Reviews of Prince of Wales Armouries (Tourist Attraction)

Tatiana Kastner

gorgeous place

JeaNFrancoiS Irisch-Mercier

Great history!

Brian Dyksley

Great historic building where I spent many years in the Army Reserves (fond memories with a tear in my eye.)

Traci Watson

Cute place for any event. Went to the craft market. They had nice live music and snacks as you shop.

Kevin Pattison

The parking is bad and it is hard to get to. The building it's self is very nice inside and is great for medium sized events.

Doc Stranger

Great place for different types of presentations

DC5star War

Nice museum. Simple,representative of soldier kit with good examples of many ww2 small arms.

B.A.D Fam

Very confusing place to visit... the employees were rude and did not like us wandering around checking out history...be sure to know what youre exactly looking for so you dont get frowned upon. Improve the customer service aspect and might feel more welcoming.

Nadine Chalifoux

I always enjoy events held here. Plus the history and museum here never get old.

Devon Hart

Fantastic historical place. Not a long visit, really, but fun.

Jonathon Williams

Really cool place, has lots of cool events, great condition especially considering where is located

Carolan Lassiter

Have attended city of edmonton yoga classes here with instructor Allison Irwin. Great Parking, easy access.

Shawn Fraser

Neat place. Nice history and archives. Good for events and weddings.

Dustin Bajer

You really have to go inside to appreciate the beauty of this facility. It's almost as if they built a separate building to hold the City's archives inside. The archives are amazing and extensive. The staff is fantastic as was able to help be research the history of the 1912 home I opened at the time. With their help, I walked away with building permits, fire maps, old articles, and a list of every person that lived in the home since it was built.

Baljinder Dhaliwal

The Prince of Wales Armoury is an early twentieth-century, two-storey, rectangular brick building, located on a parcel of 0.96 hectares. Prince of Wales Armouries is an ideal venue for any occasion - wedding ceremonies, socials, business conferences, lectures and retreats. Prince of Wales Armouries is a massive, brick and sandstone structure, with distinctive corner towers, evocative of medieval castle

Adib Kaddoura

This is of the most gorgeous buildings in edmonton. A beautiful jewel

Adam Northey

Good place to see and interesting place too

alok negi

Beautiful place, amazing n helpful staff

William Mitchell

Although it's kinda hard to get to by car, this is one of Edmonton's best little secrets. The city's expansive archives as well as a few other historical resources (Like the Loyal Edmonton Regiment Museum) are all concentrated here. Definitely worth a visit if you need to do historical research, or even just to check out the museums and the many events held here throughout the year. Beautifully modernized interior too- it's like a building within a building.

Bruce Silverquill

Historic

Dawn Hickford

I'd visit it again

Christine J

The group at the Prince of Wales Armouries Heritage Centre was terrific! They waved the fee for the men's recovery group that I brought in, and still provided a tour from a very knowledgeable volunteer. Visiting the centre was very enjoyable & didn't take long to get through. The men were like little kids when they got to try on all the different war-themed outfits!

Bharti Ralh

You can go there free of cost and check out old phones and war time stuff.I liked it

Tyler Majeau

Fascinating part of Edmonton's history.

Stefan4Dawn

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Carrie Friesen

We were here for a field trip of the Telephone museum and the Loyal Regimen museum. It is a very cool building and the kids enjoyed learning new things. They especially loved the telephone museum's switchboard.

Chantel Matty

Great venue for the pop up shops. Interesting building.

Dianna Bowes

I go to yoga here and love the feel of this building. Big windows and very quiet. Parking is a challenge at bigger events.

Robert Schwark

Cool building.

jkj yuio

is this a museum? went there, couldnt get in. door locked although timetable claimed open. no information.

Sheena O'Connor

Great place to wander around and see Canada's history. They also host a lot of events here. Free parking, wheelchair accessible to the second floor via elevator.

Louise Harpin

I used to spend a lot of time here when a club I belonged to was stationed in the Armouries. One star off because you can't stand on the turrets and pretend to scream at trebuchets.

Derek Dallorto

A nice building but underutilized by the COE. Would be great to have more activities around here as a gathering space for community.

Soumya Ghosh

Cool place

Tyler B

Beautiful old building.

Melanie Hohn

Lovely building, very scenic. I love the amount of natural light that comes through the large windows!

Andrea McMillan

Beautiful building. Great place for a makers market.

Art Nyga

Came for research... fantastic place... being fairly new to this province encountered some history here...

M. V. Justo

Fascinating. The Telephone Museum is worth visiting.

