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The Galt Museum & Archives Akaisamitohkanao’pa is the primary museum in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, and is the largest museum in the province south of Calgary.In 2006, the museum cared for a growing collection of over 20,000 artifacts and 300,000 archival documents and photographs record the history of Lethbridge and southern Alberta.
website, 1950s home of artists A.C. and Barbara Leighton, gallery of Alberta art Lethbridge Military Museum Lethbridge: Southern Military website, military history of Lethbridge and area from 1899 to present Lloydminster Cultural & Science Centre: Lloydminster: Central: Multiple: website, public art gallery, wildlife display, heavy oil science ...
The University of Lethbridge was established in 1967, one of two post-secondary institutions established in Lethbridge after World War II. After the CPR moved the divisional point of its Crowsnest Line from Fort Macleod to Lethbridge in 1905, the city became a regional centre for Southern Alberta; something the region did not have previously. [2]
Lethbridge has a public library and three major museum/galleries. The Southern Alberta Art Gallery is a contemporary gallery; the community arts centre Casa, administered by the Allied Arts Council; and the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery produces contemporary exhibitions including works from its extensive collection of Canadian, American ...
Originally built in 1890 by Sir Alexander Galt and his son Elliott Galt partners in a consortium of investors from Canada, England and the United States.Alexander and his son Elliott Torrance Galt co-founded the Town of Lethbridge, Alberta in 1883, when he established a mine on the banks of the Oldman River in the southwest portion of the District of Alberta, Northwest Territories.
Arts and culture venues in Lethbridge are located in or near downtown. There are two art galleries (Southern Alberta Art Gallery and Bowman Arts Centre), two theatres (Yates Theatre and Sterndale Bennet Theatre), the Galt Museum, two cinemas, the Lethbridge Public Library and several nightclubs.
The Lethbridge & District Exhibition was first organized by a group of farmers, ranchers, and citizens to promote agriculture and commerce in the area. In 1912, the City of Lethbridge hosted the World Dry Farming Congress at the exhibition grounds, which were expanded significantly for that event, and included a streetcar line from the CPR station.
Galt Museum & Archives: Lethbridge: AB: Regional Glenbow - Alberta Institute/Glenbow Museum Library & Archives: Calgary: AB: Regional Greater Vernon Museum and Archives: Vernon: BC: Regional George Brown College Archives: Toronto: ON: University/College Grace Schmidt Room of Local History: Kitchener: ON: Regional Grand Lodge of Manitoba Masonic ...