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A recent $11-million investment from the City of Calgary has helped fuel the final phase of the Glenbow Museum’s massive renovation, Glenbow Reimagined. The project, underway since 2021, aims to transform the 1970s-era structure into a modern welcoming home for creativity. 

At the centre of this reimagining is an expanded visitor experience with increased visibility for its extraordinary collection — the largest public art collection in Western Canada. Key renovation features include new street-level entrances, visitor access to all eight floors and unique back-of-house views of the museum’s art storage systems. Glenbow’s new Conservation Lab on the eighth floor will even give visitors a behind-the-scenes peek at how conservators preserve and maintain the museum’s art and objects.