Creston Museum, Creston BC

It's About Time
2022-06-09 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Denver) | Creston Museum, 219 Devon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G3, Canada
Have you ever wished you could go back in time and meet some of the people who made important things happen? Well, now you can!

We are excited to announce that LiveHistory, a history-theatre production company, is visiting Creston on Thursday, June 9!

“It’s About Time” is an immersive theatrical virtual experience, taking audience members on a journey back to World War II. Once you step back in time, you will meet a mysterious character from the past, who welcomes you into her adventure. Through her questions, missions, and experiences, you will feel as if you have journeyed to the past, and find your place in history’s tale.

Join us on your own or with the whole family. Suitable for ages 8 and up. Bring a take-out dinner to enjoy beforehand – our patio, lawn and gazebo are open starting at 5:00! $5 per person; tickets available below or register by emailing tammy@crestonmuseum.ca or calling 250-428-9262.

Annual General Meeting
2022-04-22 16:00 - 17:00 | Creston Museum, 219 Devon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G3, Canada
Join us for our 2022 Annual General Meeting!
Friday, 22 April, 4:00 PM
Carr Building – Creston Museum
219 Devon Street, Creston BC

Agenda:
1 Call to Order / Adoption of Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes of 2021 AGM
3. President’s Report
4. Financial Report

Appointment of Auditors for 2021

5. Staff Reports
6. Business Arising from the Reports
7. Election of Board of Directors

Slate of Directors

8. New Business
9. Adjournment

It's About Time
2022-02-10 19:00 - 20:00 | BC
Have you ever wished you could go back in time and meet some of the people who made important things happen? Well, now you can!
The Creston Museum is partnering with LiveHistory to bring you: It’s About Time!
You’ll travel with Zoom back in time to meet an historic woman and experience for yourself the role she played in shaping history. Interact with her at a pivotal moment of her career, help her make the decisions that could change her life, then talk with her and other guests about the impacts of those choices.
Join us on your own or with the whole family. Suitable for ages 8 and up.
Buy your tickets below, and we’ll send you the Zoom link a few days before the show!
$5 per person; free for members and their guests! (Purchase your membership here, if you’re not one already)
Two shows:

Monday, February 7, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
Thursday, February 10, 7:00 – 8:00 PM

Spring Break at the Museum
2021-03-17 10:00 - 2021-03-27 15:00 | Creston Museum, 219 Devon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G3, Canada
Looking for something to do over Spring Break? We can help!
We’ll help you investigate the local story through guided explorations of the Museum’s exhibits, hands-on activities, and more!
We have several programs available, all adapted to COVID-safe protocols. Choose the one that strikes your fancy, then book a time slot that works for you – it’s exclusively for you and the people in your personal social bubble: Wednesday through Saturday, beginning anytime between 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM. Children must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver. Maximum six people per group, please; $20 per group.
To book: Contact us at 250-428-9262 or programs@crestonmuseum.ca. Advance booking required.

Scavenger Hunt: Everything’s connected, sometimes in surprising ways. Look for everything that’s on your list and explore the connections between them!
Playdough Cabin: Explore the challenges of building a home for yourself in the new communities of the Creston Valley – then try it yourself!
Butter-Making: Resourcefulness was the order of the day for the Valley’s first settlers – how are you at making the things you need?
Apple Packing: There’s a lot of work involved in raising fruit, especially in a new community! Can you handle it all?
A Lesson in the Schoolhouse: School today is very different from the way it was a century ago. Check it out for yourself!

Virtual Visits with Santa
2020-12-12 14:00 - 16:00 | BC
As it happens, Santa loves museums. It’s a little known fact, but they’re his favourite places to visit when he takes one of his rare vacations from the North Pole. So when Santa realised he couldn’t come to Creston in person this year to visit with all the good little girls and boys, he called us to ask if we could help him out. Of course we were happy to!
Virtual Visits with Santa
Saturday, December 12, 2020
2:00 – 4:00 PM
Call the Creston Museum at 250-428-9262 to sign up for a special personal visit with Santa on Saturday, December 12. Then, watch for an email from the Creston Museum (crestonmuseum@telus.net) that tells you how to join him on Zoom (Santa has recently discovered Zoom and he thinks it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread).
Donations are very much appreciated! All donations will be shared between the Creston Museum and PAWS (Santa loves animals, too, you know. How would he do his job without the reindeer to pull his sleigh?). You can make a donation with a credit card or etransfer when you call to sign up, or click here to go to our secure donations page at CanadaHelps.org. If you do that, though, please include a note that it’s for a visit with Santa, so we’ll know to share it with PAWS.
Don’t worry – COVID won’t keep Santa from making his rounds on Christmas Eve! He’s an essential service! He, Mrs. Claus, the elves, and the reindeer have been isolating themselves up there at the North Pole, making sure they all stay healthy and well so they can travel around the world delivering presents. You can follow him – and find lots of information and games – on NORAD’s Santa tracker website.

