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.

Galt's Vaults, Online Presentation, VideosKevin MacLeanJanuary 21, 2022Galt Museum & ArchivesGalt's Vaults, Collections, Donations, Donor, Kevin MacLeanComment

100 Years Ago: The People's Forum

The Roast and Toast section of the Lethbridge Herald has a surprisingly long history. One hundred years ago, this column was known as "People's Forum."

ArticleAndrew ChernevychJanuary 13, 2022Galt Museum & ArchivesAttribution, Archives, Lethbridge Herald, Community, Roast and Toast, LethbridgeComment

100 Years Back: Lethbridge Police Versus Gamblers

Playing cat and mouse with local "gambling joints" was a daily activity for the Lethbridge Police in the 1920s. It was not an easy game to win.

ArticleAndrew ChernevychDecember 30, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesPolicing, Lethbridge, Gambling, Illegal, Laws, Court, Lethbridge Herald, ArchivesComment

100 Years Back: Home Remedies and Cures

With the need to pay for medical attention and limited transportation options, most people in the 1920s leaned on their own home remedies to cure and relieve illnesses.

ArticleAndrew ChernevychDecember 16, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesHealth Care, Remedies, Cures Comment

100 Years Ago: The Great Escapes

Daring prisoner escapes — Hollywood's bread and butter for psychological thrillers — happened in Southern Alberta too. Many mirrored or even surpassed the classics of the genre.

ArticleAndrew ChernevychDecember 2, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesEscape, Police, Lethbridge, Lethbridge HeraldComment

Blackfoot Language with Blanche Bruisedhead

Learn basic Blackfoot words with the Galt's Blackfoot Interpreter Blanche Bruisedhead.

Online Presentation, Indigenous HistoryBlanche BruisedheadNovember 16, 2021Niitsitapi, Blackfoot, Language, Learning, Blanche Bruisedhead, Video, OnlineComment

100 Years Ago: The Delicate Subject

Few film screenings in Lethbridge history attracted as much attention as the 1920 screening of Fit to Win.

Article, InstagramAndrew ChernevychNovember 16, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesLethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, STD, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Venereal Disease, First World War, CensorshipComment

Galt's Vaults: What can a First World War uniform tell us?

Local military historian Glenn Miller and Collections Technician Kevin MacLean discuss the many things that they have learned by examining this uniform.

Galt's Vaults, Online PresentationKevin MacLeanNovember 9, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesMilitary, Uniform, Collections, Galt's Vaults, Clothing, TextilesComment

The EV Revolution

Tom Moffat takes a look at available types of electric cars, their designs, car charging and consider the wider impacts of this disruptive technology.

Online PresentationGalt Museum & ArchivesNovember 2, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesThe Galt Presents, Electric Vehicles, Climate, climate change, Environment, Transportation, Cars, Automobiles, Magnificent MotoringComment

Alberta's Italian History: A Lethbridge Take

Adriana Davies delivers an online presentation about her new book From Sojourners to Citizens: Alberta's Italian History.

Online PresentationAdriana A. DaviesNovember 2, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesItalian, Community, Lethbridge, Southern Alberta, PresentationComment

Deaccessioning

As its collections have grown and evolved, the Galt's mandate for collecting objects has become focused on "preserving the human history of Lethbridge and southwestern Alberta." However, many artifacts donated before the current collecting mandate do not demonstrate those regions and connections.

ArticleKirstan Schamuhn November 2, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesDeaccession, Museum, Canadian Museums Association, Process, Best Practices, Staff, CommitteeComment

Children's Music Performance

Have a snack and join the Lethbridge Symphony’s principal strings at the Galt for an afternoon of music for children! This concert is the perfect introduction to classical music for the next generation.

Online PresentationGalt Museum & ArchivesOctober 27, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesMusic, Lethbridge, Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra, LSO, Classical Music, Kids, The Galt PresentsComment

Building Refuge: Private Refugee Sponsorship in Lethbridge

Mariah Besplug shares the stories of refugees and sponsors who have participated in this program in the Lethbridge area over the past several decades.

Online PresentationGalt Museum & ArchivesOctober 19, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesRefugee, Canada, Refuge, Resettlement, Neighbour, Lethbridge, Southern Alberta, World Events, PresentationComment

Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra

The Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra is an organization and resource in southern Alberta that many take for granted as part of our community. But the symphony didn't exist a short 60 years ago.

ArticleGraham RuttanOctober 19, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesMusic, Orchestra, Symphony, University, Southminster, Performance, Arts, CommunityComment

From Geisha to Diva Curator Talk: Barry Till

Barry Till takes viewers through his exhibit, From Geisha to Diva: The Kimono of Ichimaru.

Online PresentationGalt Museum & ArchivesOctober 12, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesGeisha, Geisha to Diva, Exhibit, Art, Japan, Japanese, Curator, The Galt Presents, The Curator Presents, Curatorial, ExhibitsComment

Enclosing Some Snapshots: The Photography of Métis Activist James Brady Info Video

Paul Seesequasis explains the importance of James Brady’s photographs from Glenbow’s collections.

Online Presentation, Indigenous HistoryGalt Museum & ArchivesSeptember 1, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesExhibit, Photography, Photographs, James Brady, Paul Seesequasis, MétisComment

The Legacy of Canada’s Residential School System

Reconciliation is a process of understanding and accountability that can bridge the gap between Indigenous peoples and non-Indigenous Canadians. Here are some steps you can personally take to further the important work of reconciliation between Indigenous communities and allies

Article, Indigenous HistoryKalli Eagle SpeakerAugust 24, 2021Residential School, Niitsitapi, Treaty 7, Canada, Truth and Reconciliation, History, St. Mary's Residential School, Unmarked Graves, Reconciliation, City of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Southern AlbertaComment

Lethbridge Eats: Chopstick Tutorial

Ayumi and Yoshiko from Sawa Japanese House give a chopstick tutorial.

Online PresentationAimee BenoitAugust 17, 2021Sawa Japanese HouseLethbridge Eats, Exhibits, Sawa, Japanese, Cooking, Cuisine, Food, Chopsticks, Eating, Restaurants, Lethbridge, Southern AlbertaComment

The History of Canada’s Residential School System

Between 1880 and 1980, ten Residential Schools operated in our own backyard, or Treaty 7 lands. The impact of residential schools has caused generations of Indigenous youth to strive to relearn and preserve cultural ways of knowing as intergenerational victims.

Article, Indigenous HistoryKalli Eagle SpeakerAugust 10, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesResidential School, Truth and Reconciliation, Reconciliation, Colonization, Canada, Treaty 7, Indigenous, Children, Childhood, Trauma, Assimilation, Lethbridge, Southern Alberta, History Comment

Ribbon Skirt Tutorial

Serene Weasel Traveller is a skilled seamstress and artist from the Piikani Nation. In this tutorial, she shares her knowledge and experience in making ribbon skirts and invites you to make your own!

Online Presentation, Indigenous HistoryGalt Museum & ArchivesAugust 3, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesNiitsitapi, Ribbon Skirt, Dancing, Blackfoot, TutorialComment