Reviews of Medalta in the Historic Clay District (Event Planner)

Kalpana M.

Interesting historical site

D'arci L

This place was wonderful, the old factory was amazing! I loved learning about the history and process of making ceramics!

Kay-leigh Bohnen

Awesome place and amazing people

Douglas Linfield

Beautiful wedding venue

Chandra Schlitz

Great market on Thursday night

Claudio Della Valle

Very interesting history

Josh Zizek

Only had time for a brief look but planning a return soon.

Wanderess

Local history, food vendors, great cultural events

Life of Chuck

Loved this place!

birdhunter9999

Great place to visit. Lots of history Market at Medalta nights are great because you can shop local vendors and also eat local vendors as well. Must see!

Lynn Fischer

Love this place! Gorgeous venue for a wedding!

Linda Storm

An amazing, immersive tour. Touring the old factory gave a feeling that a shift had just ended and the workers would be back in the morning.

Ian Myers

Medalta has so much to offer! A must-see!

Adam Soos

Love the refurbishments. Very beautiful!

Eglom123 History 26

Great museum if the history of pottery in medicine Hat. Highly reccomended

Bob Arthur

Wasn't open but seemed cool from outside.

Jocelyn Nicole

Great selection at the seconds sale!

Abby Czibere

Great experience, seen how pottery was made and still being made with the devices used way back then.

Giri Berenstein

Beautifully preserved piece of Alberta and Canadian industrial history.

Richard Hobson

Interesting place.

Tim Adams

Interesting area. Great market on Thursdays

anita james

Attended a wedding in this beautiful location. Well worth using to host any event

Colin Bodor

Historical site in Medicine Hat that had been restored into a showcase of the pottery of the time. Factory floor is amazing. A must see in Medicine Hat. Highly recommended!

Paige McLean

What a great part of Alberta History!

Trevor Textor

This place was a fantastic stop for our family road trip. We would highly recommend. Also the gift shop has really nice stuff rather than the usual trinkets.

Vanessa Plett

Wonderful historical site. Interesting to see the archeological dig. I love Medalta pottery and the other itemd

Benjamin VanderHaar

Great museum very informative, friendly people and a nice gift shop.

Rob Chilton

Very neat seeing the history.

Annette Parker

To expensive

Bernie Van Tighem

Loved it! A look into life 75 years ago

Kendall Schultz

Awesome mix of history and modern replication of historical practises

Gillian Anderson

Good place for weddings and functions. Spacious too.

Helen Yacak

Amazing tour and facility.

Justin Koch

Bygone era brought back to life.

David Dobbins

Thursday Market @ Medalta on point. Grilled cheese truck!

Mick Kelly

Great history lesson in pottery making.

Jasmin Gray

We were there during the MH Stampede and were surprised that the attached art gallery was closed. However, this museum is very cool and we are glad we went. There's so much more they could be doing in terms of interpreters and the gift shop. The pottery in the gift shop is very expensive: $40 for a coffee mug! I realise they have to try and make their money during a short season but that's a bit steep. I wanted to buy some dishes - that's really why we went- but walked away empty handed.

Susan Young

An enlightening tour of harsh work conditions and incredible ingenuity and inventiveness of potters of Canada's past. Some truly beautiful pieces on display in the museum. Highly recommended, and the kids will love it!

I.P. Freely

Interesting history, buildings and machinery. Kilns are beautiful.

John Kuntze

A beautiful place to hold an event!

Jacqueline Kalisz

Had no idea I was going to Love this tour so much! I learned so much about Medalta and its history in Alberta.

Ryan Currie

This was worth staying overnight for. Informational displays that give visitors an appreciation for how natural resources in this area contributed to entrepreneurial and industrial success for Medicine Hat. Self-guided tour. Also enjoyed seeing displays of regional artists in a gallery designed for this.

Daniel Frey

Could user more original and creative venders on Thursday evenings.

Colin Lillie

loved coming here and learning more about medicine hats history.

grappler99

Very nice

Rachel Schoenberger

Best museum in town haunted is one word to say about it. Music here in winter months called tong on the post

C K

Tongue On the Post (Folk Festival)

Jason Vanden Berg

Great mix of history and modern repurpose

Tiger S.

Most expensive wedding venue in town. If bragging rights is what you want, this is your place, but they don't even include everything most venues do and charge if you leave a hair on the floor. VERY INCLUSIVE MUSEUM; TRULY ONE OF A KIND! It would be hard to find such a unique piece of history anywhere else, hence it's significance! Medals is definitely worth an hour of any travellers time.

