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.
Glenbow Museum
Tom Thomson, Autumn, Fall 1916
Emily Carr, Among the Firs, c. 1931
An oil wagon used at the Turner Valley oilfields, c. 1920, on display at the Glenbow Museum.
Downtown Calgary is a dense urban district in central Calgary, Alberta. It contains the second largest concentration of head offices in Canada, despite only being the country's fourth largest city in terms of population. The downtown is divided into several residential, commercial, corporate, and mixed-use neighbourhoods, including the Financial District (CBD), Eau Claire, Chinatown, East Village, Beltline, and the West End.
Downtown Calgary seen from the north
Calgary Municipal Building, the seat of local government, is located in an informal subdivision in Downtown known as the Government District.
Stephen Avenue is a pedestrian mall located in the commercial core's entertainment district.
The Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre in Chinatown, a neighbourhood located north of the commercial core.
