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6. Winning Google

Creston Museum May 7, 2023 Behind The Scenes, News & Articles, Twenty-Five Years at the Creston Museum Leave a Comment

Okay, so yesterday I told you about how a little article on Creston’s wacky time zone gets my phone ringing every time someone, anywhere, does something with their own time zone. That’s fun. But the real highlight of the job …

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5. Being the Local Expert on the Time Zone

Creston Museum May 6, 2023 Behind The Scenes, News & Articles, Twenty-Five Years at the Creston Museum Leave a Comment

Speaking of crazy stories, the one that crops up most often is the local time zone. Back in about 2009, a newly elected Town Councilor announced that she was going to ”fix” Creston’s time zone. Within what felt like about …

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4. …and Occasionally Making Them Up

Creston Museum May 5, 2023 Behind The Scenes, News & Articles, Twenty-Five Years at the Creston Museum Leave a Comment

I talked yesterday about some of the crazy stories in local history, and how telling them is always a highlight of the job. With such material to work with, why would I ever feel I need to make something up? …

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3. …Telling the Crazy Stories…

Creston Museum May 4, 2023 Behind The Scenes, News & Articles, Twenty-Five Years at the Creston Museum Leave a Comment

Yesterday, I mentioned that confirming the crazy stories that abound in local history has been one of the highlights of my work here. Well, telling the crazy stories is also pretty high on the list. There are so many to …

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2. Confirming the Crazy Stories…

Creston Museum May 3, 2023 Behind The Scenes, News & Articles, Twenty-Five Years at the Creston Museum Leave a Comment

Local history is full of crazy stories (more on those tomorrow). Inevitably, when I hear one, I try to confirm it. That’s not always easy to do, and most often we need to be satisfied with either a little hint …

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1. Driving the Old Stuff

Creston Museum May 2, 2023 1947 Maple Leaf Truck, Behind The Scenes, News & Articles, Twenty-Five Years at the Creston Museum Leave a Comment

Top of the list of highlights from twenty-five years in a community museum has got to be driving the old stuff! I’ve driven both Gibson (a 1947-ish Gibson tractor) and Critter (our 1954 Massey-Harris Pacer) in the Blossom Festival parade, …

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Twenty-Five Years at the Creston Museum

Creston Museum May 1, 2023 Behind The Scenes, News & Articles, Twenty-Five Years at the Creston Museum Leave a Comment

It’s hard to believe I’ve been working at the Creston Museum for twenty-five years now – but my first day of work was 1 May 1998, so I guess I have. The time has just flown past! Every now and …

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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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Looging arch assembled

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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