Jordan k (SDitty)

Very pretty building

Keyur Patel

Wow ! I never show this kind of a museum. Must visit if you live in Edmonton.

magic mike

Good place to visit when u get the chance, so many memories that's put out there.

Natasha* That is all

Don't know if it's good or bad but the floors are creepy. If it's a historical site then they should still be able to fix the floors and keep it to historical guidelines.

Ryan Hartley

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M.L. Hartlen

A great venue steeped in history

Brian J

Very nice interior and a great venue for a wedding reception. There are limited washroom facilities, but understandable considering its history.

Scott Townsend

Beautiful space for a wedding or event!

Jordan Odland

Amazing piece of history. Definitely should be more well known!

Quetzalgirl

Lots of parking spots, old building but renovated nicely. Love going there for the art and for the special events they have

James Ironside

Parking need more

Our Son Paolo

Amazing facility

Shawna Hallworth

Parking is minimal for events. Get there early.

Trevor Lafreniere

Really awesome building. I went for a craft show and it had an interesting layout for public events.

Wesley Littke

Great place to spend a few hours checking out Canadian way history.

Filip Sturzoiu

Nice place to visit and learn about out history, really enjoyed seeing historical figures from the war. Very I'm formative I recommend going here, plan to be here about 30min to 1h. Depending how much you like history

Mahal lyn MOKO

Great place to check some artifacts that we didnt think ever existed specifically the antique phones

Rod Sangala

Great old Armoury , Canadian Heritage Sitebuilt in 1915, it was was used as a National Defence Training site untill 1977 it was home to the 51st Battalion and 233rd French-Canadian Battalion in WW1, In WW2 it served as a base for 101st Edmonton Fusiliers,The Loyal Edmonton Regiment and 49th Regiment

Aaron Kroetsch

I DJd here. Load in and out was pretty simple, but dance floor and reception hall are way too far apart.

Robert Duncan

Its a storage facility with an excellent museum.

Andit Abdi

I've only been here for a wedding event and it was great. A little corner of class in sketchy part of town

natalie Szekely

If you have never heard of the Prince of Wales Armouries, you need to go! You can rent rooms, have a wedding and the building is beautiful. The City of Edmonton archives are also located here as well, a fabulous resource for all citizens!

Nuno Guimaraes

Big building. Nice museum.

Jon Craig

Very neat place in the city.

Ryan Weeks

Very cool building. Lots of interesting historical artifacts and stories about buildings and more

Leslie Cormier

Very intereating building

Caitlin Teague

Always an educational & thought provoking visit, the Armoury is actually a building inside a building - replete with arrow slits, balustrades and an "air moat" inside the fort between the outside and the armoury, this historic building also houses the Edmonton City Archives, the Edmonton Telephone Museum, the Edmonton Arts Council, travelling art exhibits as well as on site information about the role of the building and Canadian military during active usage. Accessibility is great in the main areas, with a long, wide gentle ramp leading into the building - but falls off in side hallways for some of the offices and bathrooms due to stairs or huge heavy doors or narrow corridors. Much of the building is navigable with a wide rollator, and a powered chair should be able to access a portion of the building. Unfortunately, due to the age & historic nature, retrofits to increase ease of use are minor and leaves many unable to explore this piece of Canadian history. Expect groups on tours, particularly schoolchildren. Transit is nearby but still a distance despite the LRT tracks being so close, this is a drive or walk a ways sort of place to visit.

Angela Hrycan

This is a wonderful place to participate in remembrance day ceremonies

Trevor Richman

The wall of heroes is amazing . A testimony of men who died in combat overseas .

Nikki booth

Cute but parking can be tough

Stephanie Tooke

Love this space. It's amazing

Ken T

Incredible history showcased.

Hanna Choi

Just a utterly beautiful building

Stephen Yakimets

A really neat place for history and heritage buffs

David

Cool place, just wish there was some more

Hema Negi

Beautiful place

Darcy

I didn't realize they had painted portraits of all the fallen soldiers from Afghanistan. Beautiful.

Peter Nguyen

Not much of space, but clean environment

Tara Zieminek

This is a gorgeous old building. A great place to have a wedding. A not-so-great place to have a funeral. :(

Len Nunes

A perfect place to have a wedding reception.

Lo Me

Beautiful building. I come for all the local craft shows here.

Twyla Erickson

The City of Edmonton employees are friendly, courteous and easy to talk to. The archival material is amazing to see. So much history. Many of the materials are open access. It was great to be there.

Wayne Sharpe

It is a beautiful building and well managed ,but has poor access for first time visitors.