s early fur trade history and the people who shaped it.
📷 A History of Cameras — from folding cameras to Polaroids and flash cubes.
📍 10307 100 St, Lac La Biche
Learn more in our exhibition “Celebrating Black History Month in Lac La Biche” (Feb 10–Mar 9), marking 30 years of Black History Month in Canada.
It’s #ThrowbackThursday for #BlackHistoryMonth⚾ The Amber Valley Baseball Team was one of northern Alberta’s strongest clubs, competing across the region at a time when sports were still segregated in the United States. Their legacy remains an important part of
Hi Lac La Biche! Looking for a summer job?
Tomorrow, Feb 26 from 10 AM to 12 PM, is the second session of the Virtual Summer Job Fair
The LLB Museum will be participating, and you can ask our curator, Tara Jacklin, about Summer 2026 Museum Assistant positions.
Registration link in the first comment.
🎨❄️ Young artists created colourful stained-glass designs, joined our scavenger hunt, explored the exhibits, and warmed up after an exciting Skijoring day.
We loved seeing winter sport and museum creativity come together in one afternoon! 💙
We wish a peaceful and blessed Ramadan to all those observing in our community! 🌙
This month reminds us of the values of empathy and gratitude that connect us all. Ramadan Mubarak from the Lac La Biche Museum!
#Ramadan2026 #LacLaBiche #CommunityValues
🎨❄️ Stained Glass Decorating Craft Fun
Feb 21 | 11 AM–4 PM
While Skijoring for MS races through town, stop by the Lac La Biche Museum for a creative drop-in!
👧 Ages 6+
📍 9910 101 Ave
💲 Free | Drop-in
💌 This year, we’ve prepared a special Valentine’s card collection for our followers — inspired by artifacts and photographs from the museum.
We’re glad to share a little piece of history with you.
Happy Valentine’s Day from the Lac La Biche Museum 💕
Two new museum displays are now on view in local seniors’ residences.
At Golden Sands: The Lac La Biche Inn
At Lacalta Lodge: Hearth & Home in the 1950s
🗓️ On view Feb 12 – April 15
Bringing local history into the community — where memories live.
After arriving in Edmonton in 1910, several families travelled approximately 170 miles and established a farming community that would later become known as Amber Valley.
👉 If you would like to learn more, we invite you to visit our new exhibition, “Celebrating Black History Month” (Feb 10 – Mar 9)
Between 1909 and 1911, Black pioneers fleeing Jim Crow laws in Oklahoma and Alabama migrated to Canada under the Dominion Lands Act. Drawn by the promise of land and opportunity, some families settled in Alberta.
For today’s #ThrowbackThursday, we’re proud to highlight a story connected to #BlackHistoryMonth.
📸 Amber Valley Group at Lac La Biche, July 1938
Courtesy City of Edmonton Archives, Frank Bernard Jamerson fonds, MS-386-EA-223-23
