The Galt Museum & Archives and Fort Whoop-Up invite everyone to join us in celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21 from 11 am to 5 pm at Fort Whoop-Up. For this year’s event, we have partnered with the Helen Schuler Nature Centre to offer free admission and a variety of engaging activities for all ages.
Read MoreFort Whoop-Up, nestled in the heart of the Lethbridge River Valley, is thrilled to announce its eagerly awaited opening for the 2024 season on June 6th, offering visitors a captivating journey into the past. One of this year’s highlights is hosting the travelling exhibition, Lii Bufalo: A Métis Way of Life, presented in proud partnership with Parks Canada.
Read MoreLethbridge – The Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao’pa (eternal gathering place) is honoured to host the visit of Adam North Peigan, Board President of the Legacy of Hope Foundation on February 9, 2024. The occasion will feature Apooyak’ii/Dr. Tiffany Prete, guest curator of Stolen Kainai Children: Stories of Survival. Adam's visit coincides with the Escaping Residential Schools: Running for their Lives exhibit, which is on loan from the Legacy of Hope Foundation. The exhibit is raising awareness about the Residential School System.
Read MoreThe Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao’pa (eternal gathering place) is pleased to share details of two concurrent temporary exhibitions opening to the public on September 23, 2023. Both feature powerful first-person stories shared by residential school survivors from across the country, but also right here in southern Alberta from Kainai First Nations members.
Read MoreFor the first time in the history of the Galt, all the exhibitions currently on display were be co-curated by or co-organized with Indigenous experts.
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