If you’ve visited the museum over the last few years, you’ve likely noticed various mini “exhibits” on the hallway between the two galleries. Over the past few years the hallway... read more →
Guest Blog by Education Assistant Abbie Murphy This past summer I had the pleasure... read more →
Last fall while attending the University of the Fraser Valley, I took a directed studies course with history professor Scott Sheffield. The purpose of my directed studies was to create... read more →
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 →
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 →
This past year has been jam packed with Education and Engagement projects. We’ve taken the museum out to events like Canada Day and Party in the Park and updated our... read more →
I have been working on developing local history resources with an amazing team of SD33 teachers this past year. I am excited to announce that our first kit on Chilliwack’s... read more →