Annual General Meeting
2020-06-27 16:00 - 17:00 | Creston Museum, 219 Devon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G3, Canada
Now that social-distancing guidelines are starting to relax a bit, we’re able to turn our attention to some of the behind-the-scenes stuff that’s required for a non-profit organisation – including our Annual General Meeting.
It’s your chance to review the Board’s activities; we’ve got some exciting announcements to make; and you’re very welcome to explore the Museum and see some of the strategies we’re implementing to ensure all our visitors have an exciting and worthwhile experience, even in this new hands-off world. we hope you’ll join us!
Weather permitting, the AGM will be held outdoors, in the Museum’s courtyard, with plenty of space and fresh air for everyone. We hope you’ll join us and enjoy the Museum’s lovely gardens and patio while you’re at it! (rainy-day alternate is the Carr Building, on the Museum’s grounds, but we’re optimistic that June 27th will be a lovely sunny day!).
Annual General Meeting
Saturday, June 27
4:00 PM
Creston Museum
Agenda:
1. Call to Order / Adoption of Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes of 2019 AGM
3. President’s Report
4. Financial Report
a. Appointment of Auditors for 2020
5. Staff Reports
a. Manager
b. Program Co-ordinator
6. Business Arising from the Reports
7. Election of Board of Directors
a. Slate of Directors
8. New Business
a.
b.
9. Adjournment

Kids Day (Month)
2020-06-01 - 2020-06-30 | Creston Museum, 219 Devon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G3, Canada
Welcome to Kids Day! (Month)
This is the first in a month long series of twice weekly activities/challenges hosted by the Creston Museum in lieu of our traditional Kids Day! To participate: Complete the challenge and share it with us!
All the challenges will be listed here on Mondays and Thursdays each week – scroll down to see them all!
To share your challenge with us: post it on our Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram using the hashtag #KidsDay; send us a photo via email; or bring your project to the Creston Museum (we’re open 10:00 – 4:00, Tuesday to Saturday).
CHALLENGE #4: INVENT A FOUR-INGREDIENT RECIPE
All throughout history, there have been times when money is tight, and food is short. So people had to get creative with what they had to eat!
Here is your challenge:

–> Invent a 4 ingredient recipe using ONLY things you have in your house. Don’t go to the store and buy anything! Any Spices other than salt and pepper count as an ingredient!

CHALLENGE #3: CROCHET THREE GRANNY SQUARES
Crocheting is the art of making a fabric through loops of yarn using a hook. It has many handy-dandy uses! You can make everything from clothes and slippers, to cloths, to blankets with it, much like knitting! Instead of using two needles, you use one hook.
A granny square is an easy way to piece together a larger blanket, one square at a time. Once you have enough squares for the size of blanket you want, you sew or crochet them all together. You can do the same colours of granny squares, or different colours; the same pattern, or different patterns!

(if you don’t know how to crochet, you can check out our how-to lesson on the Creston Museum Online Learning Center!)

CHALLENGE #2: MAKE AN OLD PIECE OF CLOTHING INTO SOMETHING NEW
Hand-me-downs and re-purposing have been essentials for as long as people have worn clothes! During the depression, when flour companies found out that people were making clothing for themselves and their children out of the 100-lb flour sacks, they started making them with prints on them!
Your challenge today:
–> Take clothing that you don’t wear anymore, or some clothes that are too big/too small, and turn them into something wearable!

CHALLENGE #1: BUILD A BIRDHOUSE WITHOUT USING WOOD!

