EXHIBITS
Opening May 24, 2025
FOUNDATION TO FUTURE
Foundation to Future is a new core exhibition that explores the fascinating transformations of Lougheed House, the people within its walls, and its place in Alberta’s history. A site of political power, historic innovation, and community service, this house has lived many lives with many stories to tell.
PAST EXHIBITS
Feb 7 - Apr 13, 2025
The Return of Restore & Revive
Experience the rich architectural history of Lougheed House National & Provincial Historic Site and Museum. Built with exquisite materials and attention to every detail in 1891 by Senator Sir James Lougheed and his wife Lady Isabella Hardisty Lougheed, this Beltline beauty has seen more than 130 years of Calgary's history. Through the Restore & Revive exhibition, learn about the dedicated people who meticulously restored the House in the late 1990s and celebrate the 20th anniversary of Lougheed House as a museum.
Jul 11 - Sept 15, 2024
House of Curiosity
Step into a fantastical world of domestic delights where history meets the future. Find larger than life representations of the past, and secrets and surprises hidden in the nooks and crannies. Can a historic house bring together the past, present, and future to spark a reimagining of time, story, and place? Explore the evolution of an old house into a space full of possibility and curiosity!
Sept 27 - Nov 17, 2024
As the River Flows and the City Grows
As the River Flows and the City Grows is a collaboration between nine Indigenous artists from ᐊᐧᓴᑲᒪᐱᐊᐧᐠ Wâsakâmapiwak Collective and Lougheed House to imagine alternate histories and futures of this historic site. The exhibition features a variety of exciting art pieces that interrupt and transform the house, highlighting diverse Indigenous perspectives of Calgary’s past and how it resonates with us today.
ARCHIVED EXHIBITS
Apr 5 - Jun 30, 2024
Restore & Revive: Featuring 10 Alberta Old Buildings
Oct 6 - Nov 5, 2023
Victorian Haunts: A Horrifying House History
Jun 1 —Oct 1, 2023
Hearing Home/Seeing Home
Jul 14 —Oct 16, 2022
Forgotten: The Métis Residential School Experience
Remembered: The Story of Métis Children at St. Joseph’s-Dunbow Industrial School
Mar 17—Jun 26, 2022
YYC Bread Stories
Jul 1—Oct 17, 2021
We Were Here: Stories from Early Chinatown
Jul 1—Oct 17, 2021
Beyond the Edge
Jan 22—Oct 18, 2020
Storied City: Early Calgary Through the Eyes of Writers
Jun 19—Sept 29, 2019
From Racialization to Peoplehood: Exploring Métis Identity Past and Present
Mar 27—Jun 9, 2019
ROAR: Nine Lives / Outliers
Jan 23—Mar 17, 2019
After the War: Coming home and fitting in at the end of the Great War