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Revelstoke Museum and Archives
Revelstoke (Colombie-Britannique) Région touristique : Thompson/Okanagan
The Revelstoke Museum and Archives is located in the heritage Post Office and Customs building, built in 1926. The site for this building was chosen in 1911 by Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier during a visit to Revelstoke, in order to satisfy the citizens of both the "upper" and "lower" towns. The post office building, which has housed the Revelstoke Museum and Archives since 1974, is now part of the revitalized downtown core, where the restored heritage buildings proudly proclaim our past. Revelstoke Museum and Archives has two floors of exhibit space and an archives and research room. The collection consists of artifacts and archives from Revelstoke and district and showcase our exciting history from the early days of exploration; the gold rush and subsequent mining; the coming of the Canadian Pacific Railway; the development of the city and the many activities and events that occured here, including Revelstoke's glory days as a Ski-jumping mecca. Children's activities are available throughout the museum, including scavenger hunts, matching games, puppet theatre, colouring sheets, etc. A new Heritage Garden, opened in 2004 on the lot adjacent to the Museum showcases the agricultural history of this region and provides a pleasant spot for a picnic.
Activités
The collection is primarily from our collection area which includes the areas north to Boat Encampment, west to Sicamous, south to Trout Lake and east to Donald. It covers the period from the Big Bend Gold Rush of 1865 to the present. Among our more unique artifacts are a blaze cut from a cedar tree relating to the travels of the S.S. Forty-Nine on the Columbia River during 1865 and 1866, and a fur press built in 1911 to handle the local fur market. Displays are changed at least annually and reflect various aspects of local history and development.
Nombre d'objets ou spécimens dans la collection : 10,000
Archives
The Archives is also related to our local collections area, and consists of records of many local organizations, including the Revelstoke Hospital Society, and many lodges and clubs. Our most significant collection is the Canadian Pacific Railway - Revelstoke Division fonds which comprises accident reports from 1909 - 1936 as well as correspondence and payroll ledgers. The archives and research room has recently been relocated on the second floor of the Museum & Archives building with expanded research facilities.
Documents architecturaux • Documents cartographiques • Estampes et dessins • Manuscrits • Microformes • Films et vidéos • Photographies • Enregistrements sonores • Documents textuels
• Autre : Tax rolls from the City of Revelstoke 1900 to 1951; 1964 to 1979.
Arts décoratifs
Decorative Arts collection consists of several pieces of furniture, clothing and other artifacts. Significant in this collection are several musical instruments used by members of early local bands, including a helicon brought over from Italy around the turn of the century.
Céramique, porcelaine ou poterie • Costumes • Meubles ou mobilier • Instruments de musique • Textiles ou tapisseries
Beaux-arts
Our Fine Arts collection is small and consists mostly of paintings and photography by early local artists.
Culture: Asiatique • Canadienne : Autochtone ou Premières Nations • Européenne
Médium : Peintures • Photographies
Histoire humaine
The majority of our collection reflects human history, particularly the development of Revelstoke and district. Many artifacts, especially relating to agriculture and animal husbandry, were collected from the farming area south of Revelstoke which was flooded when the Hugh Keenleyside Dam at Castlegar was completed in the 1960s.
Agriculture • Horloges ou instruments qui marquent le temps • Équipement de communication • Costumes et accessoires • Électricité • Foresterie • Meubles ou mobilier • Objets et technologie domestique • Technologie et histoire industrielles • Manuscrits • Cartes, tableaux, plans ou bleus • Médailles • Histoire et technologie médicales • Souvenirs • Histoire et technologie militaires • Instruments de musique • Histoire orale • Arts de la scène • Objets religieux ou liturgiques • Équipement de sports • Jeux et jouets • Transport : Maritime : Ferroviaire • Histoire locale • Armes et armements
Sciences naturelles
We have a small natural history collection consisting of a stuffed grizzly cub, and several stuffed birds, all local. We also have several butterfly and insect specimens, most collected in the 1920s and used by a local schoolteacher. We have a small mineral and rock collection.
