Reviews of Galt Museum & Archives (Museum)

Rob Miyashiro

Great new exhibit, Places and Traces, just opened. Tells the story of Lethbridge neighborhoods

Jonas Andresen

A very interesting museum in Lethbridge located near the old coal mine. The most interesting museum in Lethbridge.

Mary Milroy

Great information and knowledgeable staff. I love learning about our local history. Some of the exhibits could use an update like the video in the airplane! I think it was there when I was a child! The building itself is absolutely beautiful!

Mrs Patching

Friendly staff and interactive displays

Andrey Taskaev

The Galt is a cultural cornerstone. They organize all sorts of events and classes, they have very well presented exhibits, it's a great place for weddings, and they consistently update their collection and engage the community.

Makenzie Ramadan

Great place! Geared for kids but still very informative and fun!

Couleehiker

Great little museum. So nice to have this in Lethbridge.

Cindy Salmon

We enjoy walking through the museum and looking at the displays. Great for the whole family????

Neldon Hatch

They have a great gift shop with some very unique gifts.

Janice Cathcart

consistently helpful staff and welcoming atmosphere ... whether one is attending an informative session, spending time in an exhibit, or just browsing for unique gifts, books etc

Dillon Elliott

Has some interesting historical viewpoints, but found the experience was quite short for the cost of admission. Have been here many times as a child with my grandmother and felt it was a better overall experience prior to the 2005 expansion

Martinovitch _667

Really interesting museum from the creation of Lethbridge bypassing the WW2 or the Black Foot, I learned a lot. It was interactive and it' perfectly located. Close to the coulees and the High bridge, what a spot! Thanks also to the personal!

Richard Mueller

Great little museum. Lots of activities throughout the year. A well-kept secret.

Andrea Brennan

Incredible step back in history.

Avaşin Ali

It is amazing????????

Avail Properties Inc.

Such a rich and diverse history in Lethbridge. Well designed exhibits.

Jessica Rasmussen

People dont often think to bring their kids to a museum but while being educational kids can have a lot of fun here. They have a giant snakes and ladders game that's great fun.

Brian Speck

We had an afternoon visit here. We visited here after going to Fort Whoopup where we received a 50% off our admission to the Galt. The discount really makes the visit worthwhile. Rob was manning the kiosk and it was a most friendly and professional experience. If you only do the gallery, then it will take about an hour to read all the placards and take pictures. You get greeted by a mounted bison upon entering with a most interesting diaroma of southern Alberta. It was interesting finding out about the purple plane and Uncle Ben's Sick Brewery. Lastly, the gift shop was one of the better that we've visited in the Lethbridge area. Thanks again Rob for your assistance.

Evan Alexander

A very valuable organization for the city of Lethbridge & southern Alberta. The archives are comprehensive, if they don't have what you're looking for chances are nobody does.

Katie Jo Rabbit

A great selection of indigenous gift and cool books, be sure to ask for a reusable bag if you spend $50 or more its free

Cheryl Cahoon

Great staff, wonderful experience!

Jonah Primrose

Great for the whole Family

Claire Humphreys

great museum but they do not change the exhibits enough

Chris Botterill

It's a pretty cool Museum and has some interactive exhibits. The two kids that we went with between the ages of 6 and 9 seem to have a good time as well. They also have some fun activities for kids over the weekend you need to check their website to see before you go.

Cindy Hoang

A fun experience with a lot of history to look at and take in. Nice view outside of the coulees does not hurt at all either!

Geoff Minors

Very nice museum lots to see

delwin penner

Great staff! Love the archives!!

Terry Oshiro

Cool place. Lots of interesting exhibits. Quite interactive.

Ezra Flores

Nice place, great environment. Has a wonderful view

Maggie Van Vliet

Had an excellent evening at the Galt taking part in the tea towel class.

Bruce Sample

Great place for a beer event. Sample these brews ELBECK Brews

zamacity61

Awesome smaller museum with many displays and interactive scenes from southern Alberta history.

Lisa Murray

Amazing place for kids! Hands on fun

Elizabeth Cosman

Best program ever. Great staff

Ngo Hai Anh

Galt Museum & Archives 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. It attracts over 50,000 visitors every year. A Scientific and Historical Society was formed in Lethbridge in October 1888. Little was done for record archives, and emphasis for the society laid with the presentation of papers at bi-weekly meetings. In 2003, the museum was awarded the Museums Alberta Award of Excellence for Exhibitions for its "Ancestors" exhibit. The exhibit was a result of a partnership with the Royal Ontario Museum and the British Museum in London, England. The Galt has since been awarded with recognitions for excellence in programming, curation, marketing and tourism initiatives, horticulture and archival and collections management, including the following: Award for Excellence in Museums Finalist, Governor General's History Awards, 2016; Leadership Award for Engagement, Alberta Museums Association, 2013; 5 Blooms for the Native Prairie Plants Garden at Galt Museum, Communities in Bloom, 2012; Community Organization Award, The Aboriginal Council of Lethbridge and the Lethbridge Aboriginal Awareness Week Planning Committee, 2011...

