Highlights - Glenbow Museum

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
✸ This star indicates special exhibitions developed to celebrate Alberta’s centennial.
✸ Capturing Western Legends: Russell
and Remington’s Canadian Frontier
June 19, 2004 to October 11, 2004
Travel back to the western frontier and discover the
legendary tales and maverick personalities of the
Canadian West through the eyes of two great
western artists, Charles M. Russell and Frederic
Remington. For many, these artists created the iconic
images of the west as they visited the northwest
frontier at the turn of the nineteenth century,
recording the history through detailed sketches,
paintings, and sculpture. Get back in the saddle
and explore the history of Alberta before it
became a province.
Rodin: A Magnificent Obsession,
Sculpture from the Iris and B. Gerald
Cantor Foundation
October 30, 2004 to January 30, 2005
For the first time in Calgary, Glenbow Museum is
pleased to present an exhibition featuring the
famous sculptures of Auguste Rodin, one of the
most important sculptors of the nineteenth century.
Regarded by many as the greatest sculptor since
Michelangelo, this exhibition of Rodin will be the
first Canadian venue on its North American tour
and will feature such masterpieces as This Kiss
and The Thinker.
✸ Our River: Journey of the Bow
February 19, 2005 to June 5, 2005
Journey down Alberta’s lifeline in this first-ever
exhibition on the Bow River. Beginning its legacy on
the rugged peaks of Bow Glacier in the Rocky
Mountains, the Bow River provides nourishment to
Calgary and its surrounding regions. Explore the
importance of water as a critical topic of the twentyfirst
century, one that is embedded in issues of
responsibility, sustainability and the environment.
✸ South East Asia: Journeys of Body,
Mind and Spirit
July 1, 2005 to September 25, 2005
Embark on a lavishly illustrated anthropological trip
through South East Asia to explore daily life from
traditional ways to the contemporary reflecting the
dynamic process that has created modern Asian
culture. This exhibition will enable Glenbow
Museum to showcase its magnificent Asian Gallery
and invite visitors to examine the immigration
experience from South East Asia to Western Canada.
Petra: Lost City of Stone
October 15, 2005 to February 20, 2006
Discover the forgotten city of Petra that had been
lost to the outside world for centuries. Bringing
together 200 objects, including colossal stone
sculptures and architectural elements travelling
from Jordan for the first time, visitors will be able
to see the most complete portrait ever mounted
of this mystic city.
Background image: Bow River Falls, North-West Territories (later Banff, Alberta), ca.1878-1879, Glenbow Archives, NA-5501-12