Glenbow Museum develops and tours special exhibitions from its collection, sharing the unique stories of Western Canada with audiences around the world.
For more information on our travelling exhibitions contact:
Exhibit Development
Rebecca Derry
Tel: (403) 268-4192
Email: travelling(at)glenbow(dot)org
Creating the West: Artists of the Canadian Pacific Railway 1880-1910
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William Brymner,
Canadian (1855-1925), In the Selkirks near Glacier House,
c. 1890,
oil on canvas,
private lender,
EL05.4
This exhibition consists of approximately 400-500 running feet with over 120 works of art, including oils on canvas, watercolours, sketchbooks and photographs that explore the interests of Sir William Cornelius Van Horne and the CPR in context with the cultural history of Canada and the creation of the Canadian West during 1880 to 1910. Artifacts to compliment the show may also be included.
June 20 - September 20, 2009: Glenbow Museum
October 17, 2009 - January 24, 2010: Available
February 20 - May 23, 2010: Available
June 19 - September 19, 2010: Available
October 16, 2010 - January 16, 2011: Available
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Lomen Brothers Photography
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Inuit Woman, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, 1903, Lomen Brothers, Glenbowl Archives ND-1-56 This exhibition of approximately 100 - 110 running feet (double hung) features 33 framed historic photographs of striking Inuit portraits, studies of Inuit life, reindeer herding, and the city of Nome.
May 2005 - September 2005
Galt Museum, Lethbridge, AB
February 1 - May 31, 2006
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, NWT
January 13 - May 5, 2007
Courtenay & District Musem,
Courtenay, BC
February 2008 – May 2008: Available
June 2008 – September 2008: Available
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In Focus: Photographing the Alberta and Montana Frontier, 1870-1930 |
Blackfoot hay camp, Beynon area, Alberta, c. 1908, H.B. Biggs, Beynon, Alberta, Glenbow Archives NC-43-49.
This exhibition of approximately 85 - 90 running feet (double hung) features 32 framed historic photographs of sweeping landscapes, impressive wildlife, bold people, and stirring events that helped create an often romantic vision of the disappearing western frontier.
September 2005 – January 2006
The Museum of Western Art, Kerrville, Texas
February 2008 – March 2008: The Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre, Medicine Hat, Alberta
April 2008 - September 2008: Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park, Southern Alberta
October 2008 - January 2009: Available
February 2009 - May 2009: Available
June 2009 - September 2009: Available
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