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Banff Park Museum

Banff Park Museum is a natural history museum in Banff, Canada. Officially, it is a National Historic Site of Canada. 11 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Bow Falls (1 km).

Photo: Banff Park Museum, Acroterion (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Banff

inside the municipal boundary

How well known

Top 5%

#230 of 5,181 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Banff

Among the best-known places to visit in Canada

Of the 5,181 places to visit we list in Canada, it comes #230 by how widely it is covered. About ↓

Inside Banff

Banff Park Museum is inside Banff’s municipal boundary. Towns near it ↓

National Historic Site of Canada

It holds a federal or Québec heritage designation, or sits on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. About ↓

Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

The weather, month by month

The warmest afternoons in Banff run June to August, at 18–23°C.

Jan-4° / -14°19 mm

Feb-1° / -13°19 mm

Mar4° / -8°29 mm

Apr9° / -4°39 mm

May14° / 1°50 mm

Jun18° / 4°73 mm

Jul23° / 7°47 mm

Aug22° / 6°47 mm

Sep17° / 2°45 mm

Oct9° / -2°36 mm

Nov1° / -8°28 mm

Dec-5° / -13°23 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Banff, and each month’s precipitation (rain, with snow counted as water). Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals for Banff (Open Government Licence – Canada). Hours and seasons change through the year: check before you go. Banff’s full climate →

About

Banff Park Museum

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 6 languages.

Banff Park Museum on Wikipedia ↗

Its historic-place page →

Type: Museum
Listed: National Historic Site of Canada
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: in Banff
Official site: pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/ab/banff/index.aspx

Facts: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF and the federal and Québec heritage registers.

Plan your visit

Hours, entry and address

Address91 banff avenue banff

HoursThu–Mon 09:30–17:00

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Address, hours and fees: OpenStreetMap contributors and Wikidata. They change with the seasons: check its site before you go.

The map

Mapping Banff Park Museum

The map puts Banff Park Museum in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

With 17,341 people, Canmore is the largest of the 5. Its own town comes first, then the towns within 5 km of it and those within 20 km; each has a page of things to do.

1 · It’s in town

Banff

11,402 people · 15 places to visit

2 · 400 m northwest of it

Improvement District No. 9 Banff

1,144 people · 35 places to visit

3 · 19 km southeast of it

Canmore

17,341 people · 3 places to visit

4 · 31 km southeast of it

Bighorn No. 8

1,857 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Banff Park Museum is	People	Places to visit
Banff	It’s in town	11,402	15
Improvement District No. 9 Banff	400 m northwest of it	1,144	35
Canmore	19 km southeast of it	17,341	3
Bighorn No. 8	31 km southeast of it	1,857	6
Electoral Area G, East Kootenay	66 km southwest of it	1,952	7

Make a day of it

Around Banff Park Museum

There are 11 within 15 km, 3 museums, 2 national historic sites and a waterfall among them.

WaterfallBow Falls1 km away 2

National historic site · Parks CanadaCave and Basin1.4 km away 3

MuseumWhyte Museum200 m away 4

Attraction · Parks CanadaBanff Upper Hot Springs2.6 km away 5

MuseumBuffalo Nations Luxton Museum200 m away 6

Art galleryWalter Phillips Gallery800 m away 7

National historic siteSulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station3 km away 8MuseumMuseumLuxton Home & Garden Museum400 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting Banff Park Museum

Where is Banff Park Museum?

Inside the municipal boundary, Banff Park Museum is in Banff (Alberta).

What is Banff Park Museum?

Natural history museum in Banff, Canada.

When is the best time to visit Banff Park Museum?

Afternoons in Banff peak at 18–23°C from June to August (ECCC 1991–2020 normals).

Is Banff Park Museum a designated historic place?

Yes: National Historic Site of Canada.

Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF (Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers, Statistics Canada 2021 census boundaries, ECCC 1991–2020 climate normals (Open Government Licence – Canada).

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Banff Park Museum: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bow Falls: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cave and Basin: Sovernigo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Whyte Museum: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Banff Upper Hot Springs: Glenlarson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Buffalo Nations Luxton Museum: Silver Dovelet, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Walter Phillips Gallery: Craig Talbert, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station: Chris Short, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).