Articles — Galt Museum & Archives

“She Cared Enough to Come:” Archives Exposed Exhibit Honours Senator Joyce Fairbairn

ArticleKarissa PattonMarch 1, 2013Archives Exposed, Archives, Galt Baby, Honours, Joyce Fairbairn, Lethbridge, Senator Joyce Fairbairn, Southern Alberta, tributeComment

Thought Experiments -- Riddle Me This!

ArticleBelinda CrowsonFebruary 21, 2013Canada Science and Technology Museum, Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame, Galt Museum, thought experimentsComment

Family Fun and Family History

ArticleBelinda CrowsonFebruary 15, 2013Family Day, Galt Museum, Lethbridge, family history research, family history, family photographs, familyComment

Happy 100th Galbraith School

ArticleBelinda CrowsonFebruary 7, 2013Galbraith School, Galbraith, Galt Museum, Lethbridge 1913, Lethbridge School District, Lethbridge schools, Lethbridge, northsideComment

Why is the bridge black?

ArticleBelinda CrowsonFebruary 1, 2013Building Bridges, Galt Museum, High Level Bridge, Lethbridge, museum education, silly student answers, why bridge is black Comments

Good Intentions Spark Discrimination: “Disturbed” and “Troubled” Tenants at the YWCA, 1963

Good Intentions Spark Discrimination: “Disturbed” and “Troubled” Tenants at the YWCA, 1963

ArticleKarissa PattonJanuary 16, 2013Archives, Galt Museum, Lethbridge, YWCA, communityComment

Alberta's Suicide Prevention History Project

ArticleSteffi ReynoldsDecember 14, 2012Alberta, Galt Archives, Just Group, Lethbridge, Samaritans, Suicide Prevention, history Comments

November's Archives Program!!

ArticleSteffi ReynoldsNovember 21, 2012Archives, Canadian Conservation Institute, Galt Archives Program, conservation, preserving records, tipsComment

The Long Lost Diary of Captain A.G. Virtue - Lest We Forget

ArticleSteffi ReynoldsNovember 14, 20121918, 61st Battery, A.G. Virtue, Cher Ami, Galt Archives Program, Lethbridge, Military Cross, diary, journal, pigeons, First World WarComment

The Sweet Beets of Southern Alberta

ArticleSteffi ReynoldsOctober 31, 2012Archives, B.C. Sugar Refining Co. Ltd., Galt Archives, Lethbridge Herald Online Archives, Southern Alberta, Taber, farming, sugar beet history, sugar beets Comment

The Silver Screens of Lethbridge Past

ArticleSteffi ReynoldsOctober 23, 2012Archives, Bijou Theatre, Capitol Theatre, College Cinema, Galt Museum and Archives, Lealta Theatre, Lethbridge Buildings, Lethbridge Movie Theatres, Majestic Theatre, Paramount Cinemas, The Movie Mill, moviesComment

The Legacy of Irma Dogterom

ArticleSteffi ReynoldsOctober 10, 2012Archives, Edith Coe, Irma Dogterom, Legacy Ridge, Lethbridge, The Galt Museum ArchivesComment

Once Upon A Time In Lethbridge... There Was Land

ArticleSteffi ReynoldsOctober 10, 20121912, Lethbridge Alberta, Lethbridge Herald Online Archives, McIntyre Ranching Company, The Galt Museum Archives, The Galt Museum, The Lease Country, land rushComment

An Enchant Quilt

ArticleBelinda CrowsonSeptember 28, 2012Enchant, Galt Museum, historic quilts, quilting history, quilts, southern Alberta history, women's historyComment

Tribute to Senator Joyce Fairbairn

Why Museum School Trips Matter

ArticleBelinda CrowsonAugust 24, 2012Galt Museum, field trips, museum education, museum field trips, museums changing lives, school trips Comments

Diamond City, Royal View and four depressions in the river bottom

ArticleBelinda CrowsonAugust 17, 2012Diamond City, Galt Museum, Lethbridge history, Lethbridge, Royal View Memorial Cemetery, Royal View, coal mining Comments

A hockey playing canoeist and Cow men from the South

ArticleBelinda CrowsonAugust 10, 2012Bruce Ridpath, Calgary Stampede, Galt Museum, Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge history, headlinesComment

Caring for a 120 year old painting

ArticleWendy AitkensJuly 18, 2012E. F. Kirk, Galt Museum and Archives, York, art, conservation, painting, preservation, watercolourComment

Lethbridge Exhibition's Hidden Gem

ArticleBelinda CrowsonJuly 10, 2012Galt Museum, Heritage Hall, Lethbridge Exhibition, Lethbridge architecture, Lethbridge history, arts and crafts style, craftsman mission revival style, craftsman style Comments