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130 9 Avenue SECalgary, AB T2G 0P3
(403) 268-4100
5 reviews for Glenbow Museum
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Glenbow Museum
10/29/2009
The Glenbow Museum is a nice mini size museum in the heart of downtown Calgary. Last year it saw many events featuring the Asian community; exhibitions on Hindu art, as well as authentic century old Buddhas and a showing of a Japanese Buddhist shrine.
But the exhibit that stood out in my mind was a sculptural and film exhibition of fellow Saskatchewan artist Joe Fafard. The Glenbow is very easy to get to; it is beside several bus lines and the downtown train terminals. I was greeted warmly at the desk and was offered to take my coat to a cloakroom, as well as there are temporary lockers in case you want to store your shopped items, purse or knapsack.
The show was well curated, very spacious and well lit; a movie was playing which featured Fafard's work using hectares of acreage to plough an aerial view of a horse. By planting different mediums, like wheat or oats for example, Fafard could manipulate the colors and shadowing of his image. The film covered the process over many months and you were witness to changing of the seasons and therefore more incarnations of his creation.
You also had an option of going to an arts and crafts area to express hands on several exercises that were already organised for you. How to create a three dimensional cow or to how draw a well proportioned horse with charcoal, a very thorough and sensory experience overall.
Glenbow Museum
2/22/2010
I have always liked the Glenbow, but only for its temporary exhibitions. The permanent displays have not changed in recent memory and have become quite stale and run-down.
I wish the city would invest more into this undervalued museum. The Glenbow has the potential to be a great museum, it is fairly large, the location is central, but ultimately a revamp is needed.
That being said, if given the chance I would recommend to anyone to visit the archives with a guide, I did it at the age of 12 or so and would happily do it again.
Glenbow Museum
10/29/2009
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I always feel like it's too bad that we only have the one museum in Calgary. It isn't that the Glenbow is an awful museum, but just that it has its relatively small amount of resources and space spread over many different permanent exhibitions. The result is that their exhibitions range from mediocre-alright, but nothing permanent is really astounding. It's pretty unfortunate because I think it has a lot of potential.
The permanent exhibitions have been nearly the same for the last twenty years. Anyone born and raised in Calgary made regular school visits. I've even made some since then. The travelling exhibitions range from alright to amazing, and I always try to make it down for the excellent exhibitions.
If you try to take the whole museum (including the travelling exhibition), it takes a good day. In this respect, I feel like it is more for the tourists than the locals. The Asian art exhibit is pretty cool. All of the exhibits are well laid out and multi-layered, but one visit to them is more than enough. I understand that the museum has a mandate, I just don't find it that compelling.
I think it's a shame that a city with the size and wealth of Calgary doesn't have more museums, so that we can start to build some quality culture and history.
Glenbow Museum
10/27/2008
The problem with the Glenbow is that it never changes. A few of the exhibits are the same as they were when I was in high school and I know that they are 'Permanent exhibits' but they take up most of the museum and they just aren't interesting enough anymore to warrant the use of all that real estate (except maybe the Art of Asia exhibit). The traveling exhibitions range from amazing to awful and aren't always worth seeing because they are so small.
Calgary is a booming city both economically and culturally shouldn't we have a museum that we can be proud of?
Glenbow Museum
10/23/2008
The Calgary Glenbow Museum provides a glimpse into Canada's rich history. From early settler life, to the lives of the Aboriginals, to the lives of Canada's soldiers that fought and died in both the Great Wars, the Glenbow has it all.
And their curators do an excellent job. Each display is meticulously designed to bring historical flavour and ambiance. Full multi-media is offered, providing visitors with a unique experience.
I've gone here since I was a young boy. And each time, the place morphs into something altogether different while still offering the same information regarding the happenings of this country since its inception and before.
