Heritage Park Summer Camps

Your Kids Can Jump Into Living History at Heritage Park Summer Camps!

It’s time to play like it’s 1910! Send your kids back in time this summer for an experience they will never forget. Heritage Park summer camps bring history to life with hands-on adventures and pioneer play. It’s butter churning instead of blue jeans and blacksmithing instead of video games. Only at Heritage Park, Calgary’s largest living history museum, can your kids gain a personal perspective on history.

Heritage Park Historical Village is one of Calgary’s top tourist attractions, showcasing nearly 100 years of history, from the 1860s to the 1950s. Heritage Park’s friendly, costumed interpreters and roving townsfolk bring Western Canada’s distinctive history to life. Your kids can be a part of that. Plus, 127 acres of fresh air fun and space to play is a recipe for happy kids and easy bedtimes!

Heritage Park summer camps fully immerse kids in old-fashioned fun. With day camps for kids ages 6 – 13 and an overnight camp for kids ages 12 – 15, all Heritage Park summer camps are hands-on and fun-filled. Not only will kids be making friends and staying active, but they’ll also be getting back to the basics and learning crucial leadership and life skills.

Whether you choose one of the fantastic day camps or the overnight option, campers will dress in period costumes and journey back in time. The historically appropriate costumes will be provided and must be worn each day. Kids will discover train, horse, and wagon travel, learn their lessons in a one-room schoolhouse and even do a few chores around the ranch. Day camps run from 9:30 AM – 4 PM, and you can also register for pre-care starting at 8:30 AM and/or after-care until 5 PM.

Prairie Explorers Day Camp (Ages 6 – 9)

Children will experience life as it was 100 years ago in the Prairie Explorers camp. They’ll find out what games, crafts, and activities were popular and make ice cream from scratch. They’ll attend a one-room schoolhouse, meet the farm animals, and do some newspaper reporting. Campers will be grouped by age.

NEW! Time Travelers Day Camp (Ages 10 – 13)

Older children will set off on an immersive journey through time in the Time Travelers camp. They’ll experience the lives of Indigenous Peoples, Fur Traders, and Settlers, while they make bannock, trade furs, use an antique printing press, and more. Campers will be grouped by age.

Home on the Range Overnight Camp (Ages 12 – 15)

During a Home on the Range overnight camp, young pioneers will be immersed in history from sunrise to sundown for five days (and four nights). It will be an experience they’ll always remember, as they tour Heritage Park after dark, roast marshmallows at the campfire, hammer steel at the Blacksmith, help with the animals, and perform a play. Kids will sleep in the Burns’ Barn Bunkhouse, and meals are provided. This camp begins Monday at 9 AM and ends Friday at 4 PM

Are your kids ready for some time-travelling?! They will build confidence as they live like a pioneer and travel through 100 years of history. Register today for a fantastic summer experience at Heritage Park. It’s time for adventure, discovery, and outdoor fun!