Viking Historical Museum

Viking Historical Museum

Box 106
5108- 61 Avenue
Viking, AB
T0B 4N0

Ph: 780-336-3066 

Housed in Viking's first hospital built in 1921 and opened in 1922; the Viking Museum displays pioneer artifacts, land maps and photographs of the area; buildings moved on site and restored include church (1938), store and post office (1903), country school (1907) and farm house (1914).

The Viking and District Museum is open May to September. Summer open Monday-Sunday from 10:00 to 5:00. It is located at the end of Main Street in the Old Hospital. Viewing is free and donations are accepted.

Converted from the town's first hospital (1922) the museum is the repository of Viking's history. Documenting the town's first Scandinavian settlers and following Viking from its agricultural origins, through the birth of the oil and gas industry, to the multi-faceted community it has become, the museum will give the visitor a true sense of the spirit of Viking.

At the museum site, many additional historic buildings have been brought together and made to look as they did in the old days. The museum has a wealth of clothing and uniforms as well as household, professional, farming and sports equipment, including all sorts of tractors and other farming implements housed in a long shelter that stretches behind a lawn at the back, across the full length of the sizable main building. It even possesses copies of the local paper's report of the first time oil was struck in the area in 1947.



 Museum Church Museum House

Viking Historical Society

Mike Lawes, President 

Box 106
Viking, Alberta
T0B 4N0

Work: 780-336-3173
Museum:  780-336-3066

The purpose of the Society is to preserve historical artifacts. There is a membership fee of $1.00 per year. New members are welcome.


Travel Blogger Visits Viking

In June 2017 Chris & Connie visited Viking and explored our community. They visited the Viking Station Gallery, around town and the Viking Historical Museum.

At the bottom of this page are two photo galleries with a few photos Chris & Connie have generously shared with us.

You can view their blog, read what they discovered and captured through their eyes.

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