This year Pemberton is turning 160 years old as a place name on European Maps - it was 160 years ago that gold brought 30,000 gold-rushers through this region, en route the Harrison-Lillooet gold rush trail. To honor this the museum has been putting out a series of Throwback Thursday blogs. This post about the … Continue reading Pemberton Museum recalls the earliest schools
Over the next two years the Pemberton & District Museum and Archives will be trying to complete their pioneer village, fundraising to bring the Pemberton Station School and the John Arn Cabin to the site by 2020. Tickets for the School House Stomp, a bluegrass and corn roast dinner, are $40 each. The Pemberton Station … Continue reading Pemberton & District Museum fundraises to add two pioneer buildings, with September 8 Schoolhouse Stomp
History is not for old people. It's a reminder that stories have a way of coming around, again and again. That within each of us is our 7 year old self, our teenage self, our mid-life self, our grey-haired self - some are leading the charge, some are in the background, some are waiting for … Continue reading Tea and Tales seeks volunteers, 11 years old and up, to help serve stories and snacks on Tuesdays
The Pemberton & District Museum's summer Tea and Tales starts July 11. You can find the program in the Museum's latest newsletter, which also contains an introduction to this year's crop of summer students, a collection of Canada Day photos from the archives, as well as news about the Museum's new access path, and capital … Continue reading News from the Museum
The Pemberton & District Museum has a plan, to create a trove of memories and tales and jokes and funny sayings, from around these parts, as a way to commemorate the 150th year of confederation. I personally feel a bit conflicted about the whole Canada 150 years anniversary - especially if it's just a billed … Continue reading Got a tale to tell? The Museum needs 150 of ’em
Get your spook on at the Museum on Saturday, 31st October, from noon until 3, for Halloween Fun at the Museum. Wear your costumes, check out the spooky school house, enjoy a hot dog and marshmellow roast, and help shut down the Museum for the season. Bring your carved pumpkin to enter into the Jack … Continue reading Halloween Celebrations signal the end of the Museum’s season, Saturday Oct 31, 12 – 3
from the Museum's blog: On August 11th, 2015 we had Randy Bouchard, Dorothy Kennedy and Johnny Jones at the Museum. Randy Bouchard, Dorothy Kennedy and Johnny Jones' presented on the Lil'wat Nation's first trails. One of the themes in the museum’s collection mandate is “Those who were here first” and to provide accurate information about … Continue reading Those who were here first: New exhibit at the Museum features First Trails of the Lil’wat Nation
I have a thing with strawberries. Sweet little fruit, they've been teaching me how to reframe what's "urgent" for the last few years. Strawberries in season? Drop everything! Get picking! Make jam! Fill freezer! Don't procrastinate! And who can resist a community event with the tagline: Eat Your Dessert Before Your Dinner. The Pemberton Women's … Continue reading Event: WI Strawberry Tea, June 24
The Pemberton Museum has just completed a massive digitisation project, making the treasures of their Equipment Collection available online. We asked them to tell us about the oldest, weirdest and most popular artifact in the Museum. Check out the full Q+A with Curator Niki Madigan and President George Henry at Choose Pemberton. What is the … Continue reading Museum: Surf the Past Online
There's obviously an affinity between our fire-fightin' guys in red and the Big Guy in the Red Suit... This Saturday, Pemberton Fire Department revive a tradition that last took place in 2006, of bringing Santa to the Museum - delivering him in the fire truck, in order to give the reindeer a rest before their … Continue reading Event: Santa at the Museum, Sat 21st Dec
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