Brad Brown and the Galt

Join Exhibit Designer Brad Brown as he reflects on nearly four decades of Galt history and service to the community.

Niitsitapi and Epidemics

The Niitsitapi, or Blackfoot people, have been hit repeatedly by epidemics. Rebecca Many Grey Horses shares her research about the impact of smallpox, measles, scarlet fever and the Spanish flu.

Growing Up in Southern Alberta "Back in the Day"

People are often impressed with how different the experiences recounted by grandparents and seniors seem when compared to what children experience today.

The Galt's Vaults: Actively collecting Pride materials

Collections Assistant Kirstan Schamuhn talks about how the Galt Museum & Archives collects objects and what the difference is between passive and active collecting, using a recent donation of buttons from Lethbridge Pridefest as an example.

The Galt Hospital

Were you born in the Galt Hospital? What about your grandparents?

In 2010, Wendy Aitkens curated an exhibit about the history of the Galt Hospital, and we are now interviewing her about the content that she put together in that exhibit. In this video, Aitkens explains the construction of the different buildings that were part of the Galt Hospital from the late 1800s until 1955. From setting apart a "Sunbeam Ward" for children to treating polio patients in an iron lung, the Galt Hospital was the primary hospital in Lethbridge until the construction of the Municipal Hospital in 1955.

Galt's Vaults: What is "Museum Quality?"

We get over a hundred calls a year form people interested in donating objects to the Galt Museum & Archives. The calls always start with a pitch about the objects. Usually, the first words uttered by the caller are “I’ve got an old-old-old thing…” and sometimes that is followed up with “…it’s museum quality.” But what is museum quality?

From Motiograph to Digital Projection in Waterton

Until 2011 the Waterton Theatre played movies on a 35 mm Motiograph motion picture projector. That projector was donated to the Galt and is now part of our permanent collection.