Galt Museum providing free admission for Indigenous visitors

LETHBRIDGE, AB – People who identify as Indigenous can visit the Galt Museum & Archives and Fort Whoop-Up in Lethbridge for free.

On Thursday, March 17, the Galt Museum’s board of directors unanimously passed a resolution permitting those who identify as Indigenous with free admission to the sites. The policy has no expiration date and is now in effect.

Museums across Canada have discussed the idea of barrier-free admission to those of Indigenous descent and the Galt Museum notes that there is currently no national standard or provincial guidelines to inform institutions, therefore museums and galleries are working through the lens of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) to determine what is best for their organization, the programs they employ and the communities that they serve.

The Galt’s CEO/Executive Director Darrin Martens said, “at the Galt, we are pleased to further our ongoing reconciliation efforts by henceforth providing free regular admission to all people self-identifying as Indigenous.”