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The Yellowknife Historical Museum and Interpretive Centre showcases Yellowknife’s Indigenous, sporting, cultural, geological, and mining history. Along with our exhibit hall, this Museum also has a gift shop that is stocked almost entirely by local artists and a Restaurant/Café area open for lunch and dinner.

Our Museum has a wide verity of interests for locals and tourists. In our exhibits, you will see a variety of displays highlighting:

The history of the Earth: landforms, rocks, and minerals
The history of the people: Indigenous Culture, arts, entrepreneurial settlers, sports, and recreation
The History of industry: prospecting, mining, agriculture, fishing, and remediation

Exhibits that have been of local interest for School tours are our exhibits featuring Inuit and Dene games, hockey, dog sledding, curling and an interactive play area for children and those who are children at heart. We also have an extensive public collection of information regarding the geological and cultural history of Yellowknife including that of the gold and diamond mining in the area, following that journey right up to the Giant Mine Remediation Project.

The Yellowknife Historical Museum and Interpretive Centre is located on Chief Drygeese Territory, the traditional territory of the Wiiliideh Yellowknives Dene First Nation and home of the North Slave Métis. We respectfully acknowledge our presence on the Indigenous land around Yellowknife.

This is a community-driven Museum run by the non-profit organization the Yellowknife Historical Society. Entry is by donation.

The hours for our Restaurant, The Miner’s Mess, operated by Hidden Gem are:

Monday Closed
Tuesday 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
Wednesday 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
Thursday 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
Friday 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday 9:00 am – 9:00 pm

Nature’s North Wildlife Gallery

Caribou People Creations

Beaded seal fur mittens with beaded flowers and leaves at Caribou Creations in Lutsel K'e, Northwest Territories.

Caribou People Creations is a service started in 2019 provided by Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation to assist local arts and crafts persons market their products. We have two large glass display cases filled with local crafts at the Band Office in Lutsel K’e where visitors can purchase items. We also have an on-line store on our website with high quality photos of our products.

Lutsel K’e worked for many decades on protecting our land for our future generations and for the health of the Earth. The result was the establishment of Thaidene Nene National Park Reserve and Thaidene Nene Territorial Park. This encouraged the development of a local tourism economy including fostering arts and crafts and purchasing and renovating Frontier Lodge. Lutsel K’e has a long tradition working in tourism having three of the major NWT fishing lodges in our region for over 60 years. We also have a long history in arts and crafts production including items produced only in Lutsel K’e.

Northern Nature Photography

Northern Nature is owned by Geri Sigl – a photographer who explores the wilderness taking extraordinary photographs.

You will find on his website listed below several galleries (photo albums).

If you find an image you particularly like, you can purchase the picture. You will receive the print resolution (300 dpi – 4300 x 2900 px – JPG) The price depends on several factors, in particular the desired application. In a purely private use (for personal use) costs much less than an image for commercial purposes

Aurora Heat

Aurora Heat™ slips into your gloves/mittens or boots/shoes adding an incredibly effective layer of traditional warmth and northern comfort.

Aurora Heat™ products are made of sheared beaver fur – the velvety soft pile of the dense undercoat. Beaver fur is breathable, durable and lightweight providing an effective, all-natural layer of insulation against the cold.

Our products support local trappers and contribute to the economic strength of northern communities. To ensure we can enjoy the comfort and warmth of Canadian fur for generations to come, our fur trade is strictly regulated. Beaver fur, particularly, is abundant and sustainable.

Fur is one of Canada’s most useful natural resources, an intrinsic part of Aboriginal culture and our nation’s heritage and history. Aurora Heat™ uses furs from the Genuine Mackenzie Valley Fur Program supporting trappers and promoting the fur trade in the Northwest Territories. All of the fur from the N.W.T. is wild, meeting and exceeding standards under International trade regulations.

Yellowknife Books

Serving the North for over 30 years. An excellent selection of Northern books. Special orders and book searches available.

An excellent selection of Northern books. Special orders and book searches available.

Tłįchǫ Online Store

Tlicho Online Store moccasins with flower beading and fur trim Indigenous craftsmanship in the Northwest Territories.

Tłı̨chǫ Online Store, sells handmade authentic native art and crafts made by First Nations and Northern artists from the Northwest Territories

Handmade native goods and crafts made by First Nations of Northwest Territories in particular the Tłįchǫ and artists from the Northwest Territories.

Acho Dene Native Crafts

Acho Dene Native Crafts is a collective of over 40 cottage producers living in the community produce the products sold by the store. These products are made using a blend of ancestral techniques and themes with traditional and modern materials to make birch bark baskets, jewellery, moccasins, mittens, mukluks and other souvenirs.

Acho Dene Native Crafts offers a number of arts and crafts made out of traditionally smoked moose hide and birch bark. The hide is accented with beaded designs while the birch bark crafts have designs made out of porcupine quills. Products include: birch bark baskets with porcupine quills, birch bark bowls, moose hide moccasins, moose hide mukluks, traditionally beaded accessories, and much more!

Crafts from the Dene of the Fort Liard, Nahanni Butte, Fort Simpson and Trout Lake area in the western NWT. Gallery orders accepted.

Craft shop in Fort Liard is open to the public.

Aurora Emporium Art Gallery

Aurora Emporium Art Gallery is a northern owned business specializing in authentic Indigenous art and crafts representing the culture of the Dene, Inuit and Metis people of Denendeh.

Our product line features birch bark baskets, moosehide products, NWT furs, carvings, buffalo and muskox leather, souvenirs and more!

Fireweed Studio

Yellowknife Guild of Arts and Crafts members display their one-of-a-kind works for viewing and sale at the Fireweed Studio. Located by City Hall on Veteran’s Way.

This historic log building once housed a blacksmith shop at the Giant gold mine. Designated a historic building in 1996, it now serves as the Fireweed Studio. Yellowknife Guild of Arts and Crafts members display their one-of-a kind works for viewing and sale. Open during the summer on Saturday as well as during the farmer’s market, June 21 until Labour Day weekend.

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