Join us for a two-hour, all-ages exploration of the birds that call the Oldman River Valley home. We’ll begin at the Fort, with a brief introduction to local species and their ecology, before heading out into the river valley for an immersive, hands-on experience in the landscape itself.
Belly dancing is an expressive, low-impact dance form rooted in Egyptian tradition that builds strength, coordination, and confidence through rhythmic isolations and fluid full-body movement, welcoming people of all ages and abilities.
Enjoy a morning of carnival activities and games! Great fun for the whole family! Crafts! Face painting! Carnival games! Ice cream!
An evening to explore the city’s public art in a fun and interactive way! This event is brought to you in partnership with Bike Lane, the Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin and the Galt Museum & Archives Akaisamitohkanao’pa, offering a unique opportunity to experience art, movement, and community all in one ride.
The Helen Schuler Nature Centre and Galt Museum Akaisamitohkanao’pa are bringing back a favorite this summer - Wild Tales on Park Trails. Step off the path and into a story!
Fancy Dance is an athletic, fast-paced, powwow dance, highly celebrated within the Blackfoot Confederacy. It is frequently highlighted at local gatherings.
Expect a fun evening of dance instruction! Bring yourself, your friends + family, and always hydrate!
This workshop introduces a series of observation exercises designed to help participants slow down and look closely at the prairie landscape. It is designed to help artists and individuals become more comfortable focusing on process rather than outcome.
Your trip begins at Botterill Bottom boat launch. To begin, a guide from High Level Canoes and Kayaks will get you fitted in your Personal Floatation Device, have a river safety talk, and get you out on the water!
Special dance class curated for parents and tots! Expect a fun evening of dance instruction! Bring yourself, your toddler, some good dancing shoes, and always remember to hydrate!
Join Annie Martin and Sandra Cowan for a contemplative walk among the trees at the Helen Schuler Nature Centre. During this evening walk we will tune our senses to our relationship to trees through guided contemplations and actions that invite an experience of co-being and appreciation
Join us for a relaxed, memory-filled afternoon in the river bottom! This community picnic invites folks who have lived in—or have strong ties to—the Lethbridge river bottom to gather, share stories, and reconnect with the histories and landscape that shaped them.
Fun evening of yoga instruction, bring a mat, props (if you like), yourself, your friends and family and a water bottle.
Yin yoga is a slow-paced, passive style of yoga where seated or reclined poses are held for extended periods, typically 3 to 10 minutes. It targets deep connective tissues like fascia and ligaments to improve joint mobility, enhance overall flexibility, and encourage deep relaxation
Let your imagination take root! Create your very own magical fairy garden in a 1" green garden dish using soil, plants, flowers, and whimsical decorations. Build a tiny world full of charm and creativity to take home and enjoy.
Let your imagination take root! Create your very own magical fairy garden in a 1" green garden dish using soil, plants, flowers, and whimsical decorations. Build a tiny world full of charm and creativity to take home and enjoy.
Join Jared Tailfeathers for the launch of his second book, Music of the Earth’s Heartbeat. Building on his ongoing cultural journey, Tailfeathers expands his exploration of history, language, and legacy across Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan.
Let your imagination take root! Create your very own magical fairy garden in a 1" green garden dish using soil, plants, flowers, and whimsical decorations. Build a tiny world full of charm and creativity to take home and enjoy.
Join Jared Tailfeathers for the launch of his second book, Music of the Earth’s Heartbeat. Building on his ongoing cultural journey, Tailfeathers expands his exploration of history, language, and legacy across Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan.
Take a bus tour out to the Wilson Hutterite Colony and spend the afternoon learning the history and daily lives of a colony.
The Helen Schuler Nature Centre and Galt Museum Akaisamitohkanao’pa are bringing back a favorite this summer - Wild Tales on Park Trails. Step off the path and into a story!
