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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Behind The Scenes”

Is It History?

Creston Museum March 21, 2021 Behind The Scenes, Daily Dose of History, News & Articles Leave a Comment

Imagine you have received this letter: Yes, this is an actual letter, dated 18 June 1947, written by the Creston Valley Hospital Board and published in the Creston Review. Now, when you read “your people,” envision whatever category of people …

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Working With Community

Creston Museum February 27, 2021 Behind The Scenes, News & Articles, What We're Up To Now Leave a Comment

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 …

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Logging Arch Update!

Creston Museum February 26, 2021 Behind The Scenes, Logging Arch, News & Articles Leave a Comment

Several months ago, we told you about an exciting project to rebuild this magnificent horse-drawn log skidder – thanks to funding from Columbia Basin Trust, Creston Community Forest, Wynnwood Canfor, and many generous local residents. We took it apart… …and …

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Archives Shelving Project

Creston Museum November 30, 2020 Behind The Scenes, News & Articles, What We're Up To Now Leave a Comment

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 …

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It’s almost Hiring Season!

Creston Museum February 22, 2017 Behind The Scenes, News & Articles, What We're Up To Now Leave a Comment

I really can’t believe just how fast time flies! I’m getting a little bit of a jump on this one because, well, I am a *cough* bit… of a procrastinator…when it comes to motivation to write sometimes, and there is …

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THE SIDEBOARD EPIC

Creston Museum August 3, 2016 Behind The Scenes, News & Articles, What We're Up To Now Leave a Comment

Hey! last time, I wrote about about our little run with restoring everything in sight. It started with a cash register, and then evolved to a beautiful old handcrafted sideboard that was donated by a local family. Also, last time, …

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Restoring the faith…actually restoring the artifact…(it’s all in a days work)

Creston Museum March 30, 2016 Behind The Scenes, News & Articles, What We're Up To Now Leave a Comment

Before I get started on this post, I am going to pre-apologize for the potentially extravagant energy that may erupt from your internet accessing device. This post is all about restoring things. To many, old stuff is just that. Old …

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The Saga Continues…

Creston Museum November 21, 2015 Behind The Scenes, News & Articles Leave a Comment

Just in case you missed our first adventure, we tackled typewriters as the inaugural de-cluttering category. Next on the hit list…. … … …CASH REGISTERS!!! (and adding machines) {and copy machines} Although we didn’t have them in the sheer numbers …

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How many types could a typewriter type…

Creston Museum November 12, 2015 Behind The Scenes, News & Articles Leave a Comment

This winter we are continuing with our theme of ravenously and un-mercilessly  PURGING our collections to weed out all of the completely useless (to us) stuff that has somehow accumulated there over the last however many years. Kind of like the …

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**UPDATE!** Yet Another New Addition

Creston Museum July 6, 2015 Behind The Scenes, News & Articles Leave a Comment

Do you remember the homestead project we are currently working on? (click HERE if you aren’t up on the latest happenings at The Creston Museum in regards to the Homestead) It’s coming along sooooo great!! Still have a fair bit …

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