
There are numerous interpretive centres and museums in the city of red Deer. They include: Red Deer & District Archives, Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery, Tourism Red Deer, Sunnybrook Farm Museum & Interpretive Centre, Fort Normandeau, Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Kerry Wood Nature Centre. Red Deer Museum + Art aims to create memorable experiences for its toursts to be able to help them understand the history, culture and people of Central Alberta. Sunnybrook Farm Museum celebrates the early days of Alberta farming. The Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum is a hands-on, interactive celebration of Alberta's sporting history. It even provides group activities, an education program, meeting room rentals and party/reception facility rental. The Kerry Wood Nature Centre is Red Deer's year-round home of entertaining nature exhibits, activities, and information-giving.
The city of Red Deer has a growing manufacturing industry, while still retaining a strong base in petrochemicals, agriculture, oil, retail and wholesale distribution and service business. Within Red Deer, the service and manufacturing businesses are lucrative, with metal fabrication being the largest sector, whilst wood cabinetry, food processing and machinery are the second biggest sectors within the manufacturing trade. Distribution is also a strong component, since Red Deer's location makes it a perfect distribution centre for companies in Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. The most reputable business under this particular industry is Daimler Chrysler Canada, that has always won efficiency awards under this category. Agriculture and food processing is also a lucrative endeavor, with Olymel and Nossack Fine Meats leading the business. Tourism is likewise a featured sector, as Red Deer boasts of numerous hotels that differ in size and price ranges. Wholesale and retail services are also doing very well, and a lot of new malls are opening, like: Michael's Arts & Crafts, Winners, Chapters, Future Shop and Wal-Mart (two locations) to Red Deer, as well as Home Depot and London Drugs.