Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

GALT MUSEUM REDEVELOPMENT

Date

1983

Materials

WOOD, GLASS, PAPER

No. Pieces

1

Height

65.4

Length

87

Description

N.W. ELEVATION OF GALT HOSPITAL BLDG (1910) & 1985 W. WING RE-DEVELOPMENT COMPLETED IN 1985. FRAMED & MATTED PEN & INK & WATERCOLOR.

Subjects

ART

Historical Association

FINE ARTS

History

PURCHASED BY MAYOR'S OFFICE FROM ROBINS WATSON BAUNTON ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS. PAINTED BY RICHARD CONNOR REF: LETHBRIDGE MAGAZINE WINTER '83. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT THE 1985 REDEVELOPMENT OF THE GALT MUSEUM WAS EXCERPTED FROM A LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLE DETAILING THE RENOVATION: "MORE THAN 3000 LETHBRIDGE AND AREA RESIDENTS WARMED UP TO THE NEW SIR ALEXANDER GALT MUSEUM AFTER IT WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED [ON] SEPTEMBER 25 [1985]... THE BUILDING WAS OPENED TO THE PUBLIC... UNVEILING $2.8 MILLION IN RESTORATION AND EXPANSION WORK, WHICH CITY OFFICIALS SAID MAKES IT ONE OF THE BEST SMALL CITY MUSEUMS IN CANADA... MAYOR ANDY ANDERSON DESCRIBED THE PROJECT AS 'ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CENTENNIAL' AND THANKED THOSE WHO PLANNED AND WORKED ON IT... THE MUSEUM WAS INITIALLY CONSTRUCTED IN 1910 AS AN ADDITION TO [THE EXISTING] HOSPITAL BUILT ORIGINALLY BY ALEXANDER GALT FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE ALBERTA RAILWAY AND COAL COMPANY... LETHBRIDGE WEST MLA JOHN GOGO... SAID IT WAS ONLY RIGHT THE MUSEUM EXPANSION RECEIVED $750,000 FROM THE PROVINCE'S HERITAGE TRUST FUND THROUGH THE URBAN PARKS PROJECT... CITY-PROVINCE JOINT REDEVELOPMENT AT THE MUSEUM, DESIGNATED A PROVINCIAL HISTORIC SITE IN 1973, BEGAN IN 1984 UNDER THE PROVINCALLY-SPONSORED MCR AND URBAN PARKS PROGRAMS. WORK INCLUDED THE DEMOLITION OF THE WESTERN 1930 WING, WHICH WAS REPLACED BY A NEW SECTION WITH MAIN DISPLAY GALLERY, A GLASS VIEWING GALLERY AND BASEMENT STORAGE AREA. THE EASTERN 1910 WING, WHICH INCLUDES CITY ARCHIVES, WAS MAINTAINED AND RESTORED BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY. SINCE BEING OPENED, THE MUSEUM HAS FEATURED ITS REGULAR DISPLAYS AND SPECIAL EXHIBITS, AND HAS ALSO BEEN USED FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS AND OPEN HOUSES." SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPY OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLE.

Catalogue Number

P19840002000

Acquisition Date

1977-06

Collection

Museum

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