New Exhibition Explores How We Interact with Sound

In what ways do your ears control your actions? This is just one of many thought-provoking questions asked within The Politics of Sound, a new temporary exhibition at the Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao’pa.

New Installation: Walk a Mile in My Moccasins

Featuring 18 unique and inspiring stories, Walk a Mile in My Moccasins offers insights into the paths walked every day by members of Kainai and Piikani Nations.

CuratorialGraham RuttanOctober 12, 2022Galt Museum & ArchivesCurator, Organizer, Exhibitions, Exhibit, Curatorial, Niitsitapi, Kainai, PiikaniComment

Discover the History & Future of Local Transit

The Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkako’pa is pleased to announce the opening of a new temporary exhibition Ticket to Ride: Transit Through the Years, running from June 11 to September 4, 2022.

New Exhibit at the Galt about the Natural World

The Galt is pleased to announce an exciting and interactive new temporary exhibition for residents and visitors to southwestern Alberta titled Rooted: How Trees Give Us Life.

Indigenous Exhibitions Open at the Galt

For the first time in the history of the Galt, all the exhibitions currently on display were be co-curated by or co-organized with Indigenous experts.

Lethbridge Mayors from four decades gather at the Galt

On September 16 the Galt Museum & Archives will present “Mayors Dialogue,” a panel with Mayor Chris Spearman and former mayors Rajko Dodic and David Carpenter. The event will be hosted by political scientist Lisa Lambert.

Events, ArchivesGalt Museum & ArchivesSeptember 7, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesMayors, Lethbridge, Election, Elected, Official, Panel, Event, Program, ExhibitComment

Exhibits Online at the Galt

With the need for physical distancing and the temporary closure of the facility to the public, the Galt has been working on redeveloping the content of exhibits that were researched and curated by Galt staff and volunteers for online audiences.

Call for Participants for New Exhibit: Queer Histories of Southwestern Alberta

The Galt Museum & Archives is looking for LGBTQ2S+ stories and materials for an upcoming exhibit titled Queer Histories of Southwestern Alberta.

New Home for Meat Market Sign

On November 22, 2018, the Alberta Meat Market’s neon sign, which had been in place for over half a century, was carefully removed from the cinderblock exterior of its building. The sign has since been restored to functionality by LA Noen with the help of gracious donations from Pat and Hollie Carroll and will now be displayed in the Galt’s Discovery Hall.

Graham RuttanJuly 5, 2019Galt Museum & ArchivesAlberta, Neon, LA Neon, Sign, Donation, Donations, Downtown, Exhibit, InstallationComment

Recollecting Home Opens at the Galt

Recollecting Home explores the idea of “home” through individuals’ connections to objects.

Graham RuttanJanuary 23, 2019Galt Museum & ArchivesExhibit, Home, Recollecting home, material history, colelctions, Lethbridge, Galt MuseumComment