Who doesn’t love to watch birds flying back and forth to their nests in the spring! But sometimes getting a wooden house kit isn’t the easiest, and not everybody can just make one. So here is your first challenge!
–> Build a birdhouse out of recycled material you can find around your house!
(Keep in mind, it has to be safe for the birdies so don’t use or decorate it with anything they can get caught or tangled in!)
(Photo courtesy Google Images)

The Night the High School Burned
2020-04-27 19:00 - 22:00 | Tivoli Theatre, 1411 Canyon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G0, Canada
On a Wednesday morning in April 1980, Leanne, a Grade 11 student at Prince Charles Secondary School, in Creston BC, called her friend. “Maureen,” she said, “there’s no school today.”
“Why not?” asked Maureen.
“Because there’s no school.”
At about 2:00 AM the night before, fire had broken out in the thirty-year-old building. Within an hour, the structure was fully engulfed and all firefighters could do was hose down nearby residences to keep them from catching fire. By dawn, the school – one of the finest in the Kootenays; home to award-winning band, drama, and art programs; producer of provincial championship sports teams; provider of a vast array of academic and trades programs – was gone.
The Creston Museum has film footage.
We’re marking the fortieth anniversary of the PCSS fire with a special presentation at the Tivoli Theatre.
It’s a double feature!
First on the bill: Hockey! Third period of a nail-biter Game 6 playoff matchup between the Creston Clippers and the Kimberley Knights!
Followed by The Night the High School Burned: historic photos of the school from its construction to the day it burned; highlights from its history; memories of students and teachers – and approximately twenty-five minutes of film footage of the fire that destroyed it all.
Doors open 6:30; show starts at 7:00. There will be a very brief AGM of the Creston & District Historical & Museum Society in between the two features.
Admission: Members of the Historical Society – by donation; Non-members $10. Admission includes pop or popcorn. Not a member? Sign up here!

Cultural Collaborators Meeting
2020-03-07 14:00 - 16:00 | Creston Museum, 219 Devon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G3, Canada
“Creating unity while embracing diversity and exercising patience with cultural adjustment.”
Do these words resonate with you? Then please join us for our second Creston Cultural Collaborators meeting on Saturday March 7.
This event will consist of a few exercises on collaboration, followed by a tour of the Creston Museum. We will also begin planning the new multicultural exhibit that will debut late summer!
As always, this event is free and open to the public. Dress warmly as the Museum can be a bit chilly this time of year.

Little Railroad Open House
2019-12-08 10:00 - 15:00 | Creston Museum, 219 Devon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G3, Canada
The Model Railway at the Creston Museum is always a hit with the youngsters.
The trains are running! The model railway’s trains at the Creston Museum, that is!
The Seventh Siding Trackers Model Railway Club at the Creston Museum has been busily upgrading tracks and adding details – and now they’re hosting a special pre-Christmas Open House so you can check it out!
Sunday, December 8
10:00 – 3:00 PM
Admission free – but donations are very much appreciated!
Interested in joining the club and trying your hand/getting back into/doing more model railroading? The members of the Club will be glad to fill you in!

History Mystery Play-Time
2019-12-07 14:00 - 16:00 | Creston Museum, 219 Devon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G3, Canada
Here at the Creston Museum, we’re always receiving new donations of stuff connected to local history.
One of our most recent donations is a collections of several dozen photographs, all from the 1940s to 1960s, and most of them we haven’t been able to identify.
Like this one:

I have to admit, this one’s intriguing! Look at the size of that parade – on an evidently cold winter’s day! And all the signs encouraging people to come out and cheer while Creston thoroughly trounced Kimberley at…something. But what? What was the event? And what on earth was going on between Creston and Kimberley to inspire the kind of rivalry that this photo suggests?
We’d like to invite you to check out these photos – and if you can tell us something about what’s happening in them, we’d sure love to hear it!
History Mystery Play-Time
Saturday, December 7
2:00 – 4:00 PM
In the Archives building at the Creston Museum
219 Devon Street, Creston BC
Admission by donation

Sneak preview and free admission (with coffee and cookies!) exclusively for members of the Creston Museum: 12:00 – 2:00 PM

A Harvest of History
2019-09-24 17:30 - 20:00 | Wynndel Community Centre Basement
Something for all ages – a chance to meet neighbours, and have fun learning about life through the years in Wynndel. Please bring along any items or photos relating to harvests through the years, up to today!