Arol Majok

Took their Saturday Samplers class. Found out that I'm not a potter, but boy was it fun. The instructor Geisel was amazing

Christina P

A beautiful place to explore and learn more about history in the area. If you're into art or history it's fascinating. They have a full collection of donated pieces from one person with many examples of their products over the years. The weekly market is lovely and we even had our wedding in one of their kilns.

Andrea Berezowski

Well worth a visit !

Vanessa Henderson (Eco Baby)

A must see in Medicine Hat. Staff very knowledgeable!

Lisa Maggrah

A historic museum that showcases an influential pottery production. There is also working artists continuing Canadian ceramics.

C. W. Ridgewell

Did a catering there. Was quite impressed with the state of the building! I had no idea this was there! Quite the place

Jeff Thompson

Beautiful historical buildings, market on Thursday and food vendors

Guy Soulière

I like it here.

Derrick Hoffman

This place is pretty amazing. I enjoy the market on Thursday nights and always take people there when they are visiting me!

Gary Halls

Pleasant and friendly front office receptionist. Been there twice and she was consistently helpful, knowledgeable and friendly.

Blake Wagner

Great experience, the effort they put into showing history really shows through.

gordon jones

We did a tour with 3 kids aged 8, 6, 4 and had great time! Amazing to see the kids engaged for a good hour!

Tami Ewert

Fantastic displays of actual work area that has been excavated. You can punch into work and then check oy the factory and walk in the original kilns. Displays of crockery are plentiful and informative. Spent several hours reading about the product and the workers lives.

Delia Massey

Very cool place

sean tseng

Very interesting museum

James Cullin

It is a nice introduction to the history of ceramics production.

Tracy Eriksen

Very cool historical site.

Lindsay Barron

Beautiful pottery and great market in Thursdays

Deanna Clark

Beautiful history....must see on a Thursday night

Harry Hao

Well worth the visit! Very interesting historical site with a working arts center, too. I didn't know there was so much to know about clay pottery!

Anna Finnigan

It's very informative and my family really enjoyed it.

smokey dunbar

Great place! Great people! Can't wait to go visit again!!! #MyMedalta

From Summit to Sea

A very informative, self guided tour of an industry that is in the decline in Alberta.

Tracy Rothery

Took a pottery class with Medalta and had a great time. Recommend taking a class anytime.

Jan P

Revenue is fantastic. Medalta staff on hand very helpful and friendly.

Ken Dodman

Very cool. Make the time to enjoy some of medicine hats historical clay District.

ElmerLiza Espinoza

Great local history. My kids were/are begging me to go back.

Ricardo

Wonderfully detailed historic restoration. Great learning experience on how clay is mined and eventually becomes a coffee cup and many other things we use every day. Kudos to Medicine Hat and Alberta for providing this opportunity.

Jerri-Lynne Worth

Very interesting window into the history of Medicine Hat.

Scott Payne

Great information and amazing history

Lawrence Alexander

A wonderful piece of history

Anton Maslo

Very interesting tour of an important historical site. It has been well kept up and presented. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and patient with our many questions.

thekid9989

Nice history, but there were some confusing flow of traffic arrows. Not great parking

Michael Fritzler

A wonderful site full of rich history!

John Specht

Cool vibe!

Roxanne Fuller

Hard to explain, need to go and check it out for yourself.

James H

Enjoyed the history lesson.

Jeff Schmidt

It's amazing everything they advertise is as said,they show amazing pieces of art work and much more having market days were you can buy wonderful foods and such

Christine Stewart

I would recommend having the guided tour.

Norm Dishkin

Very great place and historical location

Scott James

Very fun and informative.

Paul Procure

Our company hosted a educational seminar in a boardroom at Medalta. It is a great setting. Very unique and provides for a fantastic experience. The staff were incredibly helpful in helping us set up and tear down.

Cliff Morham

Excellent museum. A surprising Alberta historic site. Must see

Terry Thomas

Great historical site

Cathy Oram

I wasnt that excited about going here. I was wrong. It was way cooler than I expected and I had know idea how much history there was related to it. If you have any interest in history or historic sites, check it out.

Benji Smith

My friends found their visit to be excellent

Dave Tate

never got the chance to see it because it's not pet friendly pretty hard to see any historical sites when you have a dog and you're travelling

Chuck Horne

Excellent museum a bit off the beaten path. Worth a special trip, and very accessible for those with disabilities.

Yves

(Translated) A great place! Very friendly staff! Free to visit, you can buy your favorite handmade (Original) 非常棒的一个地方！非常友善的工作人员 ！免费参观 可以选购你喜欢的手工制作

María Fernanda Feltes

Fun market and interesting displays snd museum.