Collections biologiques ou plantes et animaux : Zoologie : Invertébrés, Insectes (Insecta), Araignées (Arachnides) : Vertébrés, Oiseaux (Aves), Mammifères (Mammalia) • Sciences de la Terre et collections géologiques : Carottes de forage : Minéraux : Pierres
Services
Group Museum Tours; Downtown Walking Tours; Cemetery Tours; Summer Children's Program; Fall & Winter Interpretive Talks; Twice-weekly history program for tourists; Youth and school tours; seniors tours; step-on bus tour interpretation; in-house and other venue lectures and presentations; small traveling exhibits for business or organizations.
Services de recherche
Genealogical research; Photograph reproduction services; research done by museum staff on request
Dossiers d'archives • Films • Recherche généalogique • Centre d'information • Bibliothèque • Vidéothèque • Diapothèque
• Autre : Property research done using city tax rolls; Local newspapers available on microfilm; Canadian Pacific Railway Divisional Records; Photographs identified by subject and names; Oral Histories; Maps and Plans
Programmes éducatifs
School programs offered with curriculum related activities; Weekly Summer Heritage Explorer's Program for Children ages 4 to 12; Bi-weekly lunch hour talks from September to June: "Brown Bag History"; Downtown Walking Tours and Cemetery Tours scheduled throughout the summer; Talks, programs and presentations on request.
Programmes pour les écoles : 0-4 ans (Préscolaire) : 5-11 ans (Maternelle à 6e année) : 12-17 ans 7e à 13e années (Québec : Secondaire 1 à CEGEP) : 18 ans et plus (Postsecondaire) • Programmes pour les aînés • Programmes pour la famille • Cours ou ateliers • Causeries
• Autre : Other programs offered on request, including step-on bus tour interpretation; special programs for English as a Second Language and International Language School classes.
Services aux visiteurs
We are wheelchair accessible to the first floor of the museum; Picnic and rest area available in the Heritage Garden; Washrooms available; History of Revelstoke brochure available free; exhibit brochures available free; Children's activities; Visitor information provided on request.
Film et vidéo • Près des transports en commun • Activités et services pour jeunes : Terrain de jeu • Centre d'information • Location de salles de réunion • Sentiers d'interprétation de la nature ou jardins • Stationnement : Gratuit • Boutique • Aménagement pour besoins spéciaux : Stationnement : Toilettes : Accessible aux fauteuils roulants • Toilettes
Services de bénévoles
Services de bénévoles offerts • Formation aux bénévoles offerte
Nombre de bénévoles : 12
Tâches : Reference library filing
Research
Docents
Fundraising
Maintenance of Heritage Garden
Artefact Accessioning
Avantages d'adhésion
Income tax receipt
Recognition on newsletters and in museum
Invitations to museum events
Quarterly newsletter
Services de restauration
We do not provide food on site but there is a picnic area available outside.
Aire de pique-niques
Services Internet
Renseignements généraux •
Liens touristiques locaux
Attractions locales •
Renseignements supplémentaires sur nos services
Publications et produits
Revelstoke - History & Heritage by Ruby M. Nobbs: published history of Revelstoke & district - 302 pages - 360 photographs: available now.
Purchase price: $30.00
Free brochures on General Revelstoke History; Breweries in Revelstoke; Pioneer Women of Revelstoke; Drowned Towns of the Columbia River; Ski History of Revelstoke. Other brochures are occasionally produced in conjunction with specific displays and programs.
Cartes postales • Bulletins d'information • Brochures • Livres • T-shirts, sweatshirts ou casquettes • Autre : heritage walking tour guide
Heures d'ouverture et droits d'entrée
Période : Toute l'année
Ouvert : September to June 15: 1-4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday or by appointment
June 15 to Labor Day: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday to Saturday; Open til 7 p.m. Fridays; Sunday: open 1 to 4:30 p.m. Summer Statutory Holidays: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Fermé : closed Statutory holidays in Fall, Winter and Spring.
