Take a behind the scenes tour of the Galt Museum. Meet museum professionals and learn how historians uncover and preserve the past. UPDATED: New hands-on activities including a photo timeline, sorting different sources and research using primary and secondary sources.

Want to learn about archival materials like letters, photographs, and oral histories to uncover stories from the past?

Learn about the traders, Indigenous people, Metis and NWMP who worked and lived at Fort Whoop-Up after it was constructed in 1869.

Learn how to create a historical inquiry project for Heritage Fair or their classroom activities. Students explore the Galt’s Discovery Hall to find topics that inspire their curiosity.

Join us for an interactive guided tour of the exhibit to learn about the Buffalo Treaty and the ways that the buffalo contribute to all aspects of health.

Learn about the history and science behind the world's longest tallest trestle bridge while viewing it from the Galt Museum. Then challenge your students to build their own bridge across our model coulee.

This program promotes respect and connects the past to the present as students are introduced to the history, culture and worldwide view of the Blackfoot people.

Celebrate Christmas like a pioneer! Students will create homemade toys that filled stocking across the Prairies over 100 years ago. 

Learn about Alberta's complex immigration story including the National Policy and immigration legislation.  

This hands-on program allows students discover the cultural diversity that makes up southern Alberta. Written to complement the Grade 2 Social Studies curriculum. 

This program highlights some of the famous and not so famous people from southern Alberta who helped shape our community . It focuses on the characteristics that made these people great: hard work, courage, dedication, compassion, honesty and more.

Students will debate a proposed bylaw on the Curfew Bell to assist them in understanding how municipal governments worked in 1909 and the present. 

Using biographies, stories, photographs and other primary sources this program examines the experiences of people who came to southern Alberta. 

Hello, Museum! Stories, hands-on activities and exploration highlight this introduction to the Galt Museum. The focus of this program shifts depending on temporary exhibits but promises to show students how much fun a museum can be while asking them to think about how we learn about the past.

What was it like to live in a sod house? How did people do laundry with no running water? Consider the everyday lives of pioneers in southern Alberta and churn some butter during this classic program.

The race is on! Learn about the lives of coal miners and their families through oral histories, artifacts and a fast paced simulation. This program highlights the connections between history, natural resources and the economy through the topic of coal mining. 

Working in six groups, students recreate Lethbridge on a map as they learn how and why Lethbridge developed as it did.

Mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War by learning about men who served on the Western Front and their families who lived in Lethbridge. Take a trip down to the archives to read actual letters and diaries from the conflict. 

Explore change over time as we compare our own lives to the experiences of people in the past. Students will examine pictures, handle objects and hear stories which highlight the great change and consistency that has occurred. 

Discover the connections between Alberta and Ukraine and learn about traditions practiced by some Ukrainian Canadians.

Students will discover many different archaeological sites in southern Alberta and explore what the sites tell us about the lives of the people of the past. They will also examine how archaeologist collaborate with community members and rely on oral histories as evidence. 

History isn't just in the museum! Explore the Mountain View Cemetery to learn about people in the past. 

Learn how the Great Depression affected families and communities in Southern Alberta.