The Fort Ostell Museum

The Museum Collection consists of agricultural and household objects of the early pioneers and natives from the late 1800’s to the present. In 2004, as part of Ponoka’s Centennial, the museum brought back from storage the “Alberta Mental Hospital Museum” collection. This collection is unique as few collections of mental hospitals exist in Canada. This collection of artifacts and archival material from 1911 to the present is now on display and has become the “History of the Care of the Mentally Ill” in Alberta.

The Fort Ostell Museum collection is a tribute to the past, and it is hoped that it will be enjoyed by everyone who visits and by future generations.