Droits d'entrée : Payante
Adults: $4.00; Seniors and Students: $3.00; Youth (7 - 15) $2;
Under 7 free. Family: $12.00
Rabais : Aînés • Étudiants • Groupes • Membres de l'AMC
Adresse
Revelstoke Museum and Archives
315 First Street West, Revelstoke (Colombie-Britannique)
V0E 2S0
Téléphone : 250-837-3067
Télécopieur : 250-837-3094
Courriel : revelstokemuseum@telus.net
Adresse postale :
Revelstoke Museum and Archives
P.O. Box 1908, Revelstoke (Colombie-Britannique)
V0E 2S0
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Activités
Brown Bag History, 20 septembre 2006 au 06 juin 2007, Causerie
Hogmanay New Year's Open House, 30 décembre 2006 au 30 décembre 2006,
Renseignements sur les collections
The collection is primarily from our collection area which includes the areas north to Boat Encampment, west to Sicamous, south to Trout Lake and east to Donald. It covers the period from the Big Bend Gold Rush of 1865 to the present. Among our more unique artifacts are a blaze cut from a cedar tree relating to the travels of the S.S. Forty-Nine on the Columbia River during 1865 and 1866, and a fur press built in 1911 to handle the local fur market. Displays are changed at least annually and reflect various aspects of local history and development.
Nombre d'objets ou spécimens dans la collection : 10,000
Archives
The Archives is also related to our local collections area, and consists of records of many local organizations, including the Revelstoke Hospital Society, and many lodges and clubs. Our most significant collection is the Canadian Pacific Railway - Revelstoke Division fonds which comprises accident reports from 1909 - 1936 as well as correspondence and payroll ledgers. The archives and research room has recently been relocated on the second floor of the Museum & Archives building with expanded research facilities.
Documents architecturaux • Documents cartographiques • Estampes et dessins • Manuscrits • Microformes • Films et vidéos • Photographies • Enregistrements sonores • Documents textuels
• Autre : Tax rolls from the City of Revelstoke 1900 to 1951; 1964 to 1979.
Arts décoratifs
Decorative Arts collection consists of several pieces of furniture, clothing and other artifacts. Significant in this collection are several musical instruments used by members of early local bands, including a helicon brought over from Italy around the turn of the century.
Céramique, porcelaine ou poterie • Costumes • Meubles ou mobilier • Instruments de musique • Textiles ou tapisseries
Beaux-arts
Our Fine Arts collection is small and consists mostly of paintings and photography by early local artists.
Culture: Asiatique • Canadienne : Autochtone ou Premières Nations • Européenne
Médium : Peintures • Photographies
Histoire humaine
The majority of our collection reflects human history, particularly the development of Revelstoke and district. Many artifacts, especially relating to agriculture and animal husbandry, were collected from the farming area south of Revelstoke which was flooded when the Hugh Keenleyside Dam at Castlegar was completed in the 1960s.
Agriculture • Horloges ou instruments qui marquent le temps • Équipement de communication • Costumes et accessoires • Électricité • Foresterie • Meubles ou mobilier • Objets et technologie domestique • Technologie et histoire industrielles • Manuscrits • Cartes, tableaux, plans ou bleus • Médailles • Histoire et technologie médicales • Souvenirs • Histoire et technologie militaires • Instruments de musique • Histoire orale • Arts de la scène • Objets religieux ou liturgiques • Équipement de sports • Jeux et jouets • Transport : Maritime : Ferroviaire • Histoire locale • Armes et armements
Sciences naturelles
We have a small natural history collection consisting of a stuffed grizzly cub, and several stuffed birds, all local. We also have several butterfly and insect specimens, most collected in the 1920s and used by a local schoolteacher. We have a small mineral and rock collection.
Collections biologiques ou plantes et animaux : Zoologie : Invertébrés, Insectes (Insecta), Araignées (Arachnides) : Vertébrés, Oiseaux (Aves), Mammifères (Mammalia) • Sciences de la Terre et collections géologiques : Carottes de forage : Minéraux : Pierres
Services
Group Museum Tours; Downtown Walking Tours; Cemetery Tours; Summer Children's Program; Fall & Winter Interpretive Talks; Twice-weekly history program for tourists; Youth and school tours; seniors tours; step-on bus tour interpretation; in-house and other venue lectures and presentations; small traveling exhibits for business or organizations.
