Guest blog by Lena Yacyshen, Classroom-in-Residence Coordinator In December we posted a blog about a new education project we would be launching in the spring. Now that the Classroom in... read more →
This past Saturday the museum welcomed a group of inspired writers to join Heather Ramsay in an exploration of what it’s like to live in Chilliwack. "It is always incredible... read more →
Guest Blog by Heather Ramsay I’ve always been intrigued by the number of different stories that evolve out of one place. Heather on Elk Mountain overlooking... read more →
Over the last half year I have been working on a third Local History Kit for teachers to use in the classroom. Last spring I worked with our team of... read more →
If you’ve been to the museum in the last month or so you may have noticed a new face around the office. Lena Yacyshen has joined us as our Classroom... read more →
“[The students] loved that the museum came to them,” commented a teacher who recently rented our newest local history kit, Community of Villages, which contains primary source reproductions from our archives.... read more →
It seems like the school year just ended and we were getting ready for our summer programming only days ago, but here we are again with another year of school... read more →
By Kelsey Ablitt, Education Assistant Once again, I find myself shocked that the summer is... read more →
And now for something completely different! One of the things I most love about running summer family drop-ins is the flexibility they offer visiting families. It’s interesting watching a simple... read more →
This past weekend we were at Cultus Lake for our first summer outreach event. We had a great time sharing information about the museum and archives, chatting about Cultus Lake... read more →