On Thursday, March 17 the Galt Museum’s board of directors unanimously passed a resolution permitting those who identify as Indigenous free general admission to the Galt Museum & Archives and Fort Whoop-Up. The policy takes effect immediately; there is no expiration date.
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.
Read MoreThe Galt Museum & Archives is looking for a southern Albertan resident to donate a used COVID-19 Home Test Kit from Alberta Health Services (AHS).
Read MorePlaygoers of Lethbridge donate remarkable Canadian Expeditionary Force uniform to the Galt.
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.
Read MoreOn 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.
Read MoreDiscover Downtown Lethbridge (formerly Taste of Downtown) is a new fundraising event set up by the Galt Museum & Archives.
Read MoreTo 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.
Read MoreThe Galt Museum & Archives has officially unveiled the Community Mosaic. The project celebrates the diversity of people who have called southern Alberta home.
Read MoreIn 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."
Read MoreWe 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.
Read MoreThe Canadian Museums Association has awarded the Galt Museum & Archives with an Award of Outstanding Achievement for Stewardship of Collections.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreWinter is here. Get outside and enjoy the Fort’s special winter season on weekends and select days throughout December.
Read MoreParents 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.
Read MoreThe Galt Museum & Archives is offering back-to-school photos on October 2 for the 2020–2021 school year.
Read MoreThe fall exhibit schedule at the Galt is packed with phenomenal exhibits and online presentations.
Read MoreFort Whoop-Up’s interpretive season was so popular with visitors that it has been extended to include weekends through the month of September.
Read MoreParents 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.
Read MoreNew local partnership features Southern Alberta producers while promoting Lethbridge’s local attractions
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