Gray Catbird
Image courtesy Randy Jensen
Learn the history of birdhouses, discover facts about local bird species, and decorate your very own birdhouse!
Hands-On History is an interactive program for children of all ages with their caregivers.
10–11 am | all ages welcome | children to attend with caregiver | registration not required | museum admission applies | free to members
Join us for a quiet, reflective hour of creating faceless dolls in honour of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit people. Together, we will craft these small figures as an act of remembrance, care, and solidarity—each one carrying our intentions, grief, and hope.
This program provides art activities with a connection to local history, museum exhibitions and culture for adults and seniors, including those requiring accessibility. This program edition will be focused on creating faceless doll, in commemoration of the Sisters in Spirit vigil.
Dress up and relive the Roaring Twenties at this prohibition-themed evening of history, food, and fun. Begin with an exclusive tour of the Galt's Dried Out: Prohibition in Alberta exhibit before making your way to an undisclosed speakeasy location, where only guests armed with the secret password will gain entry. Once inside, enjoy an incredible dinner by Bourbon & Butter, sip specially priced $10 cocktails, and dance the night away in true 1920s style.
Join “A Smile in Every Bottle” guest curator, Stephanie Laine Hamilton, and Lethbridge specialist, Belinda Crowson, for a guided walking tour exploring the former Sicks’ Lethbridge Brewery site and Brewery Gardens.
Get spooky and stylish in this hands-on workshop where you’ll design and create your own Halloween polymer clay earrings. From cute ghosts to creepy pumpkins and everything in between, you’ll shape, bake, and assemble one-of-a-kind pieces perfect for the season. No experience needed—just bring your imagination and get ready for a fun, festive creative session.
We're a drop-in, fiber-arts-creating work-space community where creativity and color come together, one stitch at a time.
Learn about the illegal invasion of a neutral European country by the Soviet Union in October 1956, while the world watched another military crisis unfold in the Suez Canal area of Egypt.
Step into the kitchens of the past for an evening of heritage cooking and delicious storytelling! Join Galt’s own Community Programmer, Kristin Krein, and Archives Assistant, Bobbie Fox, as they explore recipes from the Archives - this fall we are enjoying the historic Stafford Family cookbook!
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