Rae Young

Nice place to go and see a peace of history

Zo Ey

Cute museum, kid friendly. They have fun family activities here sometimes

Max Wellsmrt

Nice place for a family and couples.

Troy Maddaford

Great place to visit.

Brad M

Great place to visit on a Saturday afternoon!

Tunji Ayilara

Wonderful experience

Riley Wilson

Great venue, beautiful architecture and a very clean facility overall with amazing views

Lorna Ashbacher

I arrived at the museum today and was very disappointed with the front desk person. I had 2 small children with disabilities and an Access2 card which allows the caregiver free admission. I showed the lady and her comment was “interesting “. The one child is extremely excited about art and was looking forward to the museum. The lady would not let us in and would not even talk to me about admission so I have no idea how much admission is or anything. I felt like she did not want us in the museum and so I took 2 very upset little girls home. The view outside the museum is gorgeous but the hospitality inside is cold and unwelcoming. I would not recommend this museum to anyone. It is unfortunate that we could not take in this museum as part of our trip. Very disappointing!

Robin MacMahon

Great value for families. Interactive exhibits that change regularly keep me coming back.

Amethyst Mueller

We have just recently rediscovered the programming here and we love the variety and quality of the workshops.

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Debcar Jackson

Has come along way in the past 50 years, great venue for gatherings as well as just a museum. They had a temporary exhibit of maps from fiction books including "Game of Thrones" along with the iron Throne. Definitely a great place to check out "when in Lethbridge".

Rebecca Walker

A really fun place for kids. They do a new scavenger hunt with a prize at the end for kids.

Amy Martell

Good interactive exhibits, great gift shop

Vlad

Great place for family.

Poperz Uturn

Amazing

The Chosen One

it is a very nice museum with lots of things to do . The museum is a great place to take the kid . but they don't change to museum to much

Shayne Duda

Great place to learn about history, fun for the whole family

David Sisley

Great place to visit

Lorena Engen

I was so impressed with the museum. The exhibits were interactive, interesting and professional.

Adam Gordon

Fun to visit have excellent Saturday programs for kids

Dan Steeves

Galt Museum never disappoints grandchildren. For them, ages three to nine years, it is the penultimate outing. Repeat visits seem to enrich the experience. The Refugee Exhibit is definitely worth a repeat visit. I would caution adults though, that exhibit may be disturbing to young minds.

Megan Miller

I really enjoy the programming from the Galt museum, but since the main exhibit doesn't change, and the secondary exhibits tend to be very wordy, I don't take my family very often.

Marrow Films

Great little location. Some of the signs over generalise events. But hey the recognized the issues with residential schools

Kayden Riggs

Went to an event, was spacious and clean!

Joann Pettis

Offered unique souvenir style but no casual clothing options we were looking for.

Quinlan Gach

Cheap to get in. Exhibit(s) are quite quick to get through. Lots of information about the history of Lethbridge and the area. Great view outside of the building looking over the valley. Only wish for the museum is to make more exhibits. Lots of empty rooms to add more. Overall I would recommend it, but it is a place where you come once and don't need to come again.

TJ Dow

Had a Christnas party here. Apon arrival we entered the building through the north west entrance. It had a somewhat spooky feel but once inside opened up to a nice venue hall with a great view. The Layout is kind of strange however with the washrooms being down the artifact dotted corridor and past the gift shop. The hall seemed big enough for a medium sized garhering and had a sound system that they allowed us to play background music on. I would definitely attend another event here.

Chris Fenske

A great museum for Southwest Alberta

kriol gyal

Very informative; wonderful staff

Dragon Lives

It was better before renovations

Christopher Theiss

AMAZING VIEWS great place for events

Mac L

It's a little small but the entrance fee is about right for it. I learned a lot of Canadian history. The lady at the front desk was very kind and we had a great conversation about the museum and Canada in general. Very personable.

Sarah Lindemann

Great place for local history and maybe a ghostly encounter!

Kim Siever

Great exhibitions. Awesome events. Great education programming.

J. Marshal Courneyea

Awesome facility and great events!

Colton Black

A fairly small exhibition but very well done!

