Museum/Historical

The Bern Will Brown Museum is a private museum that sits on the beautiful shores of Colville Lake, attached to the Colville Lake Lodge. It houses a large array of traditional northern memorabilia that includes arts and crafts, hunting tools, and fur pelts. Painter/Author Bern Will Brown's studio...

The Heritage Centre has been 12 years in the making with a small group of volunteers who devote their time and efforts to realize the dream.  Starting with small steps like getting ownership of the land and building, and moving through feasibility studies to architectural drawings, interior...

As you drive past the scenic Seven Spruce Golf Course and onto 100th Street, the community's main artery, the Visitor Centre is located on your left. We provide historic tours in the surrounding areas, sharing traditional knowledge about the land.

The Fort Simpson Visitor Centre sells a...

Lunch Pail Theatre was established in April 1994 with its first production, "Talking Dirty".

To date we have produced over 30 live theatre shows at NACC and various other locations throughout town.  Tickets for our performances can be purchased in advance at the NACC Box Office or online...

Norman Wells Historical Centre (1989) portrays the history of the construction of the Canol Pipeline, geology, bush aviation, Mackenzie riverboats and Sahtu Dene culture. The Centre hosts an annual arts exhibition and its Great Bear Gallery gift shop features traditional Dene craft items, and...

The Northern Life Museum and Cultural Centre holds what is considered among the best collection of northern native and early white settlement material in Canada. Our collection is comprised of over 17,000 artifacts including traditional work of the Inuit, Inuvialuit, Dene and Metis, as well as...

Open Sky Creative Society (OSCS) was formed in 1999 by local artists & arts supporters who saw a need for an arts & cultural service organization as well as presentation & artist outreach opportunities the Dehcho. It is the only active non-profit, non-governmental, artist, and...

Dedicated to preserving the culture and heritage of the Inuit, Inuvialuit, Dene and Metis, and non-aboriginal peoples of the Canadian Arctic and Subarctic. The Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre houses the territorial museum, the Northwest Territories (NWT) Archives, and provides many...

The Hay River Museum Society (HRMS) is a place for people to gather to experience the rich history and culture of the community and the region surrounding us. The Heritage Centre (Museum) is located in the historic 'Old Town', by the flowing waters of the Hay River near to where it empties into...