Patrick T. T.

Lot more to see than a few years ago. Most of the old factory is open to view now

Dave Hill

A must see if you're in MH. I loved it but wish there had been an option for audio information since there was no tour guide.

Louise Dormaar

Really interesting site, great peek into the history of pottery in the region. I think the museum could still improve tagging and adding explanations, especially around the old and older factory areas, and clarifying the different types of kilns (maybe a brief section about the historic development of pottery?). Still, a great little experience.

Amaya Daley

Great venue. A real treasure.

St Albans Farm

Best 4 hours I have ever spent touring !!

Jason Brett

Excellent museum to learn about a part of Canadian history that you may not have known of.

Sharon McNabb

Great event in a nice venue

Stacey Gaumont

Recently I ordered a 1 gallon crock from Medalta, and I was so impressed by how easy the ordering process was, and the excellent customer service I received. The crock was packaged so well, and it arrived safe and sound in very short order!! I happily and wholeheartedly recommend to anyone!!

Julia R.

Attended a beautiful wedding here at medalta. Amazing building.

Justin Morris

History

Jason Doornink

Very interesting

Jennifer Perree

A beautiful discovery

Jacqui W

Awesome historical place in my hometown to visit.

Rayvin Maddock

I went to the second open weekend of the summer market. There were good and bad things to be said. The food trucks could use some tweaking on cooking for crowds. Not enough staff and the prices were a bit steep for a food truck offering. The market has some cool things; the lady from Saskatchewan with the bee soap is very professional, her products are nice smelling and good to the skin if you are delicate and her display at the market is very compelling. The pen guy was there and I get that its a very individualized thing making pens. Nice choices available. The actual Medalta itself has wonderful cups, bowls and books but their price line is a bit too far above what the average Joe can afford. 25.00 for a standard coffee cup is a bit much. Unique, yes, but a big over priced. Take 5.00 off and see the crowds swarm you folks. Its all about marketing. The musicians were good. I expected to see many more crafters and more produce for sale or things like quilts, honey, knitting, patches for sales, homemade shoes, etc... Needs to be expanded up a bit to make me want to come back. I suggest they offer local gift shops to have a space. Reduce the space price or start an artistic coop and get it going on. It has potential but right now its a bit lame.

Ted Z

Such a unique destination - I had no idea this existed, let alone this history was a part of Alberta. I highly recommend it as a stop in if you are driving through the region. Friendly and knowledgeable staff - and truly amazing facilities.

Marco Franchetto

Historic and chic love atmosphere with the music and all the vendors

Jim Allen

Fantastic museum! The new structure is so well incorporated with the historic buildings and the old machines. It's such a beautiful environment to experience. There are self guided and guided tours, and the staff are really friendly. Definitely stop by if you are in Medicine Hat.

Jason Hammel

We toured Medalta Potteries on a class trip. The tour was fantastic and so informative. Our guide was knowledgable and friendly. I have also attended events here and loved it. This is such a neat piece of history for the city and I highly recommend visiting. Also great place to have family or grad photos taken.

Scott Irvine

Excellent place to visit and see some of Medicine Hats history.

MARJORIE Warner

Great historical place to visit. Very interesting history on the Madalta factory. We spent about an hour there and thoroughly enjoyed the history. There is Room to park your RV but a little limited on spaces. If you go early in the morning when it opens your probly not have problems.

Rose B

This is a fun place, I took my boyfriend here during a roadtrip and it was worth the money. Theres a lot of history and knowledge within the building and I recommend giving it a chance!

Torban Peterson

Great tourist attraction however DO NOT recommend this venue for events.

Roslie Main

It's a really beautiful historic site. You can also buy hand made clay items there made by local artists

Tony Grichnik

The museum was well worth seeing. Layed out nice. Staff went a step above normal to try to explain some of the vessels. Much appreciated.

Janice Loubert

Good place to learn a little bit about Canadian history

Sherri Gibbons

Very interesting place to visit. History of pottery very well represented here.

natasha Dasantos

Awesome experience, informative and the original downstairs was neat

Shelley Harrison

Great museum with excellent exhibits and videos. Very informative about the history of Medalta and pottery in southern Alberta.

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Excellent facility that highlights the MedAlta Pottery factory and history.

Patricia Duchesne

Good place to take a unique picture and can understand the procedure how to make the pot.

James McKillop

Went to a concert here. This is good venue, and has an interesting collection of dishes, pottery, etc. Overall I would recommend a visit.

Ted Ogrady

An amazing place with a great tour.