ArtiFACT or ArtiFICTION? - CANCELLED
2019-08-31 19:00 - 21:00 | Creston Museum, 219 Devon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G3, Canada
We’re sorry – due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled. watch for it next summer, though!
Come test your intuition at our summer close out evening event! Several special artifacts will be pulled from storage, and their stories posted along with them. The catch? Figure out it the story is an ArtiFACT, or ArtiFICTION. Guess correctly, and you could walk away with a prize!
Tickets are $15 for Members, and $20 for Non-Members. This includes event admission, refreshments, and appetizers.
Don’t miss out on our Event Ticket GIVEAWAY for a chance to win 2 free tickets to ArtiFACT or ArtiFICTION! Details posted on our Facebook Page . Contest ends Saturday August 24th.

Pioneer Week 2019
2019-08-12 10:00 - 2019-08-16 14:00 | Creston Museum, 219 Devon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G3, Canada
Pioneer Week at the Creston Museum
Immerse yourself in the life of the Creston Valley’s pioneers! Pioneer chores, pioneer schools, pioneer crafts – it’s a different theme every day for a whole week! Advance booking advised.
Ages 5-8.
August 12-16, 10:00 – 2:00 daily.
$50 per week ($40 members); $10/day drop-in as space allows.
Bring snacks and water, sunscreen and hat, and clothing suitable for outdoor activities.
Looking for something for the older set? We have a similar program for ages 8-12 running July 15-19!
To book: email museumprograms@telus.net or call 250-428-9262, or register online below!

Pioneer Camp Registration

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Pioneer Week 2019
2019-07-15 10:00 - 2019-07-19 14:00 | Creston Museum, 219 Devon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G3, Canada
Doing chores the old-fashioned way
Immerse yourself in the life of the Creston Valley’s pioneers! Pioneer chores, pioneer schools, pioneer crafts – it’s a different theme every day for a whole week! Advance booking advised.
Ages 8-12.
July 15-19, 10:00 – 2:00 daily.
$50 per week ($40 members); $10/day drop-in as space allows.
Bring snacks and water, sunscreen and hat, and clothing suitable for outdoor activities.
Looking for something for the younger set? We have a similar program for ages 5-8 running August 12-16!
To register: Use the form below or email museumprograms@telus.net or phone 250-428-9262.

Pioneer Camp Registration

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Full Week - August 3 -August 8

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Child 2: I would like to register my child for:

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I hereby give my full consent and approval for my child to participate in the activities of this Camp.

I acknowledge that certain RISKS OF INJURY are inherent to participating in these activities.

I hereby waive, release and hold harmless the Creston & District Historical & Museum Society, its officers, staff, and volunteers for any injury that may be suffered by my child in the normal course of participation in the activities.
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The Common Thread: Landscapes and Lumber
2019-07-12 10:00 - 2019-09-09 15:30 | Creston Museum, 219 Devon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G3, Canada
Local artist Sandy Kunze brings her quirky and creative use of unusual materials to a special exhibit at the Creston Museum this summer. Her work shows her affection for forest trees while also addressing the impact of logging.
July 12 – September 16; open throughout Museum hours. Admission included in regular Museum admission.
Opening Reception: Sunday, July 14, 2:00 – 4:00 PM

Multiculturalism Day
2019-06-27 13:00 - 16:00 | Creston Museum, 219 Devon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G3, Canada
Multiculturalism Day and the Creston Refugee Committee 40th Anniversary
For forty years, the Creston Refugee Committee has been sponsoring families from diverse cultures to come to Canada and live in Creston. Join is on Canadian Multiculturalism Day, June 27th, to celebrate this milestone. Refugee families past and present, including five family members who arrived in Creston forty years ago, will be attending.

Celebration of cultures through food, dress, music.
Anniversary Cake
Presentations
Meet the families

June 27, 2019
Creston Museum
1:00 – 4:00 PM
Schedule of the afternoon (please note, times below are approximate):

Luncheon – 1:15pm
Presentation – 2:15pm
Anniversary Cake – 3:00pm
Social – 3:00-4:00pm

This event is free, but please pre-register so we know how many people to expect!
Questions? Call 250-402-9448 or 250-254-1421