Join us for a two-hour, all-ages exploration of the birds that call the Oldman River Valley home. We’ll begin at the Fort, with a brief introduction to local species and their ecology, before heading out into the river valley for an immersive, hands-on experience in the landscape itself.
Join us for a trip down the Old Man River!
Your trip begins at Botterill Bottom boat launch. To begin, a guide from High Level Canoes and Kayaks will get you fitte
In its second glorious year, the Renaissance Faire at Fort Whoop-Up shall rise once more from the mists of time, from the hour of 12 noon ‘til 5 in the eve, and carry forth its revelry on Saturday, September the 5th!
In this workshop you will explore a variety of meditative, and a few other related, practices as well as learn a few techniques to get into the meditative state more easily. This will assist in potentially decreasing stress, anxiety, blood pressure and pain, reducing inflammation, enhancing sleep, enjoying a greater sense of well-being, along with improving focus and concentration.
Join us at Fort Whoop-Up to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day with a full day of demonstrations, hands-on activities, and cultural learning opportunities for all ages.
The event offers an opportunity for fellowship among nations and supports connection between urban Kainai and Piikani members and those living on the reserve.
We are fiber arts enthusiasts who hope to build strong connections and community one stitch at a time. Whether you're into knitting, crochet, embroidery, weaving, or any other fiber craft, this is your space to create, learn, and connect with fellow makers.
Join Katira Crow shoe - Executive Director of the International Buffalo Relations Institute for a guided rivers and rocks meditation walk through the Indian Battle Park river bottom.
Join us for the grand finale of LIFF 2026 with these two incredible Niitsitapi films by Director Sinakson Trevor Solway! These documentaries allow space for stories to unfold naturally, showing the subjects in a way that feels real. Sinakson lets the lives he follows speak for themselves, while capturing the complexity and contradictions that exist in all of us. We are so excited too for an in person introduction from Director Sinakson Trevor Solway.
Join us for a relaxed, community-centered queer potluck in the Oldman River Valley.
Join local artist Sarah Peace (of Golden Hour Guild) for a gorgeous Pride Paint & Sip evening event.
Join us as we take you around historic downtown Lethbridge providing you with a new understanding of history as you walk, one that is here and queer. Listen to stories of the people, places, and experiences that have provided a foundation for the queerness that exists in Lethbridge today.
Vital for life on the Alberta Prairie, and beloved by many Albertans, Napi-tahtaa — Napi’s River — is increasingly under strain as a result of overuse and abuse, as well as industrial resource extraction like clearcut logging in the Eastern Slopes and headwaters region.
Join us as we take you around historic downtown Lethbridge providing you with a new understanding of history as you walk, one that is here and queer. Listen to stories of the people, places, and experiences that have provided a foundation for the queerness that exists in Lethbridge today.
Wander 'Down in the Valley' and let the coulees lead the way. This playful afternoon invites you to slow down, look closely, and respond to the landscape through drawing, painting, whatever your artistic practice may be.
One hundred years after alcohol prohibition ended in Alberta, what have liquor labels been communicating to their patrons since?
Artist and researcher Raeann Kit‑Yee Cheung, MA (Falmouth University), and Patricia Skidmore, a descendant of British Home Children, examine this history through personal stories, art, and historical research.
Join curators Camina Manychief and Tyler Stewart for an exclusive guided tour of Down in the Valley & Discovery Hall. "From the Rocky Mountain headwaters all the way to Hudson’s Bay, the Oldman River is vital for life on the prairies. Known as Napi-tahtaa (Napi’s River) to the Nitsitapii (Blackfoot), humans, animals, and plants all rely on it for existence. Connections to the river and land keep shifting all the time. How has the Oldman River landscape changed throughout human history?"
Bring your toddler and small children to an interactive morning at the Galt Museum & Archives. A fun-filled morning with toys, activities, book reading, and a private toddler time in the museum to explore the current exhibition.
Spend a day on the Oldman River learning the fundamentals of fly fishing with Shane Olson of My Fly Guy. This hands-on program introduces participants to fly fishing with a focus on casting techniques, river safety, and understanding local river conditions.
