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We Have Shelves!

Creston Museum January 21, 2023 Behind The Scenes, News & Articles, What We're Up To Now Leave a Comment

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 …

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Exciting news! (About Shelves…)

Creston Museum October 29, 2022 Behind The Scenes, What We're Up To Now Leave a Comment

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 …

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Big Wheels – together again!

Creston Museum February 19, 2022 Behind The Scenes, Heritage Week, Logging Arch, News & Articles, What We're Up To Now Leave a Comment

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 …

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Museum Internship, Anyone?

Creston Museum November 23, 2021 Behind The Scenes, News & Articles, What We're Up To Now Leave a Comment

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 …

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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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