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August Walking Wednesdays
Aug
28
9:00 a.m.09:00

August Walking Wednesdays

Downtown Lethbridge with the high-level bridge and coulees in view.
Image courtesy Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao'pa

Say goodbye to making your summer fit our Walking Tours! Join Walking Wednesdays this July and August for only $65 per tour, per group. Choose your own historical adventure from a lineup featuring:

  • Watch Lethbridge Grow Downtown History Tour

  • Queer History Lethbridge

  • Niitsitapi Tree Burial Tour

  • Mountainview Cemetery Tour

  • St Patrick’s Cemetery Tour

  • Elizabeth Hall Wetlands Land-Based Learning

  • The Thing

Gather your crew – large groups are more than welcome!

Available Days: Wed JUL 03, 10, 17, 24, 31
Available Times: 9:00–10:30 AM, 11:30 AM–1:00 PM, 2:00–3:30 PM, 5:00–6:30 PM

Please bring water and good walking shoes. Access to bathrooms may be limited. Be prepared to walk for approximately 1 km.

No bigger than 25 people | require 24-hour notice | 2 groups can be booked per time slot

Note: You can book your tickets online using PayPal or call our front desk at 403-320-3954 to book over the phone.

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August Walking Wednesdays
Aug
21
9:00 a.m.09:00

August Walking Wednesdays

Downtown Lethbridge with the high-level bridge and coulees in view.
Image courtesy Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao'pa

Say goodbye to making your summer fit our Walking Tours! Join Walking Wednesdays this July and August for only $65 per tour, per group. Choose your own historical adventure from a lineup featuring:

  • Watch Lethbridge Grow Downtown History Tour

  • Queer History Lethbridge

  • Niitsitapi Tree Burial Tour

  • Mountainview Cemetery Tour

  • St Patrick’s Cemetery Tour

  • Elizabeth Hall Wetlands Land-Based Learning

  • The Thing

Gather your crew – large groups are more than welcome!

Available Days: Wed JUL 03, 10, 17, 24, 31
Available Times: 9:00–10:30 AM, 11:30 AM–1:00 PM, 2:00–3:30 PM, 5:00–6:30 PM

Please bring water and good walking shoes. Access to bathrooms may be limited. Be prepared to walk for approximately 1 km.

No bigger than 25 people | require 24-hour notice | 2 groups can be booked per time slot

Note: You can book your tickets online using PayPal or call our front desk at 403-320-3954 to book over the phone.

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August Walking Wednesdays
Aug
14
9:00 a.m.09:00

August Walking Wednesdays

Downtown Lethbridge with the high-level bridge and coulees in view.
Image courtesy Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao'pa

Say goodbye to making your summer fit our Walking Tours! Join Walking Wednesdays this July and August for only $65 per tour, per group. Choose your own historical adventure from a lineup featuring:

  • Watch Lethbridge Grow Downtown History Tour

  • Queer History Lethbridge

  • Niitsitapi Tree Burial Tour

  • Mountainview Cemetery Tour

  • St Patrick’s Cemetery Tour

  • Elizabeth Hall Wetlands Land-Based Learning

  • The Thing

Gather your crew – large groups are more than welcome!

Available Days: Wed JUL 03, 10, 17, 24, 31
Available Times: 9:00–10:30 AM, 11:30 AM–1:00 PM, 2:00–3:30 PM, 5:00–6:30 PM

Please bring water and good walking shoes. Access to bathrooms may be limited. Be prepared to walk for approximately 1 km.

No bigger than 25 people | require 24-hour notice | 2 groups can be booked per time slot

Note: You can book your tickets online using PayPal or call our front desk at 403-320-3954 to book over the phone.

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August Walking Wednesdays
Aug
7
9:00 a.m.09:00

August Walking Wednesdays

Downtown Lethbridge with the high-level bridge and coulees in view.
Image courtesy Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao'pa

Say goodbye to making your summer fit our Walking Tours! Join Walking Wednesdays this July and August for only $65 per tour, per group. Choose your own historical adventure from a lineup featuring:

  • Watch Lethbridge Grow Downtown History Tour

  • Queer History Lethbridge

  • Niitsitapi Tree Burial Tour

  • Mountainview Cemetery Tour

  • St Patrick’s Cemetery Tour

  • Elizabeth Hall Wetlands Land-Based Learning

  • The Thing

Gather your crew – large groups are more than welcome!

