 Logo since 2018 | |
 The Royal Alberta Museum located in downtown Edmonton | |
  Location in Edmonton | |
Former name | Provincial Museum of Alberta (1967-2005) |
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| Established | December 6, 1967 |
| Location | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Coordinates | 53°32′49″N 113°29′20″W / 53.5470651°N 113.48885°W |
| Type | Natural history, human history |
| Key holdings | Big Things 3 |
| Collections | Cultural studies, Earth science, life science |
| Collection size | >2,000,000[1] |
| Visitors | >400,000 (2018-19)[2] |
| Director | Meaghan Patterson[3] |
| Architect | Raymond O. Harrison (1967) Ledcor, DIALOG (2017)[4] |
| Owner | Government of Alberta |
| Public transit access |      Churchill station |
| Website | royalalbertamuseum |
The Royal Alberta Museum (RAM) is a museum of human and natural history in Downtown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, located north of City Hall. The museum is the largest in western Canada with more than 7,600 square metres (82,000 sq ft) exhibition space and 38,900 square metres (419,000 sq ft) in total.
The museum was established by the Government of Alberta in December 1967 as the Provincial Museum of Alberta. The museum received royal patronage from Queen Elizabeth II, and was renamed the Royal Alberta Museum in 2005. In 2011, plans were announced to move the museum to a new building. The museums continued to operate from its original building in Glenora, Edmonton until it was closed to the public in December 2015. Although the museum was closed to the public, a number of its departments continued to operate, either preparing the museum's collection for the move,[5] or conducting fieldwork.[6] The new building was completed in August 2016, and was opened to the public in October 2018.
The museum features expansive galleries chronicling Alberta's natural and cultural worlds, a feature gallery showcasing travelling exhibitions from Canada and around the world, an interactive, 650 square metres (7,000 sq ft) dedicated children's gallery, and a bug room with live invertebrates and visible nursery.
- ^ "Quick Facts". Royal Alberta Museum. Government of Alberta. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ Mertz, Emily (October 3, 2019). "Record-setting 1st year at new downtown Edmonton home for Royal Alberta Museum". Global News. Corus Entertainment Inc. Global News. Archived from the original on December 8, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- ^ "Royal Alberta Museum - Staff". Alberta. Government of Alberta. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ "Background - Architectural Concept". Royal Alberta Museum. Government of Alberta. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ "Royal Alberta Museum prepares for the move downtown". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. January 17, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ^ Dreidger, Brenton (January 13, 2017). "Royal Alberta Museum to crack open 1,600-year-old roasting pit with meal still inside". Global News. Corus Entertainment Inc. Retrieved August 7, 2019.