It’s that time of year again! Tonight is our annual celebration to honour our wonderful volunteers. Without them, so many of the amazing things we do here at the Creston Museum truly wouldn’t be possible. Did you know that we …
Sustainable Agriculture
What is it anyway? To be honest, I didn’t really know what sustainability truly meant, or how I could contribute to it as a non-grower (of anything other than too many houseplants). I’m still figuring it out, but from what …
What’s in an outfit?
Hello everyone, and happy first day back at work after the long weekend! It’s Alyson again – your friendly Research Curator, and I am THRILLED to be sharing some exciting news with you today. Remember back in May when I …
10 Things I have learned about gardening this year (as a non-gardener.)
A couple of my friends have posted just recently on their social media being somewhere and noticing some leaves changing colour and falling already. Not much of a surprise, given the super extra odd year we have had, what with …
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 …
A New (Old) Face
I guess it’s high time I introduced myself – hello world! I’m Alyson, the Creston Museum’s co-op student whose face you will be seeing around here until Christmastime. Now some of you might recognize me, which makes total sense because …
Love what you do, you’ll never work a day…
And we’re pretty good at making that happen too. THE STUDENTS ARE HERE! THE STUDENTS ARE HERE! Generally something like what you’ll hear Tammy and I yattering on about around the beginning of May when our college and university students …
On growing flowers and knowledge
Well, I suppose it’s a good thing productivity around here is subjective… Hello again! It’s been a little while since you all have heard from me! I’ve been busy, we had record numbers of schools in through the 2018 season, …
Spanish Influenza in the Creston Valley
On 25 November 1918, Gertrude Knott, of Canyon City, died at Nelson of Spanish influenza. A recently-graduated nurse, she had been working at the hospital in Nelson when the epidemic began, and fell ill with it herself about 21 …
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 …