Galt Museum gearing up for summer activities

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on May 25, 2023.

Herald file photo Participants take part in an event earlier this year at the Galt Museum. The museum is prepapring for their summer programming, featuring a number of new events.

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com

With warmer weather and official summer just around the corner, residents will be looking for fun pastimes to take part with their family and friends, and the Galt Museum and Archives has a variety of activities for people of all ages.

Even though there is still plenty of May left, the Galt Museum and Archives has many activities coming up next month. Among them, there will be a couple of new tours, learning sessions and celebrations.

Community programming coordinator with the Galt Museum and Archives, Kristin Krein said this summer they have a few walking tours to offer people an opportunity to get out and explore Lethbridge and what it has to offer.

“We have a brand new downtown queer history tour that was created by Tess McNaughton, a program assistant and museum attendant here at the Galt Museum, and that is running a few times over the summer. It’s going to be really beautiful to celebrate Pride, but also to understand that all the history we have, downtown history and such, has a lot of queer history as well,” said Krein.

She said they will also be offering their usual cemetery tours and downtown Lethbridge tours, including Remembering Lethbridge’s China Town tour, which will be a little bit sad for her this year after losing the Bow on Tong Co. Building earlier this year, as it was part of their tour.

“One of the newest things that we’ve been adding in is plant programming, so whether that be tours through the wetlands and land-based learning at Elizabeth Hall wetlands or spending time with Sweetgrass Sipatsimo with Api’soomaahka or similar plant programming with botany with Dr. Jenny Burke. There are a lot of opportunities to bring your kids down to learn,” said Krein.

Other activities include pride bracelet making, Blackfoot conversation circles, a presentation by Lethbridge lawyer Scott Hadford, Blackfoot games with Elder Mary Ellen Little Mustache, and Blackfoot beading with Deserae Yellow Horn, among many more.

“We have a Kids Carnival, to play some carnival games, have some cotton candy, get a balloon animal, your face painted in the morning of July 19. There is a bit for everyone, adult programming, children programming, we have newcomer women circles, there’s a lot of community building and fun programming,” said Krein.

She said this year she has the opportunity to partner up for the first time with the Lethbridge Astronomy Society in August, where they will be offering astronomy solar observing at the Medicine Wheel.

“Some of the programming was pushed to the weekend to capture those out and about, but there is lots of activities during the week as well,” said Krein.

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