Mirror and District Museum Association

10/15/2026

🚂 All aboard the Christmas shopping express! 🚂

Forget the North Pole… some of the best Christmas treasures are right here at home! ❤️ Join us for the Winter Wonderland Christmas Market, hosted by the Mirror and District Museum Association where you can shop local, support small businesses, and find a few gifts that won’t require Santa to squeeze down your chimney 😉

📅 Sunday, November 29th
🕚 11 AM – 4 PM
📍 Mirror Community Hall
🏠 5102 50 Ave, Mirror, AB

🎁 VENDORS WANTED! Tables are just $20 each, with upstairs and downstairs spaces available. Message the Mirror and District Museum Association on Facebook to book your table! Or email [email protected]

So grab your Christmas list, bring a friend, and help keep the spirit of Christmas — and our little community — chugging along! 🚂🎅❤️

Oh! We will be renewing the sponsor signs for the Winter Wonderland Christmas Display at the museum during the market! If you want to have your sign up this year stop by, or send us a message and we will add you to Santa's Nice List 🎅🏻 $50 for a sign and profits to go to our local food bank!

09/30/2026

Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

We encourage our followers to take time to pause, reflect, learn, and listen about the history and lasting impact of the residential school system in Canada.

For those of us living in the Mirror area, this history is not as distant as it may sometimes feel. The Ermineskin Residential School at Hobbema, now Maskwacîs, operated from 1895 to 1975 and was one of the residential schools that affected generations of Indigenous families in central Alberta.

As a museum dedicated to preserving and sharing local history, we believe that understanding our past means being willing to learn about all of the stories that have shaped the communities around us—including the difficult ones.

Truth and reconciliation is not something that belongs to one day. It is an ongoing journey that begins with listening, learning, remembering, and understanding.

Today, we remember the children that didn't make it home, honour the Survivors, and acknowledge the families and communities who continue to carry this history.

🧡 Every Child Matters.
https://nctr.ca/

09/30/2026

08/22/2026

The Tall Spruce

Mirror once had its own natural landmark, a remarkable spruce tree among its fellow trees, coequally named the Tall Spruce. In its 111 year lifespan, the Tall Spruce grew to around seventy feet tall and six feet in circumference around the base.

Due to its immense size, the Tall Spruce could be identified from long distances in many different directions, resulting in the area being called the tall spruce district.

Unfortunately, the Tall Spruce met an untimely demise in August of 1985, having been standing since 1874, when a violent windstorm coming from the west brought the giant down. In an sad sense of irony, the tree's lonely stance and tall stature was its downfall as it was not sheltered by any nearby trees.

We here at the museum are planning something to commemorate the Tall Spruce, stay tuned for more details! In the meantime, we have a few cross-section pieces of the Tall Spruce here for viewing!

08/08/2026

This Month in History: August

Did you know that Mirror originally had its own train station? Back in 1911, when Mirror was a division point, the Grand Pacific Trunk built a Design E rail station (a larger version of the Type E) right on our front doorstep!

The rail station proudly served for many years, with stucco being applied to the exterior walls in 1944, a touch of style until its final days, where it was unfortunately lost to a fire in August of 1975.

Also built nearby was the Mirror roundhouse and turntable, which was constructed around the same time as the station. As diesel replaced steam engines in the 1950's, trains were capable of going between the two major Albertan cities without changing crews. This change caused the heavy steam-turning facilities to become obsolete, prompting their deconstruction.

08/08/2026

Message Spirit to book your spot for the upcoming investigation at St Monica's Church!

07/29/2026

Hey Mirror, we still got questions! 👻🔍

Last year's anomalies at St. Monica's were just the beginning... and whatever is lingering in those shadows isn't done talking yet.

The date is set! Join Spirit Paranormal Investigations on Saturday, August 15th from 9 PM - 11 PM for a special return to St. Monica's Church. Will we uncover more clues, or discover even stranger anomalies?

Get advanced booking at www.spiritab.com, or message them through Facebook.

07/24/2026

Central Alberta Museum Passport Contest

The 2026 Summer Passport is available here at the Mirror and District Museum.

Stop on by a Central Alberta Museum, snap a picture, and tag Central Alberta Regional Museums Network for a chance to win.

Don't forget to check out other awesome local museums like Donalda & District Museum, Bashaw Fire Hall Museum, Alix Wagon Wheel Museum, and Stettler Town and Country Museum!

07/17/2026

Alright, Mirror history buffs... what on earth is this? 🤔

We know exactly what this artifact from our collection is, but we want to hear your theories first.

Give us your best guess, or better yet... WRONG ANSWERS ONLY! Let's see how creative you can get.