The Great Father's Day Logging Arch Challenge
2019-06-16 14:00 - 17:00 | Creston Museum, 219 Devon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G3, Canada
This is a logging arch. It’s a horse-drawn log-skidding machine. It has ten-foot-high wheels and weighs about two thousand pounds. Think you could load it with logs and drag it through an obstacle course?
Just kidding! We’ll use the scale-model replica instead. It’s just two-and-a-half feet high and weighs about forty pounds – but it can skid a decent-sized log.
So here’s the challenge: Load the model logging arch with a log, using a peavey, cant hook, and/or log tongs – but not your hands. Then pull the logging arch through an obstacle course without hitting any of the obstacles, bring it back to the starting point, and unload the log.
Think you can do it? We’ve got prizes if you can!
Put your team of two to four people together and come on down to the Creston Museum on Father’s Day for the Great Father’s Day Logging Arch Challenge!
Your team can consist of anyone you want, of any age, as long as at least one person on your team is a father (though not necessarily the father of anyone else on the team!). Everyone on your team has to help in the challenge in some way (how is up to you). We’ll award points for precision, deduct them for running over an obstacle, and give you a whole lot of credit for style and/or skill – and in the event of a tie in points, then we’ll use speed to determine the winner.
It’s just $10 to enter your team, and all proceeds will go towards rebuilding the big logging arch!
Sunday, June 16 (Father’s Day, of course), 2:00 PM at the Creston Museum
Register your team now! Use the form below, or contact us at 250-428-9262 or crestonmuseum@telus.net.
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Kids' Day 2019
2019-06-08 10:00 - 15:00 | Creston Museum, 219 Devon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G3, Canada
Kids’ Day
A jam-packed day of fun and games, just for the young and the young-at-heart!
Join us for gold panning, scavenger hunts, old-fashioned games, lessons in the schoolhouse, chores and crafts, and much, much, more! There’s something happening all day long – we’ll have a detailed schedule of the day’s activities posted here shortly.
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM; $2 per person
Really into this sort of thing? Don’t miss our Pioneer Weeks – a whole week of hands-on history for ages 5-8 (August 12-16) and 8-12 (July 15-19)!

Building the Community Exhibit Opening
2019-05-18 13:00 - 17:00 | Creston Museum, 219 Devon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G3, Canada
The forest industry has always been a huge part of the community – a way of dealing with the timber cleared off new farms, a source of building materials, a major employer and economic supporter. On May 18, we are opening a brand-new exhibit that showcases the impact logging and sawmills have had, and continue to have, in the Creston Valley.
Join us for a special ceremony, Curator’s Talk, and an opportunity to speak with people who have worked in the industry for years and contributed their stories to this exhibit.
Saturday, May 18, 1:00 PM
Free admission

Annual General Meeting 2019
2019-04-27 16:00 - 17:00 | Creston Museum, 219 Devon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G3, Canada
The 2019 Annual General Meeting of the Creston & District Historical & Museum Society will be held on Saturday, April 27, at 4:00 PM in the Carr Building at th eCreston Museum (219 Devon Street, Creston BC). All members and interested persons are invited to attend.
Agenda:

Call to Order / Adoption of Agenda
Approval of Minutes of 2018 AGM
President’s Report
Financial Report

Appointment of Auditors for 2020

Staff Reports

Manager
Program Co-ordinator

Business Arising from the Reports
Special Resolution – Amendments to Bylaws
Election of Board of Directors

Slate of Directors Pending

New Business

Life Membership Presentation

Adjournment

Special Resolution – Amendments to Bylaws:
Resolved that the Bylaws of the Creston & District Historical & Museum Society be amended as follows: (words being removed are struck out; words being added are shown in italics)
Part 2 – Members Paragraph 2.2 c): Patron Members shall be persons, businesses, or organizations who make a membership fee above the regular fee as determined by the Board. recognized for their distinguished service to or in support of the Society, or who are otherwise deemed worthy of the honour. The Society may, on the recommendation of the Board of Trustees (hereafter ‘Board’), grant an annual Active Membership to such persons as it may deem fit.
Part 2 – Members Paragraph 2.2 d): Life Membership may be conferred upon persons for distinguished service to the Society. Each proposal to enrol a person as Life Member for services rendered shall be submitted upon recommendation by the Board to the Annual General Meeting (hereafter ‘AGM’).
Part 3 – Meetings of Members Paragraph 3.1: The AGM shall be held on a day in the month of March or April each year, or as near thereto as circumstances permit, in accordance with the Act, as the Board determines.
(a) Notice of an AGM shall be deemed given to every Active Member if advertised, emailed, phoned or mailed at least thirty (30) days one (1) month prior to the AGM.
(b) Nominating Committee:
(i) At least two (2) months prior, the Board shall appoint a Nominating Committee of not less than three (3) members who shall be responsible for the preparation of a slate of Directors.
(ii) The slate of Directors will be presented at the regular Board meeting immediately preceding the AGM for approval by the Board.
(c) Auditor’s Externally Prepared Financial Report: The accountant’s report of the auditor or auditors shall be approved at the AGM or SGM. If rejected, another auditor must be elected and the audit submitted, either to a continuation of the meeting or to a SGM.
Part 3 – Meetings of Members Paragraph 3.2: At least fourteen (14) days Notice of any AGM, specifying the place, the date and hour of the meeting, and in the case of special business, shall be given to the members. The non-receipt of such nature by any member shall not invalidate the proceedings at any general meeting.

