Sunnybrook Farm Museum

Red Deer, Alberta

Type: House Museum/Homestead
Address: 2879 Botterill Crescent, Red Deer, AB, Canada
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Hours: 9:00am - 5:00pm, 7 Days
Phone: (403) 340-3511

Sunnybrook Farm Museum celebrates the early days of Alberta farming. Find your rural roots as you explore Red Deerâ€™s oldest farm. Imagine the lives of pioneer farm families working in the field, milking the family cow in the dairy barn, repairing a plow in the blacksmith shop, or baking bread in the summer kitchen. Enjoy a self-guided interpretive tour of our 10-acre site just North of Bower Mall.

Amenities

Family-Friendly
Parking
Pet-Friendly
Washrooms
Wheelchair Access

Fun Facts

New life for an old farm. In 1899, James Bower came west in search of land. He bought a half section from the Saskatchewan Land and Homestead Company and soon arrived with two railcars full of furniture and his family’s belongings. Mrs. Bower and their children joined him a few months later. The Bowers’ Sunnybrook Farm became well known for its purebred cattle and herd of Percheron horses.

Along with tending his farm, James Bower logged near the Red Deer River canyon and made bricks from local clay. The farm was eventually taken over by his youngest son, Norman. In 1988, Norman and Iva Bower embraced the idea of an agricultural museum in Red Deer by gifting part of their property to the community. The ten acres that now make up Sunnybrook Farm Museum include barns and workshops built by the Bowers.