Today I would like to use this opportunity to promote a new event here at the Archives. Starting this year we have been having free behind-the-scenes tours of the Chilliwack Archives. The free tours are open to everyone and take place on the last Friday of the month. Hint, May 25th for this month. Each tour runs between 45 minutes to an hour.

Archivist Tristan Evans is pleased with the new sandwich board sign. Photo credit: Adrienne Rempel [February 6, 2018]
Below is all the information you need:
Price: FREE!!!
Where: Evergreen Hall, Chilliwack Archives, 9291 Corbould Street, Chilliwack, BC V2P 4A6
When: Last Friday of every month at 3:00 PM
Reservation: Not required! All you need to do is stop by the Archives at 3:00 PM
“I don’t always go on free tours, but when I do, it’s to visit the Chilliwack Archives”
-World’s Most Interesting Man

Archive Door protecting the secrets of the archive stacks. Photo credit: Tristan Evans [May 16, 2018]
Are you sold yet? If not, here are a couple comments I’ve heard after our first three tours:

Newspapers… Boxes and boxes of newspapers. Photo credit: Tristan Evans [May 16, 2018]
“Good Tour”
“Great Tour”
“I really enjoyed that, thank you”
“Oh wow! That was the greatest tour I have ever had in my entire life. It totally changed my life. Nothing can ever top this”
Okay… Maybe I slightly misquoted that last one and perhaps exaggerated a little bit. In all seriousness though, these tours are great. I really hope to keep them going and they are something that very few institutions offer. Generally speaking, the public is forbidden to go behind-the-scenes of an archive. These tours tear down those restrictions. They make my job less of a mystery to you, the public, and they are a perfect opportunity for you to ask questions you may have about our collections or general Chilliwack community history. I really hope to see you on May 25th or any other last Friday of the month.
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