Did you know there is a length of rope used as a noose in our discovery hall?

Over the past several years we have received several items from the family of Edward Buchanan related to his time as a Staff Sergeant with the RCMP in Lethbridge. One of those items was a section of thick rope that his son Ted tells us was used in the penultimate execution by hanging carried out in Lethbridge in the late 1940s. Ted attended the hanging, and his father acted as the executioner.

Galt's Vaults, Online PresentationKevin MacLeanApril 7, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesNoose, Rope, Hanging, Execution, RCMP, Buchanan, CollectionsComment

Willi Mueller's Chess Set and Painting

The Galt has been digitally releasing stories about some of those objects to online audiences. The most recent of the objects to be featured are a chess set and painting that belonged to Willi Mueller, a German prisoner of war. These objects are of national historic importance.

Galt's Vaults, Online PresentationGraham RuttanApril 1, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesSecond World War, Chess, Painting, Hanging, Execution, Prisoner of War, POW, Camp, Medicine Hat, LethbridgeComment