DIGITAL LIBRARY

Delve into the Whyte Museum’s extensive collection through articles, images, oral histories, video, film and audio.

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Harnessing the Power of Digitization

The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies continues to harness the power of digitization.

Archival Highlights: Malcolm Geddes

Processing Archivist, Kate Skelton takes us through the life and collections of Malcolm Geddes.

Child's Play

Registrar and Collections Assistant, Amie Lalonde delves into the collection of dolls belonging to our founder, Catharine Robb Whyte.

Astonishingly Alluring Acquisitions

A select feature of art and objects donated to the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Art and Heritage department over the past year.

Building Bridges in the Cultural Trade Route During Covid

Building Bridges through the Cultural Trade Route is a program focused on continued, genuine relationship building through active listening,

A Mountain of Miniatures

Back to The Cairn By Amie Lalonde, Collections Cataloguer When you walk into a museum you usually expect big things. Paintings that...

Upcoming Programs at the Whyte!

Back to The Cairn The Whyte Museum will be offering a series of monthly online book talks, online film screenings, in person outdoor...

Thank you, Sayoko!

Back to The Cairn The warm smiling face of Sayoko Kagitani greeted visitors to the Whyte Museum for over fourteen years. She was a...

The Girl in the Silk Dress

Back to The Cairn By Anne Ewen, Chief Curator of Art and Heritage In preparation for the summer 2021 exhibition honouring the 115th...

Get Ready to Bid!

Back to The Cairn In June, as part of the celebration of Catharine Robb Whyte’s 115th birthday, the Whyte is holding its first-ever...

Dearest Mother

Back to The Cairn “Dearest Mother” She wrote her mother every other day – for over thirty years – in clear cursive writing, animated with...

Whyte Home – Cataloguing During COVID-19

By Thea Sleight Back to The Cairn Above: Thea Sleight As part of my final year in Art History and Museum Studies at the University of...

Lantern Slides