{"url":"https://data.reddeer.ca/api/datasets/events/21751","id":21751,"title":"Downtown Walking Tour: Ghosts at the MAG","startTime":"2026-09-12T13:00:00","endTime":"2026-09-12T15:00:00","description":"<p>You have walked past them. The bronze figures scattered through downtown are the&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.reddeer.ca/recreation-and-culture/arts-and-culture/public-art/public-art-ghost-collection/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ghosts of Red Deer</a>, one of the largest collections of life-size bronze sculpture in Canada. We willing to be most people who live here could not name a single one.</p>\r\n<p>There is a hockey face-off, a firefighter, a railway worker arguing with a small dog over a pile of money, and a pig who became a local legend. Each Ghost stands for a person, a piece of folklore, or a way of life that shaped our city, created by local and provincial artists and commissioned through the Downtown Business Association.</p>\r\n<p>You can find the Ghosts on your own any day of the week. What you get on this walk is the part that is not on the plaque: who these people actually were, why they earned a statue, and what was happening in Red Deer at the time.</p>\r\n<p>Two hours, entirely on downtown sidewalks, at a pace that leaves room for questions and photos. The tour meets at the&nbsp;MAG&nbsp;front entry at 1PM and heads out shortly after. Dress for the weather and wear good walking shoes.</p>\r\n<p>This tour is free to attend throughout the month of September as part of our celebration of&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-culture-days-and-alberta-day-events-search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alberta Culture Days</a>.</p>","allDayEvent":false,"venue":"Red Deer Museum & Art Gallery","streetAddress":"4525 47A AV","city":"Red Deer","phone":"587-797-4040","email":"museum@reddeermuseum.com","createdDate":"2026-08-19T18:25:20.93","isRecurringEvent":null}