With the COVID-19 pandemic constantly evolving, life is shifting rapidly these days. As borders close, facilities shutter and services reduce in the community, an eerie feeling can be felt over... read more →
My favourite blog to write is the Volunteer Spotlight blog. During Volunteer Spotlight we highlight one volunteer so that you, the reader, can get a sneak peak into all the... read more →
Recently the City announced plans to rename the Prospera Centre the Chilliwack Coliseum. For new residents of Chilliwack, this announcement may mean very little. However, long-term residents of Chilliwack will... read more →
By Jordan Sheffield, Archives Summer Student Working in the Chilliwack Museum and Archives this summer has been a fantastic experience, full of interesting challenges, and learning opportunities. This cannot be... read more →
When you work with archival records five days a week your mind sometimes skews timelines and it’s hard to consider what is truly ‘long ago.’ Only recently have we started... read more →
Are you curious to know what Chilliwack looked like in the 1980s? Ask our volunteer Ev Parker who is currently processing a large collection of street photographs from the 1980s. ... read more →
Have you ever wondered how one archivist, one curator, and one archives technician have managed to describe and make available online 3,884 archival records, 1,169 library records, 9,880 object descriptions,... read more →
We all know the conference stereotype. You sit through a boring lecture pretending to listen while you patiently wait to cash in those conference drinks at the hotel bar. To... read more →
Perhaps you noticed that the Museum was closed this past Tuesday and Wednesday while Chilliwackians hunkered down during our most recent snow storm. If you have friends and family from... read more →
On New Year’s Day, the Chilliwack Progress predicted, “the year 1908 holds out great prospects for this little Valley... The expectations for this incoming year are great, the prospects greater,... read more →