Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum - Wembley, Alberta

Becca Y.

Such a fun place to go. Love the lab tour they offer. The scavenger hunts were fun. Made me feel like a kid again. The staff were also so friendly and fun to interact with as well as very knowledgeable and eager to educate.

Faith N.

The staff was wonderful. We took the behind the scenes tour and you could tell our guide had an absolute passion for his work. It was super fun and educational.

Ranger B.

Totally Awesome place. Excellent, informative and highly interactive displays. The staff are exceptionally knowledgeable and friendly.
Also Mack the Tortise is super fun

Jacquie D.

I had the BEST time at the Philip J. Currie dinosaur museum today in Grande Prairie. It was a slow day for them at the museum, so I got a private gallery and lab tour, as well as one on one time with the museum's reptiles, Peanut the snake and Mack the Tortoise. The staff (Aidan and Erika) were incredibly knowledgeable, and you could tell they were extremely passionate about their jobs. I learned so much today and found it all fascinating!

If you get a chance to visit GP, I'd highly recommend the museum. It certainly was a highlight of my time here!

Sai D. K.

Well maintained museum, very informative and friendly for both kids and adults. Some of their monitors aren't working. Coffee is great at the cafe.

Lindsay W.

My office was in Wembley and I loved spending my lunch hour here. They have a really cute cafe for lunch and it was a welcomed destressor from hectic days. At one point I even thought about graduate school with Dr. Currie as a supervisor, but alas he was not taking on any students at the time.

Pups A. P.

This is a great museum to explore in all seasons. The staff are highly knowledgeable and passionate about all things dinosaurs! Wonderful and engaging exhibits for all ages.

Ar B.

Pros: amazing exhibits, reasonable price, attached restaurant has great food and service at great prices, the playground is amazing (better for slightly older kids like 5 and up, but good for everyone), well stocked gift shop

Cons: some of the extra tech for exhibits didn't work very well or wasn't really necessary- nothing that took away from the experience though.

This place is truly amazing. It's hard to find a place where everyone is really patient and friendly, all the staff we interacted with left a positive impact.
The exhibits are beautiful, the murals and background sounds in the main area give it such great atmosphere. It's got such a great mix of enjoyable visuals, and informational reading and videos.
Some of the extras are a bit gimmicky, like the VR viewers, don't really add much to the experience imo, and the touch screens on the upper floor that let you assemble dinosaur skeletons were not very responsive or forgiving so our kids weren't very interested.
But the exhibits themselves were so well done, our oldest was more excited than I've ever seen her running around in here taking it all in.
The sand pit where they could excavate fossils was a blast for them.
Washrooms were all clean and tidy and highly functional.
Some older comments mentioned it being too oil and gas centric, but after visiting I can't find any merit to those criticisms. There's a small corner on the bottom floor devoted to some extremely neutral information on the materials and industry, which I thought was perfectly reasonable given how a lot of the local specimens are uncovered and how intertwined the community is with that industry. I never felt like it was propaganda- there were no obvious presented pros and cons, just total neutrality as it should be.

Spent the entire day here and would do so often if we lived closer, don't be fooled by some of the negative nit-picky comments- this place is a must stop if you're in the area.