Bryton Scott

Interesting

Nikki Dempster

I visited the Gault for a local craft show and expo. It was a really great venue with a nice lay out. It's a beautiful space and lovely building. The staff were very friendly and welcoming

darcy john

Big building. Nice building. A tour qould have been cool. You wander around alone and visit the exhibits. Not as many displays as I thought, but it was a fun date.

Method Visual

Great museum

Darryl Huang

It's a natural history slash human history museum. Good exhibits but a bit small

Robert Smith

Great lots to see lots of History.great people friendly

Mary Jane Llanera

Decent place to held an event.

Lane Anderson

I absolutely love the Galt. Lethbians should be very proud of this fixture in our young, growing, evolving city. It's a favourite place to take the kids for a few hours out and the facility has some awesome rental spaces for all kinds of events and purposes. A great spot to grab a coffee and enjoy the view over the coulee too!

Mark Goettel

Great place to learn about the local history.

Lila Harris

Loved it

Taha Ahmad

Too small of an area but loved the features and the use of it. Packed with history!

Cody Sharpe

Big, open galleries, with rotating displays on local history. The building itself is an attraction because it was Lethbridge's first hospital. Can also be booked for beautiful weddings.

George Haeh

Good presentation of local history

mike mackenzie-grieve

Very good displays. And interesting history

Melissa Johnson

Learning ALL THE THINGS every time I visit the Galt Museum

Richard Quantz

Beautiful place in the evening. Lots to see

George Lessard

A few specimens from the native wildflower garden

Skylar Sawers

Beautiful location for weddings and events as well as educational.

kenneth mclean

The university of Calgary puts on a wonderful open house for the faculty of social work. The venue at the Galt is a great place for this event each year.

Neil Klassen

The Galt is a wonderful place to explore with and often has great activities for kids.

Chad Brandt (ChadAction)

Great place. Very beautiful scenic views. Always host special events. Today was Thierry Halloween Party! Lots of crafts and activities.

Jesse Amos

Cool exhibits

Robert Kruk

Great place to watch sunsets

Hector MacIntyre

Marvelous exhibits and great gift shopping!

Phebe Chung

Great ambience and food.

Faune Dainard

The Galt is an amazing museum with a gorgeous view of the coulees.

Jon McCallum

Awesome spot

Phoenix Knife

Great history from recent and ancient. Great displays and engaging Canadian exhibits

Rich McCue

An interesting little museum and archive with some nice hands on programming for kids and adults alike.

Nicole Fuehrer

They have an amazing gift shop! Great gifts for kids. Worth making a special trip just for the gift shop. I spent a lot of money in the gift shop and they didn't tell me that if I would have bought a membership that I could have gotten 10%off. Membership for a year is cheap. The kid programs are kind of boring.

Ward Grantham

Great Canada Day event

Jake Hansen

Gorgeous venue! Hosts many local events and markets for the city of Lethbridge to enjoy. Make sure to keep your eye out for the events and go support local!

Manvi Prabhakar

Peaceful place

Angelique Ringelberg

Beautiful venue for a wedding!

Sharalyn Patching

A great place for kids. Saturday at 1 there is always an amazing program

Sara Javidi

The view from the museum is devine. The museum itself is cool and have some information about the town. The gift shop is also really good :-). I like it.

Bonnie Hansen

I enjoyed the information and displays. They were changing some of the exhibits so we were not able to see one area. I loved the display in the basement. It was about womens influences in history, kind of. Done with hooked fabrics on canvas. Very interesting.

Maddie Siemens

Galt museum is understated. It was very reasonable as a student. Even the adult price is worth paying. I need to go back to finish all of the displays. There is a lot of history. I did not give it 5 stars because they are poor at prompting how great they are. I have lived in lethbridge for a few years now and didnt think it was even worth going in. I was thankfully wrong.

Kim Spader

I didnt know how much the Galt Museum offered until i visited with Mommy Connections. Great activity for the family!

Stella B

I rented one of their halls for a day; the service was great and they were very accommodating. The process to book a hall was straight forward, easy and the coordinator was helpful throughout the process. They went an extra mile to ensure your event was successful.

Greig Wooldridge

Social event . Great Alberta beer!

Randal Prouty

Decent museum. Much smaller than it appears to be, but still offers some good exhibits and events.

Terry Jorgenson

It's been quite awhile since I went to this museum. I personally enjoyed the "old" museum more than this new modernized one. More artifacts were on display and they always had a special feature in the North wing of the Galt.

Tany TS

Beautiful, big and comfortable inside/outside building. The museum area is so tainy and old not, not much to see. Awesome for social events.

G Van Ee

We attended a wedding there and the staff went above and beyond to be accommodating, especially to the kids that were in attendance! Beautiful location and view!

Christine Kiemele

Canada Day. Free at the Galt. Expected more exhibits, was a bunch of museum closed off? Fun activities for children.

