On July 4, 2018, the City of Lethbridge removed a parking meter from the 300 block of 3 Street South and donated it to the Galt Museum & Archives.
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Read MoreCoffee-sipping browsers, local history scholars, specific-answer seekers, general-interest readers, music lovers, and science fiends will all find a much wider range of facilities and services than has been available.
—Lethbridge Herald, October 18, 1973
Read MoreExisting library facilities are totally inadequate, and we are in desperate need to expand.
—Mayor J.A. Jardine
Read MoreIn this city we have hundreds of young people who have nowhere to go in the evenings after the work hour where they can improve their minds and develop a taste for the finer and higher things of life.
—Lethbridge Herald, June 8, 1909
Read MoreWhat a place [a library] would be to spend a portion of Sunday, when time hangs so heavily on most men’s hands. It would save many a one from going out and raising Hades.
—C.S. Keller, Lethbridge News, January 14, 1889
As to what was shared with Kerry about her grandmother or the items, she said, “I just think that that handbag would be something that would have been a treasure because it was so intricate, and it would have cost a little bit more than what their socio-economic status was.”
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Berlando recently donated the ring and crucifix to the Galt Museum & Archives. The objects have been added to our permanent collection.
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Until 2011 the Waterton Theatre played movies on a 35 mm Motiograph motion picture projector. That projector was donated to the Galt and is now part of our permanent collection.
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Cindy Baker was one of the participants in the exhibit. Baker selected two items that let her reflect on how women have experienced “home,” and how they used objects to subvert traditional expectations that may have been superimposed upon them. One of the items Baker chose was a vibrator that was donated to the Galt
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The Lethbridge Herald reported on May 20, 1978 that this fad gave barbers “two options: get out of an unprofitable business or stay to see profits severely trimmed.”
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The first depiction of a snowman appear to be from a Dutch book called the Book of Hours, likely published around 1380. During the middle ages, building snowmen was a way for a community to do something fun during a harsh winter.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019 is #MuseumSelfieDay. The Galt Museum & Archives is a popular location for selfies in Lethbridge with our incredible vista into the coulees, our century old heritage building, our exhibits, gardens and statues. On Wednesday come take photos in and around the Galt and share them with @GaltMuseum on social media with #MuseumSelfieDay, #MuseumsDoMore and #iheartmuseums.
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Women in Lethbridge were active in civil defence preparations, and by 1962, they outnumbered the men involved. For example, Jean Brown served as CD Convener for six years, and as the assistant civil defence welfare director for the city. She taught courses on civil defence to the general public and was the local civil defence liaison officer for the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE).
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The Galt’s collection of skiing materials contains several unique items of ski history in Lethbridge.
Read MoreWith the detonation of the first atomic bombs in 1945, North Americans faced the frightening possibility of a nuclear disaster. Lethbridge was not considered a direct target area, but the city prepared for nuclear fallout
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