Leah Schlitz

Awesome I love pieces of history

Christine Kiemele

they have a small size function room which you can rent for party or show. didn't visit the museum though.

Cathy Prohl

It was just closing, so could not view all the buildings, and tour. A great history of the building materials of local area, and Western Canada ...what a gem to have been saved from the bulldozers.

Margaret Holly

Cool history lesson and beautiful pottery.

Doug Poole

Terrific historical ceramics location with artisanal pottery.

Marie Sabourin

(Translated) Bad (Original) Nul

arose58

Very cool museum to tour that gives insight on how pottery was mass produced back in the day. Theres also a little gift shop to buy some cups, bowls, and plates

Susan B.

Nice clay museum

Sandra Van Wert

Amazing place full of history.

Amy Gummeson

Beautiful historic place. A diamond in the rough :-)

farlyn zabat

Awesome place to visit and learn, great displays and facility. We had a great time and luckily stumbled on the place during a visit to Medicine Hat.

Wayne Mewhort

Very interesting! Now I know where my crocks are made. Lots of displays.

Christine Guidry

One of my favorite places on the planet.

Kathy Bedard

Great save by the province and Medicine Hat

Adrian Matwie

Beautiful place, great space for wedding or function. Nice. Museum as well

R Fletcher

Was at the concert for year end.

Noreen Lofgren

Super interesting place to visit, highly recommend going there!

Amanda Gosselin

Very informative.

Cyndi Jardine

Historic place.. Wonderful place....many stories

Kathy Kirkland-guinn

Amazing pottery process was explained.

ebunnie runn

Very interesting

But why

Good exhibition, but Hart to find.

Robert Brown

I have always been interested in ceramics and clay. Very interesting and it's nice to see how everything has been saved.

Iron Viking

A great place to learn and experience the history of the Medicine Hat clay history. You can also rent out the facilities for special events in the off hours.

Rylan Rooke

Learned a lot about the early pottery-making industry of Medicine Hat!

Carlos H Jimenez

Awesome historic place lots of great history

Rob S

This is a top notch example of Canada's living industrial history. If you are interested in how everyday items were manufactured a century ago, you will find the tour fascinating. The building has some lovely architecture and the displays …

Miomituti Ramirez

Very neat place in the Hat, well worth checking out on a Thursday night

Dwayne Manchak

Quite an interesting museum in the historic old town centre area of Medicine Hat. My mother had pieces that were produced at that factory so it had a personal interest to me. I recognized duplicate pieces in Museum collection. Definitely …

Jeffrey Hart

Very cool place seeped in history not offten you find place like this

Joanne PH

Really interesting museum and explanation of the history of the site. A bit more signage would be nice, but it was really interesting.

Darleen Allsopp

Far better than i was expecting. Was a really cool place with lots of history!

John K

Awesome market in Thursdays!! Love it

Tracy Burles

Very good information and some history of Medicine Hat.

chrystal friesen

Really interesting place.

Valerie Robertson

Nice building with interesting history!

Stuart Paul

So eased we got to see the museum, a gem for Alberta for sure

Terry Novak

Interesting history

Brian Clifford

Interesting place to explore

Joshua Culp

Always something to learn in such a well preserved and maintained place

judy szemethy

(Translated) Very good and informative. (Original) Très bien et instructif.

James Schorr

Cool historical place

Leanne Falconer

If you have never been to the Market at Medalta, you are missing out! Food trucks and unique vendors, local craft beer, talented musicians, and best of all free admission!

susan deering

So interesting to see how much work went into making pottery and dinnerware. Also neat to see what was considered the newest labor saving machinery of that time. Very educational.

Sean Cheater

Fantastic

Marika Jane

A very nice museum to visit. They explain how pottery is made and you can walk around the old factory.

WILLIAM PIGGOTT

Nice old place. Good tourist attraction

Brittany Fokkens

A wonderful heritage place.

Susan

It's a hidden Gem! Love the galleries and events that are put on monthly! Definitely recommend stopping in on a Thursday evening for the Market!

Lynn Seal

An amazing museum in the heart of Medcine Hat that is well worth your time to visit. We spent about 2 hours in the museum and it was much more than we expected. I recommend you visit their website before your visit as it is also very well done for more information. Highly recommend this museum for all ages.

j jack

Informative

Петро Хімич

Interesting place! Has a gallery of local art, along with the historical content. Farmers market held there in Thursdays.

Robert John Evans

Very interesting.

Murray MacTavish

We only visited the gift shop. Very nice but would have liked more variety. I know it's difficult during covid. Will definitely go back for a tour!