Posts tagged Chess

Chess Club Plays Giant Exhibition Game Downtown

Lethbridge — On Tuesday, August 15, 2023, at 11 am in the Galt Museum’s Nurse’s Garden, a battle between two Lethbridge chess masters will take place. Garth Dunn and Paul Viminitz will face off utilizing a giant chess set donated to the Galt by Chinook Woodturning Guild in 2013.

EventsPeter TahAugust 14, 2023ChessComment

The Galt Shares Unique Stories Online

The Galt has been digitally releasing stories about some of those objects to online audiences. The most recent of the objects to be featured are a chess set and painting that belonged to Willi Mueller, a German prisoner of war. These objects are of national historic importance.

Graham RuttanApril 1, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesSecond World War, Chess, Painting, Hanging, Execution, Prisoner of War, POW, Camp, Medicine Hat, LethbridgeComment