Services de recherche
Genealogical research; Photograph reproduction services; research done by museum staff on request
Dossiers d'archives • Films • Recherche généalogique • Centre d'information • Bibliothèque • Vidéothèque • Diapothèque
• Autre : Property research done using city tax rolls; Local newspapers available on microfilm; Canadian Pacific Railway Divisional Records; Photographs identified by subject and names; Oral Histories; Maps and Plans
Programmes éducatifs
School programs offered with curriculum related activities; Weekly Summer Heritage Explorer's Program for Children ages 4 to 12; Bi-weekly lunch hour talks from September to June: "Brown Bag History"; Downtown Walking Tours and Cemetery Tours scheduled throughout the summer; Talks, programs and presentations on request.
Programmes pour les écoles : 0-4 ans (Préscolaire) : 5-11 ans (Maternelle à 6e année) : 12-17 ans 7e à 13e années (Québec : Secondaire 1 à CEGEP) : 18 ans et plus (Postsecondaire) • Programmes pour les aînés • Programmes pour la famille • Cours ou ateliers • Causeries
• Autre : Other programs offered on request, including step-on bus tour interpretation; special programs for English as a Second Language and International Language School classes.
Services aux visiteurs
We are wheelchair accessible to the first floor of the museum; Picnic and rest area available in the Heritage Garden; Washrooms available; History of Revelstoke brochure available free; exhibit brochures available free; Children's activities; Visitor information provided on request.
Film et vidéo • Près des transports en commun • Activités et services pour jeunes : Terrain de jeu • Centre d'information • Location de salles de réunion • Sentiers d'interprétation de la nature ou jardins • Stationnement : Gratuit • Boutique • Aménagement pour besoins spéciaux : Stationnement : Toilettes : Accessible aux fauteuils roulants • Toilettes
Services de bénévoles
Services de bénévoles offerts • Formation aux bénévoles offerte
Nombre de bénévoles : 12
Tâches : Reference library filing
Research
Docents
Fundraising
Maintenance of Heritage Garden
Artefact Accessioning
Avantages d'adhésion
Income tax receipt
Recognition on newsletters and in museum
Invitations to museum events
Quarterly newsletter
Services de restauration
We do not provide food on site but there is a picnic area available outside.
Aire de pique-niques
Services Internet
Renseignements généraux •
Liens touristiques locaux
Attractions locales •
Renseignements supplémentaires sur nos services
Publications et produits
Revelstoke - History & Heritage by Ruby M. Nobbs: published history of Revelstoke & district - 302 pages - 360 photographs: available now.
Purchase price: $30.00
Free brochures on General Revelstoke History; Breweries in Revelstoke; Pioneer Women of Revelstoke; Drowned Towns of the Columbia River; Ski History of Revelstoke. Other brochures are occasionally produced in conjunction with specific displays and programs.
Cartes postales • Bulletins d'information • Brochures • Livres • T-shirts, sweatshirts ou casquettes • Autre : heritage walking tour guide
Heures d'ouverture et droits d'entrée
Période : Toute l'année
Ouvert : September to June 15: 1-4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday or by appointment
June 15 to Labor Day: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday to Saturday; Open til 7 p.m. Fridays; Sunday: open 1 to 4:30 p.m. Summer Statutory Holidays: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Fermé : closed Statutory holidays in Fall, Winter and Spring.
Droits d'entrée : Payante
Adults: $4.00; Seniors and Students: $3.00; Youth (7 - 15) $2;
Under 7 free. Family: $12.00
Rabais : Aînés • Étudiants • Groupes • Membres de l'AMC
Adresse
Revelstoke Museum and Archives
315 First Street West, Revelstoke (Colombie-Britannique)
V0E 2S0
Téléphone : 250-837-3067
Télécopieur : 250-837-3094
Courriel : revelstokemuseum@telus.net
Adresse postale :
Revelstoke Museum and Archives
P.O. Box 1908, Revelstoke (Colombie-Britannique)
V0E 2S0
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Dernière mise à jour : 2006 12 18
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