Available Days: Wed JUL 03, 10, 17, 24, 31
Available Times: 9:00–10:30 AM, 11:30 AM–1:00 PM, 2:00–3:30 PM, 5:00–6:30 PM

Please bring water and good walking shoes. Access to bathrooms may be limited. Be prepared to walk for approximately 1 km.

No bigger than 25 people | require 24-hour notice | 2 groups can be booked per time slot

Note: You can book your tickets online using PayPal or call our front desk at 403-320-3954 to book over the phone.

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July Walking Wednesdays
Jul
31
9:00 a.m.09:00

July Walking Wednesdays

Downtown Lethbridge with the high-level bridge and coulees in view.
Image courtesy Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao'pa

Say goodbye to making your summer fit our Walking Tours! Join Walking Wednesdays this July and August for only $65 per tour, per group. Choose your own historical adventure from a lineup featuring:

  • Watch Lethbridge Grow Downtown History Tour

  • Queer History Lethbridge

  • Niitsitapi Tree Burial Tour

  • Mountainview Cemetery Tour

  • St Patrick’s Cemetery Tour

  • Elizabeth Hall Wetlands Land-Based Learning

  • The Thing

Gather your crew – large groups are more than welcome!

Available Days: Wed JUL 03, 10, 17, 24, 31
Available Times: 9:00–10:30 AM, 11:30 AM–1:00 PM, 2:00–3:30 PM, 5:00–6:30 PM

Please bring water and good walking shoes. Access to bathrooms may be limited. Be prepared to walk for approximately 1 km.

No bigger than 25 people | require 24-hour notice | 2 groups can be booked per time slot

Note: You can book your tickets online using PayPal or call our front desk at 403-320-3954 to book over the phone.

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July Walking Wednesdays
Jul
24
9:00 a.m.09:00

July Walking Wednesdays

Downtown Lethbridge with the high-level bridge and coulees in view.
Image courtesy Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao'pa

Say goodbye to making your summer fit our Walking Tours! Join Walking Wednesdays this July and August for only $65 per tour, per group. Choose your own historical adventure from a lineup featuring:

  • Watch Lethbridge Grow Downtown History Tour

  • Queer History Lethbridge

  • Niitsitapi Tree Burial Tour

  • Mountainview Cemetery Tour

  • St Patrick’s Cemetery Tour

  • Elizabeth Hall Wetlands Land-Based Learning

  • The Thing

Gather your crew – large groups are more than welcome!

Available Days: Wed JUL 03, 10, 17, 24, 31
Available Times: 9:00–10:30 AM, 11:30 AM–1:00 PM, 2:00–3:30 PM, 5:00–6:30 PM

Please bring water and good walking shoes. Access to bathrooms may be limited. Be prepared to walk for approximately 1 km.

No bigger than 25 people | require 24-hour notice | 2 groups can be booked per time slot

Note: You can book your tickets online using PayPal or call our front desk at 403-320-3954 to book over the phone.

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July Walking Wednesdays
Jul
17
9:00 a.m.09:00

July Walking Wednesdays

Downtown Lethbridge with the high-level bridge and coulees in view.
Image courtesy Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao'pa

Say goodbye to making your summer fit our Walking Tours! Join Walking Wednesdays this July and August for only $65 per tour, per group. Choose your own historical adventure from a lineup featuring:

  • Watch Lethbridge Grow Downtown History Tour

  • Queer History Lethbridge

  • Niitsitapi Tree Burial Tour

  • Mountainview Cemetery Tour

  • St Patrick’s Cemetery Tour

  • Elizabeth Hall Wetlands Land-Based Learning

  • The Thing

Gather your crew – large groups are more than welcome!

Available Days: Wed JUL 03, 10, 17, 24, 31
Available Times: 9:00–10:30 AM, 11:30 AM–1:00 PM, 2:00–3:30 PM, 5:00–6:30 PM

Please bring water and good walking shoes. Access to bathrooms may be limited. Be prepared to walk for approximately 1 km.

No bigger than 25 people | require 24-hour notice | 2 groups can be booked per time slot

Note: You can book your tickets online using PayPal or call our front desk at 403-320-3954 to book over the phone.

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CANCELLED: Bus Tour: History of Irrigation at the Lethbridge College Farm
Jul
13
10:00 a.m.10:00

CANCELLED: Bus Tour: History of Irrigation at the Lethbridge College Farm

Lethbridge College Research Farm
Image courtesy of Lethbridge College.