Trish Wallace

Fantastic staff, beautiful facility for a get together of any kind. We've been to weddings, funerals and staff parties there. Also the store is a wonderful place to shop for one of a kind gifts at seriously reasonable prices. Can't say enough good things about this Lethbridge gem.

Edward van de Bruinhorst

Nice building

David SMITH

Well worth the visit. An old building completely modernized inside and out, lots of interesting exhibits and information mainly about southern Alberta and it's place within Canada.

Caleb Laverdiere

Beautiful look out for the Lethbridge valley.

Christa Skov

Learned a lot about Lethbridge history. I thought it would be a quick visit with kids but they had so much fun exploring and playing we were they for a lot longer.

Judy Sakal

It was a great time for the Kindergarten class of St. Paul's School

Chris Smith

Great history

KK6WGO Rollins

Limited displays

Michael Scott

Nice venue, cool exhibits

Adi A

I really enjoy going here just for fun. But I’ve heard that it’s haunted. And when I was younger I always felt uneasy being there. But now I love going there. Its so nice and the people who work there are nice too. The little unique gift-shop is cute too.

Shane tomlinson

Great place to take the family on family day :)

Mark Wu

Good museum

RR R

A wonderful experience reflecting the various contributions from all the people’s in Lethbridge. It a real must for families.

Colt Smith

Truly enjoyed and appreciated the experience offered at the Galt. It is a small-medium sized museum but absolutely packed with the rich history and art of the area in and around Lethbridge. Lots of interactive exhibits featuring the diversity of cultures that contributed to the area with a significant portion devoted not only to Indigenous Canadians but also those of Chinese and Japanese ancestry. It was well worth the very reasonable cost of admission. They had a decent gift shop too. We picked up a few items including a numbers of books and would likely pick up a few more items on any subsequent return. This Pil is for you!

Goma Pradha

Galt museum is good place to go

gordon bello

Museum organised a really nice Halloween event for kids.

Tammy Koetse

Great place to go, their craft days are great to learn new things as your making a neat craft. The museum is very nice and informative.

E B

Beautiful

Jessie Fournier

For a small city, this is a cute museum. A bit pricy for the size of the museum.

SimoneKim BigThroat

Why not

Rhonda Nelson

Always a good experience

Amber Alder

Wanted to see creepy old hospital. Did not see creepy old hospital. Other stuff is okay, not what we expected! Wish there was an exhibit on the hospital as that's what the building used to be.

Nicholas

Great museum to visit to learn more about Lethbridge and the surrounding area.

Steve W

Great programs for the kids

Brooke Ully

Just wish it was bigger.

T Marie

I absolutely love the Galt Museum. It holds great history, and is definitely a place traveller's should visit. Great for all groups, families, children, any age. Also, they hold beautiful wedding services, with an incredible view of the coulees. Definitely a must visit.

Miss Kelicious

Beautiful venue; great scenery

Yvonne Trainer

Terrible. The person I was interviewed by was rude, off-putting, cold-blooded, mocking and grandiose. She was very demeaning of academics, had no clue about the personalities and sensitivities of writers and had no understanding of various types of disabilities. The place is horrible--very gloomy and depressing and dark. Very creepy place!. However, having said that, it was only one person whom I dealt with and perhaps it would have been better if I could have dealt with someone who had some sense of other people--someone who has respect for humanity rather than focus totally on herself, and someone who appreciates people including writers and academics.

Calvin Smith

A great facility!

travis haynes

Its an ok muesum. The kid stuff is ok

Shawn Rowsom

Interesting stuff from lethbridge history

Domi w

Higher view point for the railway bridge . Some interesting outdoor shows and nice trails . I like the model of rivers and dam because Ijust visit ST MARY dam. The metal wheels on feild is the sharning diamond .One of trails is the way to another historic point the WOOD. It is worthy to have a look especial at morning .Sunlight is coming from back then .

Mike Menzies

Nice museum. Don't plan on a long trip the museum gallery is only one room.

Nathaniel Khallil

Nice views and various events hosted here.

Shelby Kirkham

It's a beautiful place to have a wedding, however dealing with their staff is very frustrating! one day your request is a yes and the next it's a no. they change pick up/drop off times, and there's no communication between the facility event staff as they both answer questions with polar opposite answers.

Chris Fakir

never been disappointed with this place as a venue for wedding reception or anything. Good staff and amazing catering staff

Lisa Sutherland

Great gift shop

Cory Tretiak

Very interesting place to learn about lethbridge and it's history.

Stephen Vandenberg

Very disappointing

Danielle Crawford

Great place for community engagement and the gift shop has lots of neat stuff by locals.