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The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies on Bear Street in Banff opened in 1968, the idea of the Banff artists Peter and Catharine Whyte. Its art galleries and Heritage Gallery show the art and cultural history of the Canadian Rockies, it holds an archive and library, and its grounds include historic log homes and cabins.
The Banff Park Museum in downtown Banff, built in 1903 to a design by John Stocks, is the oldest building maintained by Parks Canada and an early example of rustic park architecture. Its timber-framed hall holds a natural history collection of about 5,000 specimens of the park's animals, birds, plants and minerals, much of it gathered by curator Norman Sanson.
The Buffalo Nations Luxton Museum stands beside the Bow River in Banff, in a museum Norman Luxton began building in the early 1950s. It presents the cultures of the First Nations of the Northern Plains and Canadian Rockies, among them the Blackfoot Confederacy, the Stoney Nakoda and the Tsuut'ina, with regalia, a decorated tipi, quillwork and hunting equipment.
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