Fort Whoop-Up will once again open its gates to visitors on June 30, 2020, albeit, in a socially distanced, COVID-19 conscious fashion.
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The Galt Museum & Archives will once again open its doors on June 2, 2020.
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the Galt Museum & Archives and Fort Whoop-Up have been greatly expanding the selection of items from their stores that are available for purchase online.
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With the need for physical distancing and the temporary closure of the facility to the public, the Galt has been working on redeveloping the content of exhibits that were researched and curated by Galt staff and volunteers for online audiences.
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The Galt Museum & Archives offers online access to over one hundred thousand records of objects from our collection of over a million items, including 85,589 photographs and 13,500 artifacts.
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My name is Darrin Martens and I am the Galt and Fort Whoop-Up’s new CEO/Executive Director. I have been on the job for a week familiarizing myself with your wonderful museum and fantastic attraction. While we are prevented from saying hello in person here at the Galt Museum & Archives, I wanted to say hello to the community.
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The Galt’s board of Directors is pleased to announce that Darrin J. Martens has begun his tenure as CEO/Executive Director of the Galt Museum & Archives and Fort Whoop-Up.
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The Galt Museum wins GLAMi Award from MuseWeb for excellence in innovation in the cultural heritage sector for its automated online booking system.
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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.
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After thirteen years, Susan Burrows-Johnson is retiring from her position as CEO/Executive Director of the Galt Museum & Archives and Fort Whoop-Up.
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The Friends of the Galt invite the community to come dance the night away at the Friends Winter Barn Dance! Winter can feel long, but this event provides an opportunity for the whole family to dance the winter blues away with the amazing Great Canadian Barn Dance Band!
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A Painter’s Paradise is an opportunity for visitors to explore the tradition of landscape art as well as the longstanding artistic community in Lethbridge and southern Alberta, but also to explore their own creativity through hands-on programs that we will be holding periodically throughout the exhibit.
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The Galt has partnered with Blackfoot language expert Julius Delaney to provide the classes. Delaney also created a language curriculum with the Kainai Board of Education. His expertise is valuable to the people taking these language classes at the Galt.
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The Vets hockey sweater is a rare material remnant from the team was the pinnacle of hockey for Lethbridge at the time. There are very few connections to the team. The Galt’s collections staff continue to seek information on the Lethbridge Vets hockey team and appreciate any knowledge of the team that may be shared by the public.
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Worlds Imagined: The Maps of Imaginary Places, a new exhibit at the Galt Museum & Archives takes a close look at maps of fictional and fantastical places.
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Tickets are now available for this year’s Galt Beer Tasting Soirée coming up on Friday, September 6 from 5–10 pm. This annual fundraiser for the Galt Museum & Archives is sponsored by Bridge City Chrysler along with many Alberta breweries and local distributors. It features some of the best craft and microbrews available in southern Alberta.
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The Galt Museum & Archives is looking for LGBTQ2S+ stories and materials for an upcoming exhibit titled Queer Histories of Southwestern Alberta.
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Committed community members and their gracious donations are responsible for the return of an important part of the visitor experience of Fort Whoop-Up! It’s history with a boom at Fort Whoop-Up!
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On November 22, 2018, the Alberta Meat Market’s neon sign, which had been in place for over half a century, was carefully removed from the cinderblock exterior of its building. The sign has since been restored to functionality by LA Noen with the help of gracious donations from Pat and Hollie Carroll and will now be displayed in the Galt’s Discovery Hall.
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Experience the Fort with friends in a closed-door experience that includes a bison chili dinner and a cash bar with beer and wine, and whisky tasting boards with a variety of different whiskys.
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