We are fiber arts enthusiasts who hope to build strong connections and community one stitch at a time. Whether you're into knitting, crochet, embroidery, weaving, or any other fiber craft, this is your space to create, learn, and connect with fellow makers.
This talk will address how sick went on following prohibition in Alberta to become the most successful brewer in the world by 1950, while how long-time colleague Emilio Picariello was convicted of murder and hanged in 1923.
This program provides art activities with a connection to local history, museum exhibitions and culture for adults and seniors, including those requiring accessibility.
The Galt is hosting the Southern Alberta Regional Heritage Fair for students up to grade nine. The fair program encourages students to explore Canadian heritage in a dynamic, hands-on learning environment. Preparing and presenting a heritage fair project helps students develop critical thinking, historical thinking, writing, research, performance, and public speaking skills. These projects are initially shown in the schools and the best are chosen to present at the Southern Alberta Regional Heritage Fair.
A Smile in Every Bottle: Sicks’ Breweries Ltd celebrates the 100th anniversary of Old Style Pilsner (first brewed here in 1926) and shows how Lethbridge’s family-run brewery became a global leader in beer production and distribution. Dried Out: Prohibition in Alberta examines how the moral and political crusade to ban alcohol had unintended consequences, both good and bad. Down in the Valley demonstrates how the Oldman River is vital for life on the prairies. How has the Oldman River landscape changed throughout human history?
Join Galt’s own Community Programmer, Kristin Krein, and Archives Assistant, Bobbie Fox, as we make a delicious beer inspired recipes and taste some sample dishes - this time we will be taking recipes from the Fritz Sick's Enterpriser magazines with Stephanie Laine Hamilton.
Bring your toddler and small children to an interactive morning at the Galt Museum & Archives. A fun-filled morning with toys, activities, book reading, and a private toddler time in the museum to explore the current exhibition.
Discover the amazing events related to the prohibition of alcohol in Alberta at the beginning of the 20th Century. Follow the rise of a temperance movement in the province and the immense impact the Great War had on social behaviours and morals. Witness the period where liquor sales and consumption became illegal but also the ingenuity of local residents who rapidly found numerous ways to circumvent the law! In addition, watch how the American prohibition era deeply impacted Western Canada with contraband networks, gangster raids and even murders. A riveting and entertaining presentation, not to be missed." Dr. Stéphane Guevremont is a former aircraft mechanic. He holds a B.A. in History (McGill), a M.A. in War Studies (RMC) and a Ph.D. (UofC) on the Canadian aircraft industry. He teaches history and talks on CBC French Radio One (Alberta)
Join curator Stephanie Laine Hamilton for a special guided tour celebrating Lethbridge’s rich brewing history through the story of Sick’s Breweries and the 100th anniversary of the iconic Old Style Pilsner brand. Through historic photographs, archival materials, research and personal stories - this tour offers an inside look at the people, places, and moments that made Lethbridge a brewing hub.
“The 4th Annual Lethbridge International Film Festival runs April 17–20, 2026, featuring 70+ films from 18 countries, including local premieres. Enjoy galas, Q&As, live scores, sharing circles, and screenings at the Galt, The Movie Mill, and Sterndale Bennett Theatre. Tickets and full program launch March 27 at galtmuseum.com.”
Celebrate spring with colour, creativity, and good company! This Paint & Sip includes all supplies, a glass of wine or a soda, and complimentary charcuterie from Gather & Graze. Sip, snack, and paint among spring florals—no experience needed, just come ready to have fun with our incredible instructor and artist Smelotie Mpofu.
This program provides art activities with a connection to local history, museum exhibitions and culture for adults and seniors, including those requiring accessibility.
Bring the family down to Fort Whoop‑Up for a fun and festive Easter Egg Hunt! Explore the fort, search for hidden eggs, and enjoy a lively spring outing in the heart of the Oldman River Valley.
