Glenbow Museum

Local nameGlenbow Museum
LocationAlberta, Canada

The Glenbow Museum is an art and history regional museum in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The museum focuses on Western Canadian history and culture, including Indigenous perspectives. The Glenbow was established as a private non-profit foundation in 1955 by lawyer, businessman and philanthropist Eric Lafferty Harvie with materials from his personal collection.

The museum moved to its current facility in downtown Calgary in 1976, and is funded by the governments of Calgary, Alberta and Canada, private donors, as well as an endowment provided by Harvie. In 2019, the Glenbow had a total of 148,668 visitors. The museum is currently closed for renovations in 2021, and is scheduled to re-open in 2026.Admission to the museum is free as of February 2022, due to a $25 million donation by the Shaw Family Foundation. $15 million of the donation will be placed in an endowment fund for admissions, and $10 million is earmarked for the new JR Shaw Institute for Canadian Art.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenbow_Museum

Official Website http://www.glenbow.org/

Email glenbow@glenbow.org

Phone +1403 268 4100

Address 130 9 AVE SE, T2G 0P3, Calgary, AB, Canada

Coordinates 51°2'42.116" N -114°3'39.726" E

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