Assessing Museum Collections in 2022

As the primary steward of local history in southwestern Alberta, the Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao’pa always strives to accurately and faithfully represent and serve the communities in which it resides. In 2010, staff at the Galt began to actively assess objects in the collections that do not fit within the museum’s mandate of preserving the human history of Lethbridge and southwestern Alberta.

CollectionsGraham RuttanDecember 7, 2022Galt Museum & ArchivesDeaccession, Collections, Museum, Deaccessioning, Artifacts, Artifact, collections, Active Collecting, CollectionComment

New Exhibition Explores How We Interact with Sound

In what ways do your ears control your actions? This is just one of many thought-provoking questions asked within The Politics of Sound, a new temporary exhibition at the Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao’pa.

CuratorialGraham RuttanNovember 29, 2022Galt Museum & ArchivesCurator, Organizer, Exhibitions, Exhibit, Curatorial, Niitsitapi, The Politics of Sound, Sound, Marjie Crop Eared Wolf, Collection, Collections, KainaiComment

Significant First World War Uniform Discovered at Yates Theatre

Playgoers of Lethbridge donate remarkable Canadian Expeditionary Force uniform to the Galt.