2012 | Twice monthly Program | First & Third WEDNESDAY monthly | 2:00-3:00 pm

Topics for the September through December Wednesdays at the Galt program for ages 55+ at the Galt Museum & Archives -  offered twice monthly on the first and third Wednesday from 2:00 – 3:00 pm – include native plants, local and area archaeology, and the always popular Galt Hospital tour.

SEP 05   Beautiful Cure: Ethno botany in the Native Prairie Plants Garden Join Penny Dodd for a photo journey through the Native Prairie Plants garden and an exploration of the traditional uses of some of the plants.

19          Art Inspired by Western Wildflowers and Native Plants Mary-Beth Laviolette, author of A Delicate Art: Artists, Wildflowers and Native Plants of the West, offers an illustrated talk about the lives and adventures of six artists who paint and photograph wildflowers, including Fort Macleod’s Annora Brown, among others.

OCT 03   Wally’s Beach Archaeological Site at St. Mary’s Reservoir Shayne Tolman shares the background, discovery, and scientific investigation of one of the most significant early period prehistoric sites in North America. Over the past decade and a half, Wally’s Beach has yielded jaw-dropping discoveries that are changing how we view our prehistoric past, including a suite of extinct animal remains such as mammoth, horse, muskoxen, camel and, most recently, sabre-tooth cat.

17          Photographic Archaeology Tour Jim McMurchy will take you on a photographic tour of archaeological sites in southwestern Alberta, ranging from excavations, pictograph and petroglyphs, to medicine wheels, buffalo jumps and more.

NOV 07   Galt Hospital Tour Join us for our popular hospital tour of our 1910 hospital building. 

21          Thundering Herds: The Great Buffalo Hunts of the Alberta Plains The great buffalo kills of the northern plains were among the most productive food-getting events in all of human history. Thousands of kilograms of food were obtained in a single moment. Yet how Native people of the plains orchestrated these remarkable events has been little understood. Join Jack Brink, Curator of Archaeology at the Royal Alberta Museum, to learn more about extraordinary knowledge Native people had of bison behaviour and biology, and how they manipulated landscape characteristics to bring about these dramatic kills. Using Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump as an example, the 6,000 year old story of driving herds of bison to their death is told.

DEC 05    Whoop it Up Established by Montana fur traders in 1869, Fort Whoop-Up was the largest of the established posts and forts throughout Blackfoot country. Fort Whoop-Up staff will tell tales from the Fort’s infamous history.

19          Forgotten Town: Uncovering Coalbanks Did you know that early settlers to the area lived down by the river? That there was more than just a coal mine there? The settlement included a coffee shop, general store and more. Archaeologist Neil Mirau will share what he’s been digging up about the forgotten history of our town from the 1800s-1950s.

The program runs from 2:00–3:00 pm; registration is not required. Admission is $4 per week for seniors [65+], $6 for adults, and includes exhibit access. The program is free for annual pass holders Annual passes are available at the Museum Store for $15 [seniors] and $20 [adults]. For details visit www.galtmuseum.com, call 403.320-3954, or email info@galtmuseum.com.