But many objects in the Galt’s collections are essentially "voiceless.” Find out what that means and why in our most recent Galt’s Vaults video with Kevin MacLean.
Read MoreLocal military historian Glenn Miller and Collections Technician Kevin MacLean discuss the many things that they have learned by examining this uniform.
Read MoreCollections Assistant Nicole Wilkinson discusses why handmade objects can make great museum objects full of connections and stories.
Read MoreCollections Technician Kevin MacLean pens a love letter to a special group of Galt volunteers.
Read MoreCollections Technician Kevin MacLean explains why contemporary objects like CD Players are added into the Galt’s permanent collection as important pieces of history.
Read MoreAfter being separated in Lethbridge in the 1960s, how did a jacket and its original owners make their separate ways to the same community in the US decades later? It’s a mystery.
Read MoreCollections Assistant Kirstan Schamuhn talks about how the Galt Museum & Archives collects objects and what the difference is between passive and active collecting, using a recent donation of buttons from Lethbridge Pridefest as an example.
Read MoreIf you want other people to value your stuff, you have to put it at risk; if you can, put it into use so that the people visiting you in your home can associate it with you and they can associate themselves with it too.
Read More