Donalda & District Museum

Donalda & District Museum The Museum is dedicated to the purpose of preservation, conservation, interpretation,& exhibition of objects of educational & cultural value.

Donalda & District Museum is home to the world's largest museum-housed collection of oil-burning lamps. A local couple, Beth & Don Lawson began collecting oil-burning lamps in 1939. When they were ready to retire in 1979, they offered the then 500-lamp collection to the Village of Donalda, on the condition that a museum be built to house it. The present building was erected in 1979-1980, with the

Donalda & District Museum Society organized the next year to manage the collection and administer the museum. Today, years after the Lawson's offer, both donations and other purchases have increased the collection to over 1,000 lamps. The museum is comprised of five buildings: the main building houses the lamp collection, the library, and the village office. the Imperial Bank of Canada building, houses the public art gallery. Across Railway Street is a railroad station containing original signals, and nearby, the World's Largest Lamp. Down Foster Street, west from the station, is the 1920's Donalda Co-operative Creamery building, home of the award-winning Donalda Maid Butter. Besides lamps, the museum has hundreds of farming and household items that once belonged to the local pioneers. there are also examples of the beautiful bead work done by local metis lady, Peggy Whitford, and a collection of arrowheads, stone hammers, and natural history artifacts.

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05/28/2026

Today's the day!

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05/27/2026

This Thursday

05/27/2026

Still accepting Resumes

05/21/2026
05/10/2026

We’re hiring! 🚧💧

The Town of Stettler is looking for a full-time Water & Wastewater Utility Operator to join our team. If you’re experienced, motivated, and ready to make an impact in our community, we want to hear from you!

Apply by May 14, 2026 by emailing [email protected]

https://www.stettler.net/the-town/careers

05/04/2026

Thank you to all of our volunteers and the students and teachers from Donalda School who participated in today's clean up! What a successful day, despite the wind!

PSA: If anyone happened to grab the wrong rake by mistake, please return it to the museum. (Heavy metal rake, rust where it attaches to the wood handle)

Address

Railway Avenue And Main St
Donalda, AB
T0B1H0

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

+14038832100

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