MEDIA PREVIEW OF NEW EXHIBIT

Friday MAY 11, 2012 | 10:00 am

Galt Museum & Archives

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Curator Wendy Aitkens will introduce to you the special exhibit
“Champions & Challenges in Sports”

Photo Opportunities | INTERVIEWS:

  • Wendy Aitkens: exhibit Curator

  • Tyler Birch: Special Olympics - downhill skiing

  • Allan Friesen: coach, target shooting

  • Bill Halma: referee

  • Knud Petersen: sports advocate, exhibit advisory committee

  • Stefanie Heidebrecht: University of Lethbridge Applied Studies student who assisted with developing the exhibit

Media Kit: attached, and also available at
www.galtmuseum.com/media.htm

  Exhibit website:

www.galtmuseum.com/exhibits-sports.htm

The exhibit runs Sat MAY 12 – Sun SEP 09, 2012
and opens officially on Sun MAY 13 | 2:00 – 3:00 pm with 

The Curator Presents… Who Are the Champions? featuring
Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame inductee Brad Brown, whose presentation will
be followed by the official opening of the exhibit and Mother’s Day cake.
Special guests in attendance at the May 13 opening, confirmed to date:
Tyler Birch, Jennifer Grimes, Bill Halma, Knud Petersen, Kris Versteeg.

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