Take a charter bus out to the Lethbridge College Research Farm and spend the afternoon immersed in the history of irrigation. Thank you to Autumn Barnes, Lethbridge College's manager of the Integrated Agriculture Technology Centre (IATC) and Jim Parker, Manager of Irrigation Demo Farm at Lethbridge College for your incredible work in creating this opportunity. A bag lunch is provided by Lethbridge College (please email kristin.krein@galtmuseum.com if you have dietary needs).

adults and seniors | leaving Galt at 10:00am please arrive early | registration required | $35 per person

Note: You can book your tickets online using PayPal or call our front desk at 403-320-3954 to book over the phone.

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July Walking Wednesdays
Jul
10
9:00 a.m.09:00

July Walking Wednesdays

Downtown Lethbridge with the high-level bridge and coulees in view.
Image courtesy Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao'pa

Say goodbye to making your summer fit our Walking Tours! Join Walking Wednesdays this July and August for only $65 per tour, per group. Choose your own historical adventure from a lineup featuring:

  • Watch Lethbridge Grow Downtown History Tour

  • Queer History Lethbridge

  • Niitsitapi Tree Burial Tour

  • Mountainview Cemetery Tour

  • St Patrick’s Cemetery Tour

  • Elizabeth Hall Wetlands Land-Based Learning

  • The Thing

Gather your crew – large groups are more than welcome!

Available Days: Wed JUL 03, 10, 17, 24, 31
Available Times: 9:00–10:30 AM, 11:30 AM–1:00 PM, 2:00–3:30 PM, 5:00–6:30 PM

Please bring water and good walking shoes. Access to bathrooms may be limited. Be prepared to walk for approximately 1 km.

No bigger than 25 people | require 24-hour notice | 2 groups can be booked per time slot

Note: You can book your tickets online using PayPal or call our front desk at 403-320-3954 to book over the phone.

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July Walking Wednesdays
Jul
3
9:00 a.m.09:00

July Walking Wednesdays

Downtown Lethbridge with the high-level bridge and coulees in view.
Image courtesy Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao'pa

Say goodbye to making your summer fit our Walking Tours! Join Walking Wednesdays this July and August for only $65 per tour, per group. Choose your own historical adventure from a lineup featuring:

  • Watch Lethbridge Grow Downtown History Tour

  • Queer History Lethbridge

  • Niitsitapi Tree Burial Tour

  • Mountainview Cemetery Tour

  • St Patrick’s Cemetery Tour

  • Elizabeth Hall Wetlands Land-Based Learning

  • The Thing

Gather your crew – large groups are more than welcome!

Available Days: Wed JUL 03, 10, 17, 24, 31
Available Times: 9:00–10:30 AM, 11:30 AM–1:00 PM, 2:00–3:30 PM, 5:00–6:30 PM

Please bring water and good walking shoes. Access to bathrooms may be limited. Be prepared to walk for approximately 1 km.

No bigger than 25 people | require 24-hour notice | 2 groups can be booked per time slot

Note: You can book your tickets online using PayPal or call our front desk at 403-320-3954 to book over the phone.

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Queer Historical Walking Tour
Jun
19
6:00 p.m.18:00

Queer Historical Walking Tour

Downtown Queer Historical Walking Tour, 2023
Image courtesy of the Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao’pa

Join Tess McNaughton as they take you around historic downtown Lethbridge and share a new understanding of history, one that is here and queer. Explore stories of the people, places, and experiences that have provided a foundation for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community that exists in Lethbridge today. Water bottles and good walking shoes are recommended. No washrooms are accessible on the tour. Be prepared to walk about 2 km at a slow pace with stops along the way. Meet at the Galt Museum.

registration required | $10 per ticket

Note: You can book your tickets online using PayPal or call our front desk at 403-320-3954 to book over the phone.

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Queer Historical Walking Tour
Jun
5
6:00 p.m.18:00

Queer Historical Walking Tour

Downtown Queer Historical Walking Tour, 2023
Image courtesy of the Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao’pa

Join Tess McNaughton as they take you around historic downtown Lethbridge and share a new understanding of history, one that is here and queer. Explore stories of the people, places, and experiences that have provided a foundation for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community that exists in Lethbridge today. Water bottles and good walking shoes are recommended. No washrooms are accessible on the tour. Be prepared to walk about 2 km at a slow pace with stops along the way. Meet at the Galt Museum.

registration required | $10 per ticket

Note: You can book your tickets online using PayPal or call our front desk at 403-320-3954 to book over the phone.

