Students can eat outside (e.g., playground, plaza, Amphitheatre, Tipi Village). We have select spaces inside the Visitor Centre for poor weather days. Food and beverages are not allowed in the Exhibits or Galleries; outside food cannot be eaten in the Restaurant.

We have a small public coatroom groups can use—your coatroom section will be assigned the morning of your field trip and the guides can take you there before your first program if you want to use it.

Please note that it is a public coatroom and we recommend that you keep valuables (i.e., phone, wallet, etc.) on you. Wanuskewin is not responsible for any lost or stolen items.

Kindergarten to Grade 2 — 1 chaperone to 4 every students

Grade 3 to Grade 6 — 1 chaperone to 8 every students

Grade 7 to Grade 12 — 2 chaperones minimum

Yes, but we require a pre-order in order to utilize the Restaurant for group bookings. Pre-orders must be finalized five business days before the booking. We do not reserve seats in the Restaurant.

Bus parking is available at our overflow parking lot near the playground. Our bus loop can be used when dropping off or picking up participants and is located at the end of the plaza.

Yes! We are open for guided tours and self-guided visits all year, and outreach and virtual programming from July to April.

Our front plaza and Visitor Centre are wheelchair friendly. Please note that our trail system is packed crusher dust to best preserve the opimihāw Valley and the entrances/exits to the valley can be steep, which means that the trails are not wheelchair accessible and can be difficult for people with mobility limitations.

Please contact us directly for any specific questions about accessibility.

• Exhibits – Explore our interactive Exhibits and Bison Hunt video game
• Galleries – Check out what’s in the galleries
• Gift Shop – Spend some time shopping for souvenirs or snacks
• Scavenger Hunts – Available on our website to print before you come
• Dance Presentation – Daily from May to September long weekend
• Trail System – Walk our nearly 7 km trail system to take in the nature and history of the site
• Tipi Village – Head down to our Tipi Village to explore our 18’ tipis
• Playground – Burn off some energy or eat lunch at our playground
• Bison Herd – Walk to our Viewing Platform for a chance to see our conservation herd
• Snowshoes – Available during the winter months

Yes, our bison were reintroduced to the land in 2019. We now have a quickly growing conservation herd that can be seen grazing and wallowing from the road or Bison Viewing Platform most days.

Wanuskewin works to preserve and conserve the ecological health of the opimihāw Valley through resource management and educational programming that emphasizes the importance of humans as stewards of the land we live on.

While there are many reasons we are applying for UNESCO World Heritage status, the simplest reason is that UNESCO designation will give Wanuskewin the ability to better preserve, conserve, and protect this land for generations to come.