Make a Memory on Family Day
2019-02-18 12:15 - 15:45 | Creston & District Community Complex, 312-19th Avenue North, Creston, BC, Canada
Hey! Have you heard? The Creston Community Complex is planning a bunch of free stuff for Family Day: free skate, free snowshoe lessons, free swim. And the Creston Museum will be there with a very special project!
We’ll give you a piece of fabric and all the colours of markers you could wish for. Draw a picture of your favourite family memory on the fabric – and then we’ll put all the memories together into a very special quilt!
Leave us your email address or phone number, and we’ll make sure you get your very own invitation to see the finished quilt on display at the Creston Museum.
Everyone welcome. Free for all ages. All materials supplied (and special thanks to Quilts for Kids, who meet twice a month at the Creston Museum and will be assembling the final quilt).
Monday, February 18
12:15 – 3:45
Creston & District Community Complex
This event is supported by the Province of British Columbia.

Lumberjack Soldiers
2018-11-10 13:00 - 16:00 | Creston Museum, 219 Devon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G3, Canada
Lumberjack Soldiers: Creston’s Forestry Battalion
New Exhibit opens at the Creston Museum
Saturday, November 10
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Admission by Donation
Lumberjack Soldiers: Creston’s Forestry Battalion
It is early Spring, 1917.
The Great War has been raging in Europe for more than two years. Many of your friends, the boys you went to school with – even your brother – have enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force and even now are “doing their bit” in France.
But you have not.
You have your reasons for not enlisting. Maybe you’re too young (maybe you’re too old). Perhaps you’re the only man of the house now, with everyone else in the fighting. Or perhaps that childhood injury kept you from passing the medical examination. Maybe you’re just a little bit afraid.
Whatever your reasons, you are working hard here at home. Work is plentiful at the local sawmills, with demand for wood so high. Some days, you’re out in the woods, cutting logs and driving the teams of horses to haul them back to the sawmill. Other days you’re working in the mill, feeding the saws or hewing the ties.
But now, Conscription is looming. Within the year, you may be forced to enlist whether you want to or not. And then you see a notice posted at the mill: the government is looking for men just like you for a new type of soldier.
Today, you’re a lumberjack. Will you be a soldier tomorrow?
These are the stories of men who faced that choice.

In Time
2018-09-15 10:00 - 16:00 | Creston Museum, 219 Devon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G3, Canada
Join us for a day of interactive history theatre!
There are many people milling about the Creston Museum, and YOU are one of the lucky few who have been granted an audience with the one in charge. BUT: you have been given a task – a challenge – a mystery to solve – and it must be completed before your audience time or you will not enjoy the consequences. Will you have to clean the latrine? Crush the grapes individually? Clean the floor with a single blade of grass? Or will you be rewarded for your hard work?
The clock is ticking. The sand is slipping through the hourglass. Lives could be at stake; history could be changed. The whole world rests on your shoulders, and time is running out. Will you be in time?
Come on your own or with a group – solve the mystery on your own or challenge your friends!
Saturday, September 15. Expect to spend about an hour and a half at the Museum, completing your challenge and meeting the one in charge. A new challenge begins every fifteen minutes throughout the day from 10:00 to 4:00. Suitable for all ages.
$10 per person. Coming with a group? Book five or more people for just $50!
Tickets available at the door or by purchasing online below. Need more information or prefer to book in person? email crestonmuseum@telus.net, or call 250-428-9262.

