“Sarah Ellen Dow, one of our remarkable pioneering ladies, gets talked about a lot – but always in terms of what she saw, what she witnessed happening in the community as it grew up around here, never in terms of …
An Amazing Community
Yesterday, the Kootenay Milk Producers hosted a tractor parade to show support for the isolated seniors in the community’s care homes and for the front-line workers. It was a pretty cool thing to see! They came up Cavell Street from …
Caption This!
Okay, so we’ve been asking you to do lots of things lately – tell us your best Quarantales, consider some pretty profound questions, keep a diary, grow a beard…. Here’s a collection of some of the photos we have in …
Profound Questions
These past few days, we’ve been talking a bit about self-isolation and how it’s impacted us. One thing I think we can all agree on is: we’re probably all getting a little bored. Which might explain why I’ve been seeing …
Quarantales
(I’m totally borrowing that word from a colleague in another museum!) What’s a Quarantale? Well, it could be anything. An actual tale – a story you’ve made up about the past couple of months in isolation. A diary you’ve been …
Our Favourite Things
Today’s the day – the Creston Museum reopens to the public! We know you’re looking for something to do, and for ways to reconnect with the community you’ve been isolated from for so long, and we’re on a mission to …
Modern Collections
While we’re on the subject of museum collections, let’s talk for a minute about one of the biggest conundrums museums face: collecting modern stuff. Especially technology. When we accept donations of objects, we try to focus on things that were …
A Question of Collecting
It’s International Museums Day! What does a museum do on International Museums Day? Well, in our case – and I’m sure it’s the same for a lot of museums around the world – we are getting ready to open the …
Blossom Fest, Day 2
Today, in hopes of helping cope with the disappointment of no Blossom Festival, we bring you an assortment of events! Unfortunately, film footage and photographs of events other than the parade are a little scarce, but we’ve found some! Let’s …
Parade Day!
It’s May long weekend, which normally means – Blossom Fest! And today is Saturday of the May long weekend, which normally means – Blossom Fest Parade! That’s not going to happen in real life – so we’ve combed through all …