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 …
Museum Internship, Anyone?
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 …
Is It History?
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 …
Working With Community
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 …
Logging Arch Update!
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 …
Archives Shelving Project
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 …
It’s almost Hiring Season!
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 …
THE SIDEBOARD EPIC
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, …
Restoring the faith…actually restoring the artifact…(it’s all in a days work)
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 …
The Saga Continues…
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 …