Museum Seeks Donations of Used COVID-19 Home Test Kit

The Galt Museum & Archives is looking for a southern Albertan resident to donate a used COVID-19 Home Test Kit from Alberta Health Services (AHS).

CollectionsGraham RuttanDecember 28, 2021COVID-19, Active Collecting, Call for Donations, Test, AHS, Alberta Health ServicesComment

Significant First World War Uniform Discovered at Yates Theatre

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

An Evening With Lethbridge’s Broadcasting Stars

TV star Elisha R. Rasmussen visits the Galt Museum & Archives on November 12th to host Stand By, 3, 2, 1, You're On! a panel exploring the history of broadcasting in southern Alberta. She will be joined by broadcasters Bob Johnson, Brent Seely, Quinn Campbell, Rene (Newhouse) Gillespie, Gordon Colledge and Mark Campbell.

Events, CuratorialGraham RuttanNovember 4, 2021Broadcast, Journalism, Media, Lethbridge, Southern AlbertaComment

Lethbridge Mayors from four decades gather at the Galt

On September 16 the Galt Museum & Archives will present “Mayors Dialogue,” a panel with Mayor Chris Spearman and former mayors Rajko Dodic and David Carpenter. The event will be hosted by political scientist Lisa Lambert.

Events, ArchivesGalt Museum & ArchivesSeptember 7, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesMayors, Lethbridge, Election, Elected, Official, Panel, Event, Program, ExhibitComment

Discover Downtown Lethbridge Festival: Call for Vendors for September 21, 2021

Discover Downtown Lethbridge (formerly Taste of Downtown) is a new fundraising event set up by the Galt Museum & Archives.

EventsGraham RuttanAugust 20, 2021Fundraiser, Special Event, Vendors, Downtown, Taste of Downtown, Friends of the GaltComment

Mural Unveiling to Occur at Galt

To celebrate International Youth Day, August 12, 2021, The Galt Museum & Archives will be unveiling a new mural hosted on its south patio that has been designed by three young local artists: Sydney Whiting, Kyra Peake, and Grace Fletcher.

Graham RuttanAugust 9, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesMural, ClimateComment

Galt Museum & Archives Unveils New Mosaic

The Galt Museum & Archives has officially unveiled the Community Mosaic. The project celebrates the diversity of people who have called southern Alberta home.

Graham RuttanJuly 19, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesMosaic, Community, Entrance, Museum, Lethbridge, Southern AlbertaComment

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

Statement on Residential School Gravesites

We at the Galt Museum & Archives, a settler-colonial cultural memory institution, extend our deepest condolences to the families and communities who were forced to endure Indian Residential Schools and had loved ones taken from them.

Galt Staff Win Canadian Museum Association Award

The Canadian Museums Association has awarded the Galt Museum & Archives with an Award of Outstanding Achievement for Stewardship of Collections.

CuratorialGraham RuttanMay 14, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesMuseWeb, Museums and the Web, Education, School, Booking, Online, AwardComment

Community Mosaic Call for Submissions

The Galt is asking for residents to submit their portraits to be featured in a new Community Mosaic to be installed on the museum’s north-facing windows to welcome every visitor.

Graham RuttanApril 30, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesMosaic, Community, SubmissionComment

Fort Whoop-Up open for special winter season

Winter is here. Get outside and enjoy the Fort’s special winter season on weekends and select days throughout December.

Hallowe'en is Back on at Fort Whoop-Up

Parents and guardians looking for an alternative to the traditional trick-or-treating will be happy to know that there will be physically distanced trick-or-treating from room-to-room at Fort Whoop-Up on October 30 and 31.

Galt launches Back-to-School Photo Fundraiser

The Galt Museum & Archives is offering back-to-school photos on October 2 for the 2020–2021 school year.

Exhibitions Open at the Galt for the Fall

The fall exhibit schedule at the Galt is packed with phenomenal exhibits and online presentations.

Fort Whoop-Up to open on weekends through September

Fort Whoop-Up’s interpretive season was so popular with visitors that it has been extended to include weekends through the month of September.

Fort Whoop-UpGraham RuttanSeptember 8, 2020Fort Whoop-UpFort Whoop-Up, Open, Tours, Wagon Rides, Lethbridge, Fall, September, COVID-19Comment

At-home Learning Cohorts Can Book Education Programs at the Galt

Parents and caregivers who are doing at-home learning with their children in the fall can now book the Galt's curriculum-based education programs for their at-home learning cohort groups.

Support Local While Exploring Lethbridge

New local partnership features Southern Alberta producers while promoting Lethbridge’s local attractions

New Trader Tales at Fort Whoop-Up

Fort Whoop-Up, partnering with New West Theatre, the Friends of the Galt, and Dunlop Ford, are pleased to present a new “Trader Tales” fundraising event at Fort Whoop-Up on July 17 and August 21, 2020.

Fort to Welcome Visitors Starting June 30

Fort Whoop-Up will once again open its gates to visitors on June 30, 2020, albeit, in a socially distanced, COVID-19 conscious fashion.