Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village

Open to the public from the May long weekend to Labour Day, the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village (Ukrainian: Село спадщини української культури, romanized: Selo spadshchyny ukrains’koi kul’tury) is an open-air museum that uses costumed historical interpreters to recreate pioneer settlements in east central Alberta, Canada, northeast and east of Edmonton.

Buildings from surrounding communities have been moved to the historic site and restored to various years within the first part of the twentieth century.

The Village uses a technique known as first-person interpretation which requires that the costumed performers remain in character at all times (or as much as is feasibly possible).

Although this technique is startling for some visitors at first, it allows for a much stronger experience of immersion in history than traditional third-person interpretation, where the actor acknowledges that he is, in fact, in a museum.

The village is in Lamont County on the Yellowhead highway, on the eastern edge of Elk Island National Park.

Home Grain Co. Elevator , built circa 1922, restored to 1929 appearance.
An interpreter from the Village
The " burdei " at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village.
St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church (detail of interior mural ), originally located in Vegreville , Alberta.