Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Behind The Scenes”
This summer, thanks to funding through the BC Tourism Climate Resiliency Initiative, we’ve been able to do some much needed work to our gardens. Among other things, we’ve built and rebuilt demonstration garden: our heirloom vegetable garden, where we’ve been …
The little narrow-gauge locomotive that welcomes visitors at the front gate of the Museum has been getting some much-needed TLC these past few weeks! His cab was falling off, and he was looking pretty decrepit there for a while! But, …
Oui, c’est correct – nous avons maintenant un guide français pour vous aider à découvrir le musée de Creston! Il est rempli des objets les plus intéressants et uniques dans notre collection – et il vous donne un peu d’histoire …
Often, when the phone rings, there’s someone on the other end saying they have a bit of a strange question. Usually, that turns out to be a request for an obituary or birth announcement. Which is really not that strange …
My career in museums began as a tour guide, and it will always (I hope) be the very best part of the job. I learned very early on how to tell a story that draws people in and connects with …
I won’t quite say events are a highlight of the job – they’re a lot of fun, and a big part of how we connect with people, but they are also a lot of work and a lot of stress. …
January 2022: Danielle, a teacher at Adam Robertson Elementary School, asked if we can revise our popular “Shaping Our Valley” program for her class. The program was designed for Grade 4; she teaches Grade 7, and wanted us to focus …
Messing something up the first time around happens a lot more often than you think. For example, a couple of years ago I created a school program that was supposed to help Grade 4 students trace a family’s history through …
(But you didn’t) Back in the spring of 2020, we were dealing with the immediate impacts of the pandemic, trying to figure out how to open the museum safely, how to connect with audiences we couldn’t connect with in person, …
