DIGITAL LIBRARY

Gain a deeper understanding of Banff this summer with a guided tour at The Whyte. From historic homes and townsite stories to newly revised truth-telling interpretation and a brand-new Art Gallery Tour for Thick as Thieves, The Whyte Museum tours invite visitors to slow down, look closer, and connect with the art, history, and culture that shape Banff and the Bow Valley. Whether visiting for the first time or rediscovering familiar places, each tour offers a meaningful way to

Explore photos from opening weekend at The Whyte as we celebrated the launch of our summer 2026 exhibitions, Thick as Thieves and When our eyes touch. The galleries came alive with artists, curators, members, partners, and community guests gathering for an evening of art, conversation, and connection in Banff.

The Whyte is pleased to announce the appointments of Dagny Dubois as Director of Archives and Special Collections and Anaïs Goorriah as Associate Curator of Contemporary Art.

When our eyes touch invites visitors to look again at Catharine and Peter Whyte’s portraits, relationships, and legacy. Through archival research, community engagement, and close attention to portraiture, the exhibition explores intimacy, agency, colonial context, and the humanity behind familiar stories of The Whyte’s founders.

The idea of this cohort being in relation with one another, through nationhood, artistic process, locality, kinship, or experience, is embedded in this exhibition and in Indigenous curation as a discipline. In contrast to Western art spaces, where artists, curators, museum teams, mentors, and communities occupy separate roles, the IAM Project fosters relationality, connection, and support interwoven within the entire project network.

In a digital world of rapid-fire shutter speeds and as many photos as you can fit on a memory card, Latulippe and Chiniquay are teaching students with Through the Lens how to find the perfect photo. To look at the world around them - their families and friends, their pets, wildlife, the landscape, themselves - and intentionally choose the moment to preserve on film.