You may recall us talking about a new shelving project for the archives collection. Sorry if it feels like we’re starting to sound like a broken record – it’s just sooooo exciting to finally have a TON of space to …
Exciting news! (About Shelves…)
Thanks to the very generous support of Canada Cultural Spaces Fund, Columbia Basin Trust, Creston Rotary Club, and private community donors, the Creston Museum has all the necessary funding to go ahead with an exciting archives shelving project. The Museum’s …
Big Wheels – together again!
Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy – do we have some BIG news for you today! Brian Reynolds, the amazing wheelwright in Manitoba who has been rebuilding our circa-1908 logging arch, has it finished! Rebuilt. Reassembled. Ready to …
It’s About Time
Have you checked this out yet? It’s an interactive virtual program created by LiveHistory Shows, a history-theatre company that has toured museums and historic sites around the world. You may recall they came to the Creston Museum a few years …
Museum Internship, Anyone?
The Creston Museum has an unexpected opportunity to hire someone for a one-year internship here! We received funding for this position through BC Arts Council’s Early Career Development program, which normally requires us to select our intended intern ahead of …
Working With Community
The best part of my job is the opportunity it gives me to connect with so many community groups and individuals. It’s a great feeling, knowing that the resources we have here (collections, spaces, knowledge, and so on) can be …
Archives Shelving Project
These are a few photos of the Archives storage vault – the space where we house all the photographs, documents, newspapers, and maps that contain so much valuable information about the community and its people. We use these collections all …
Logging Arch!
Sometime between 1908 and 1913, C.O. Rodgers brought a logging arch into the Creston Valley, for use in the logging operations for his Canyon City sawmill. A logging arch is a horse-drawn log-skidding machine. Two huge wheels – ten feet …
How to use a logging arch
Seriously, getting to work in a museum is the best thing ever. I mean, where else do you get to talk to all sorts of fascinating people, get transported back in time through old newspapers and photographs, and play with …
Whether the weather be cold…
Whether the weather be cold, whether the weather be hot… One thing you can always be sure of is there will be weather, and you can be almost as sure that we’re going to be talking about it. It’s too …
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