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

Deaccessioning at the Galt

In 2010, the Galt's staff began actively reviewing the collections and assessing objects that do not fit the collecting mandate of southwestern Alberta. Staff identified numerous objects in the collection that could be "qualified for deaccession."

CollectionsKirstan Schamuhn July 13, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesDeaccession, Collections, MuseumComment