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Sedgewick Archives Gallery
& Museum
To Preserve our Past and Promote our Future
Located on Main Street Sedgewick
More Information regarding the Sedgewick Museum and Archives can be found by visiting the Alberta Registry of Historic Places Website HERE
Visit the Museum for a Trip back in Time
Hours of Operation
Tues to Friday ~ 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Phone 780 384 3741
Monthly meetings of Sedgewick Historical Society are the 3rd Tuesday of the month @ the Museum ~ 7:30 pm.
The Sedgewick Archives is located in the Historic Bank of Montreal Building. Sedgewick Archives Gallery and Museum was created on November 8, 1989.
Sedgewick’s past is brought to life through displays of Clothing, Jewelry, Books, Tools and Photos. Donations are gratefully accepted and a tax receipt will be issued.
Sedgewick Historical Society would also invite you to check out the Goose Creek School
Located on 48th Avenue and 48 Street
Hours of Operation~ By Appointment through the Sedgewick Museum @ 780 384 3741
Tues ~ Friday 1:30 to 4:30pm
The one room school house is one of the historical icons that once dotted the Alberta landscape.
The Goose Creek School is just one of these buildings. Built in 1912, it was located south-east of the Town of Sedgewick on SE-24-42-12-W4.
The school was built on land donated by Wallace O'Brien, one of the pioneers who arrived in the area in 1906. As was typical of the times, the Goose Creek School was not only used for teaching the three R's, but was a centre of activity for the surrounding district.
It was used as a place of worship by the Anglican and Presbyterian congregations of the time, as well as headquarters for the Agricultural Society, which was organized in 1919.
The decision to move the schoolhouse into the Town of Sedgewick was formulated by the Goose Creek Community Association which donated the building to the Sedgewick Historical Society on August 1, 2000.
After years of fundraising and government paperwork, the building was moved onto its new foundation on Tuesday, July 26, 2005.
The official opening of the renovated school was held during Sedgewick's Centennial Celebrations on June 30, 2007 by Alberta Lt. Governor Norman Kwong.
A visit to the Goose Creek School is a visit to Alberta's past. From the "cloak-room" full of antiques from the time, to the school-room desks, maps and chalk covered blackboard, it is a trip back in time to the days when the one room schoolhouse was the hub of the community.
Information taken from Sedgewick Sentinel Special Edition published June 29, 2007
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