Creston Valley Fall Fair
2018-09-07 14:00 - 2018-09-08 17:00 | Creston & District Community Complex, 312-19th Avenue North, Creston, BC, Canada
The 1921 Creston Valley Fall Fair
For as long as people have been growing fruit in Creston, they have been exhibiting it at fall fairs. As early as 1908, local growers competed very successfully in apple fairs or fall fairs in Nelson, Cranbrook, Kaslo, and Grand Forks, and even in Spokane and London. The prizes the local fruit won at those fairs helped boost the Creston Valley’s fame as an apple-growing district.
It was not long before local residents began thinking of establishing a fair of their own, and, by 1918, the Creston Valley Fall Fair that we know and love today had begun.
The Creston Museum is helping celebrate this 100th anniversary with a series of exhibits at the Creston Valley Fall Fair, September 7-8, 2018. It all takes place at the Fair itself, held at the Creston & District Community Complex.
Fall Fair admission applies. For more information about the Creston Valley Fall Fair, please visit www.crestonvalleyfair.com.

Evening in the Courtyard
2018-08-25 19:00 - 22:00 | Creston Museum, 219 Devon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G3, Canada
A crowd preparing for the classic movie at the Evening in the Courtyard
Bring a lawn chair or blanket (or both!) and join us at the Creston Museum for an evening of delicious food and drinks, music, and a classic film on our lovely patio and lawn. The food is all locally-sourced – fruits and vegetables, meats and cheeses, eggs, pickles, breads, and more (it’s all appetiser-style, but nobody has ever gone home hungry!). Drinks include local wines, beer, and non-alcoholic juices and ciders. This year’s feature film has yet to be determined, but in the past we’ve enjoyed Katherine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, and Ma and Pa Kettle.
Saturday, August 25. Social hour starts at 7:00; movie starts approximately 8:00 (or whenever it gets dark enough).
Ages 19+ only. Limited tickets available!
This is an outdoor evening event – please dress accordingly, and consider bringing a flashlight.
$30 per person, includes your first drink ($25 for members)

Afternoon Tea
2018-08-11 13:00 - 16:00 | Creston Museum, 219 Devon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G3, Canada
So often, we talk about the “firsts” in the community’s history – but what about the “lasts?”
The last passenger service on the railway through the Creston Valley. The last run of the last steamship on Kootenay Lake. The last telephone party line. The last performance of the Carpe Diem theatre group.
The last Afternoon Tea at the Creston Museum.
Yes, that’s right – after twenty years, the curtain is falling on the Creston Museum’s annual Afternoon Tea.
Join us as we celebrate this and other historic “lasts” in the Creston Valley.
Saturday, August 11, 2018. Seatings at 1:00 and 2:30. Reservations are highly recommended: call 250-428-9262, email crestonmuseum@telus.net, or buy tickets online below.
$12 per person ($10 per person for members).

Table availability, as of 3:00 PM Thursday:
1:00 PM – One table for four available.
2:30 PM: Three tables for four and one table for eight available, plus a couple seats here and there.

Interested in coming in costume?
We suggest period attire from any time in history…
or get creative and come dressed to represent a “Last” in Local History!
Here are some ideas to get you started:

