Moratorium on Donations

To ensure the safety of its extensive collections during the expansion of the Galt, the Board of Directors for the museum approved the relocation of the nearly 20,000 artifacts during the construction period and a subsequent moratorium on donations to the collections.

"The relocation represents the most intensive, resource-demanding project the Collections Department has undertaken in its forty-year history," says Kevin MacLean, the Galt's Collections Manager. "We ask donors be patient in the interim and hold on to their treasures until the collection is returned to the Galt at the end of 2005."

Access to the collections closed May 1 as the enormous task of preparing the collection for the move got underway. Since 1962, the collections have grown to include artifacts and artworks representing the human history of Lethbridge and southern Alberta; 10 per cent of the material is recorded as pre-1900.

Businesses, organizations and individuals interested in submitting donations to the collections are asked to contact Kevin MacLean at 403.320-4064.