Galt Museum & Archives — Attraction in Lethbridge

Venue was lovely. HOWEVER, it would have been really nice if the number provided to call when we arrived with the bridge did not go directly to voicemail repeatedly AND if the coordinator we called inside (our hire) could have convinced the staff that letting the bride through the locked doors and providing the escort to the room that was promised would have been great. As it was we had to pound on the door and get the groom's mother's attention so we could get in. There was never an escort, never saw the promised room - instead we had to tell them to start the ceremony and then run down the hall to join the procession. The wedding coordinator did speak to staff and was told (we were on speaker so this is completely true) that the bridge would have to wait because they were helping a customer. i doubt that the customer was paying what we did. AND i think the email that goes out to wedding venue renters should be edited to read, " You are free to call this number, and if we are not helping someone with postcards or whatever, we may answer. You are not a priority. The folks wandering through the giftshop are more important than you are on this day you are mistakenly thinking is special. Try pounding on the locked doors in hopes of getting a visitor's attention and if that doesn't work go through the regular doors because you are not special to us on this day and what you paid is just for the space - certainly not sufficient for us to respond to the number we sent you, or to follow through on what...

Galt Museum & Archives is the primary museum in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, and is the largest museum in the province south of Calgary. In 2006, the museum cared for a growing collection of over 20,000 artifacts and 300,000 archival documents and photographs record the history of Lethbridge and southern Alberta. It attracts over 50,000 visitors every year. A Scientific and Historical Society was formed in Lethbridge in October 1888. Little was done for record archives, and emphasis for the society laid with the presentation of papers at bi-weekly meetings. In 2003, the museum was awarded the Museums Alberta Award of Excellence for Exhibitions for its "Ancestors" exhibit. The exhibit was a result of a partnership with the Royal Ontario Museum and the British Museum in London, England. The Galt has since been awarded with recognitions for excellence in programming, curation, marketing and tourism initiatives, horticulture and archival and collections management, including the following: Award for Excellence in Museums Finalist, Governor General's History Awards, 2016; Leadership Award for Engagement, Alberta Museums Association, 2013; 5 Blooms for the Native Prairie Plants Garden at Galt Museum, Communities in Bloom, 2012; Community Organization Award, The Aboriginal Council of Lethbridge and the Lethbridge Aboriginal Awareness Week Planning...

We had our wedding ceremony here and it was lovely! They set up the chairs and signing table for us, and we brought in a couple of signs and decorations, but I loved how the view was really all we needed! I had guests (most of them were not very familiar with Lethbridge) commenting on how it was a great place to sit and wait for the ceremony to start, as they could just look out the window! The curtains to help add privacy and the back rooms to wait in were very convenient, and the sound system was able to plug into my laptop just with a good old aux cord, which made me happy, since I wasn't keen on relying on the Bluetooth option lol. I just downloaded the songs I needed to my Spotify account and it worked great! Just a word of advice if you're trying to gauge the volume during your rehearsal - keep in mind that once you have a bunch of people in there, you're going to want to turn it up a bit more! I also really liked the building itself and the little extras on the south side for taking photos. There was enough shade from the trees to do family pics from 2:30-3:00ish no problem, and the old wall was a fun extra. I also liked being able to go back into the Viewing Gallery to get a couple pictures with the coulee view from an air...