The last voyage of the sternwheeler SS Ainsworth was on November 29, 1898 – she sank in a storm on Kootenay Lake en route from Nelson to Creston.
The last local casualty of the First World War was Russell Leamy, who died in 1929 as a direct result of wounds to the chest he received in France.
The last day of operations for the original electrical power plant in Creston, located on Victoria Avenue (now 10th Avenue North), was December 31, 1933; the following afternoon, the power dam on Goat River in Canyon went into operation.
The last (and first, for that matter) time the Harlem Globetrotters played in Creston was December 31, 1938 – though there have been several visits since from the Harlem Clowns and similar spin-off groups.
The last class to graduate from Creston Valley Junior-Senior High School (present-day Adam Robertson Elementary School) did so on June 27, 1951.
The last day on which a siren signaled the curfew was January 13, 1956; from then on, a siren sounding in Creston would mean fire – the direct result of recommendations made by Acting Fire Marshal G.A. Alderson after the fire that destroyed the Crawford Block on Canyon Street on the previous New Year’s Eve.
The last run of the SS Moyie, the last sternwheeler operating on Kootenay Lake (or anywhere else in North America, for that matter), took place in April 1957.
The last day of operations for the local telephone switchboard office was in 1957; after that, everyone enjoyed direct dial telephone service.
The last show at the Grand Theatre was “The Man from Colorado,” which ran September 29-October 1, 1960.
The last passenger service on the CPR trains through the Creston Valley was in 1964.
The last event held in the old Civic Centre before it burned was a Hallowe’en bonspiel hosted by the Creston Curling Club over the weekend of October 31-November 3, 1968.
The last time Creston won a division title in the KIJHL was in 1977-1978; however, the Creston Clippers were defeated by the Castlegar rebels for the League championship.
The last year that the downtown grain elevators operated as public grain handlers was in 1982; by then, only the Alberta Wheat Pool elevator was still opened, the United grain growers elevator having been shut down in 1971.
The last run of the West Creston ferry was made on October 31, 1973.
The last full performance of Carpe Diem theatre group (that I could find) was “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” presented in 1999, though they did take part in InterArt 2000 in the summer of 2000 with a series of short skits.
The last class at Wynndel Elementary School was held in June 2008.

Pioneer Week (Ages 5-8)
2018-07-30 10:00 - 2018-08-03 14:00 | Creston Museum, 219 Devon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G3, Canada
Pioneer Week at the Creston Museum
We’ve taken all our best and most popular pioneer activities and rolled them into a jam-packed week of hands-on, interactive fun. On Monday, you might try your hand at some pioneer chores like doing laundry with an old scrub board and a big bucket of water. On Tuesday, maybe it’ll be baking, or a lesson in the schoolhouse, or… It’s a different theme every day for a whole week!
Monday through Friday, July 30-August 3, 10:00 – 2:00 each day.
Ages 5-8 (Got older kids? We have a similar program for them earlier in July!)
Bring a lunch, snacks, and water bottle. Many activities are outdoors, so please dress accordingly; hats and sunscreen are recommended.
$60 for the full week ($50 members). Maximum ten participants; advance booking is recommended. Complete the form below to register via PayPal or contact us: 250-428-9262 or crestonmuseum@telus.net. $15 per day drop-in may be available if space allows; call us up to 24 hours in advance to confirm space availability.

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Pioneer Week (Ages 8-12)
2018-07-09 10:00 - 2018-07-13 14:00 | Creston Museum, 219 Devon Street, Creston, British Columbia, V0B 1G3, Canada
Pioneer Week at the Creston Museum
We’ve taken all our best and most popular pioneer activities and rolled them into a jam-packed week of hands-on, interactive fun. On Monday, you might try your hand at some pioneer chores like doing laundry with an old scrub board and a big bucket of water. On Tuesday, maybe it’ll be baking, or a lesson in the schoolhouse, or… It’s a different theme every day for a whole week!
Monday through Friday, July 9-13, 10:00 – 2:00 each day.
Ages 8-12 (Got younger kids? We have a similar program for them at the end of the month!)
Bring a lunch, snacks, and water bottle. Many activities are outdoors, so please dress accordingly; hats and sunscreen are recommended.
$60 for the full week ($50 members). Maximum ten participants; advance booking is recommended. Complete the form below to register via PayPal or contact us: 250-428-9262 or crestonmuseum@telus.net. $15 per day drop-in may be available if space allows; call us up to 24 hours in advance to confirm space availability.

Pioneer Camp Registration
Pioneer Camp Registration

Your Name
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Age
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Please let us know if there are any medical or physical restrictions we should be aware of (allergies, asthma, etc)

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I acknowledge that certain RISKS OF INJURY are inherent to participating in these activities.

I hereby waive, release and hold harmless the Creston & District Historical & Museum Society, its officers, staff, and volunteers for any injury that may be suffered by my child in the normal course of participation in the activities.
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Canada Day
2018-07-01 11:00 - 14:00 | Canyon Park, 4725 Samuelson Road, Creston, BC, Canada
There’s a whole slate of events happening at Canyon Park for Canada Day – and the Creston Museum is part of it! We’ll be bringing a couple of hands-on games and activities for you to try, and also making old-fashioned ice cream for you to try.
Canyon Park, Sunday July 1, approximately 11:00 – 2:00.
Admission is free