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Curator Tour: ACTING OUT Celebrating a Decade of Theatre Outré
Jan
31
6:00 p.m.18:00

Curator Tour: ACTING OUT Celebrating a Decade of Theatre Outré

Image courtesy Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao'pa

Join curators and Theatre Outré for a curiously queer and fun evening exploring, learning, and enjoying the intricacies of Theatre Outré and its ACTING OUT exhibition.

6:00–7:00 pm | adults and seniors | registration encouraged | museum admission rates apply | free to members.

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Curator Tour: Escaping Residential Schools
Nov
17
1:30 p.m.13:30

Curator Tour: Escaping Residential Schools

Pupils of St. Paul’s School, Blood Reserve, southern Alberta, ca. 1917.
Image courtesy Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary, CU1125965

Come and explore the Escaping Residential Schools exhibition with the curators from Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao'pa. They will provide a detailed tour that takes you deep into the exhibit.

1:30–2:30 pm | adults and seniors | registration encouraged | museum admission applies | free to members

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Galt Hospital Ghost Tour
Oct
30
7:00 p.m.19:00

Galt Hospital Ghost Tour

Image courtesy Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao'pa

Come and join us for a spine-tingling and informative tour of the Galt Museum Hospital's fascinating history.

7:00–8:15 pm | adults and seniors | registration required | $10 per ticket, $9 per ticket for members | maximum 25 tickets sold.

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St. Patrick's Cemetery Flashlight Tour
Oct
19
7:00 p.m.19:00

St. Patrick's Cemetery Flashlight Tour

St. Patrick's Cemetery at sunset
Image courtesy Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao'pa

Once known as both the Miners' Cemetery and the Pioneer Cemetery, St. Patrick's Cemetery is one of the oldest in our city. Walk with us as we commemorate the generations that started Lethbridge and provided the foundation for what our city would become. Make sure to bring a flashlight and wear comfortable walking shoes. Access to bathrooms may be limited. Be prepared to walk about 1 km. We will be meeting at the west end of 5 Avenue N. To attend, you must purchase tickets at least 3 hours before the program start time.

7–8:15 pm | adults and seniors | $10 per ticket, $9 per ticket for members | maximum 25 tickets sold.

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Niitsitapi Tree Burial Walking Tour
Sep
24
5:00 p.m.17:00

Niitsitapi Tree Burial Walking Tour

A beautiful sunrise over the River Valley.
Image courtesy Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao'pa

Join a walking tour along the river valley where we will delve into the Niitsitapi tree burials and death practices. Remember to bring a water bottle and wear comfortable walking shoes as we will cover approximately 1 km. We will meet at Fort Whoop-Up.

5–6:30 pm | adults and seniors | registration encouraged | no cost during Week of Truth programming.

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City of Lethbridge Historical Bus Tour
Sep
10
1:00 p.m.13:00

City of Lethbridge Historical Bus Tour

Lethbridge Transit Bus 4 in the Downtown area
Image courtesy Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao'pa

Join us for a delightful afternoon starting with a lesson on riding city buses by James Nordquist, a Special Projects Operational Trainer at Lethbridge Transit. After that, the iconic Belinda Crowson will lead a historical bus tour of Lethbridge. It's an experience you won't want to miss!

1:00–2:30 pm | adults and seniors | registration required | $10 per person

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City of Lethbridge Historical Bus Tour
Sep
9
1:00 p.m.13:00

City of Lethbridge Historical Bus Tour

Lethbridge Transit Bus 4 in the Downtown area
Image courtesy Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao'pa

Join us for a delightful afternoon starting with a lesson on riding city buses by James Nordquist, a Special Projects Operational Trainer at Lethbridge Transit. After that, the iconic Belinda Crowson will lead a historical bus tour of Lethbridge. It's an experience you won't want to miss!

1:00–2:30 pm | adults and seniors | registration required | $10 per person

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Military Veterans Mountain View Cemetery Walking Tour
Sep
7
6:00 a.m.06:00

Military Veterans Mountain View Cemetery Walking Tour

Mountain View Cemetery
Image courtesy Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao'pa

Join retired Veteran and Military historian Glenn Miller on a fascinating walking tour, where we will explore the contributions of Lethbridge since the Boer War. Get ready for an informative and engaging experience as we delve into Lethbridge's military history. Please bring water and good walking shoes. Access to bathrooms may be limited. Be prepared to walk for approximately 1 km. Meet at the Eternal Flame on Scenic Drive South. Tickets are required in advance and must be purchased at least 3 hours before program start time.

6:00–7:15 pm | adults and seniors | registration required | $10 per ticket, $9 per ticket for members

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