Gopher Hole Museum
Museum of stuffed gophers set up in various scenes.
Category Outsider Art, Unique Collections, Hunting and Taxidermy, Mummies
About the size of an RV, Torrington Gopher Hole Museum features stuffed gophers (actually, "Richardson's Ground Squirrels) posed to resemble the townspeople. Exhibits include gophers dressed as a priest, bank robber, RCMP officer, duck hunter, firefighter, and beautician, among others. Dressed in elaborate costumes and framed by elaborately painted backdrops, the gophers pose in cabinets, their glassy eyes indifferent to the media attention they provoke and the letters pouring in on their behalf.
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- Hours Daily 10 am - 5 pm. (Call to verify)
- Address 208 1 St S, Torrington, Alberta, Canada
- Cost $2.00
North from Calgary, Alberta on the main highway to provincial route 27, then follow route 27 into Torrington. At the corner of 2nd avenue and 1st street. The huge gopher sign will tell you that you're in the right town.
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Thanks Canuk for the heads up!
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i have been there... and a weird and wonderful place it is!! it is in alberta at 51.794686, -113.609275
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Anonymous
June 24, 2009
you have the google map pin in Torrington, Connecticut. USA. Not even the correct country.... -
Anonymous
June 22, 2009
Torrington is nowhere near Ontario ...
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