The Banff Park Museum, if you are a lover of animals is a MUST visit attraction. All the animals and birds are from approximately 1890-1893 and are exceptionally well preserved. They acknowledge that killing and preserving animals is not appropriate but we are dealing with a very different time. Plan 2-3 hours if you want to take in all the write up's. If you have a park pass there is no charge.

The museum is a memorial to a former ranger who collected samples of the animal world of Banff. If it ran, crawled, walked, slithered or flew in Banff ... it is stuffed and mounted here. There is no charge, so it is interesting to spend a few minutes just to see the variety. But, again, this is really for naturalists that like to see there wildlife in still life. Maybe even in the "clown creepy" category if that isn't your thing.

Stopped here on a really cold day as a break to warm up. It's includes in the discovery pass if you have it otherwise it was fairly inexpensive. Lots of taxidermy and a fairly small space. It was interesting to see all the different birds and the very well preserved animals. They do not add to collection anymore in the same manner they collected a hundred years ago. Only took about 45 minutes to see everything.