Windermere Valley Museum

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What's Happening at the Museum in 2011

 

Special Exhibits

 

Summer 2011 Toys Alive!
Featured toys from the archives and from community members.  
 

 

BC Parks

Photos, maps and stories of local parks are on display to help celebrate 100 years of BC parks. 

  

Legacy of the Last Spike - 125 Years

 

 

 

"We wish to celebrate this important milestone with a Legacy Gift to the Windermere Valley Museum of several unique artifacts from our archives.  This gift is intended to celebrate our connected histories and to honour your organization's vital role in celebrating Canada's diverse hirtory and culture.

 

The artifacts include a silver bread tray and sugar bowl, once used on such renouned CPR trains as The Trans Canada Limited and The Dominion, as well as a simple but elegant serving dish from the Royal Alexandra Hotel, once a Winnipeg landmark.

 

On behalf of Canadian Pacific and its employees, I hope you will accept this special selection of artifacts as a tangible legacy of our shared history and that your institution will display them so that all Canadians will be able to connect with their past."

 

Letter from Fred Green, President & CEO. Canadian Pacific (excerpt)

 

 

Some of the new CP artifacts

 

Programs

 

Children's Program

Join us each Wednesday through the summer in 2012.  We offer activities, games and crafts with a historical theme for kids 6 to 11 years old.  There is no charge but donations to the museum are welcome.



  

Bus Tours and Large Groups

Tour groups welcome through the year by prior arrangement

 

Meetings

 
General Meeting
 
Usually held in the afternoon of the third Friday of each month.  Refreshments, new members welcome!!

Activities

 

New Museum Logo

Do you have an flair for design?  Here is one idea from a member but perhaps you are a marketing, badging, graphic design, branding guru with an even better design.  Let us know!! 

 

  

 

Historical Walking Tour

Written guide available at the museum for this self-guided walking tour (or download the guide).  Learn and experience the history of Invermere by walking to view thirteen historical sights and locations. 

 

On the Trail of David Thompson

Written guide available at the museum for the short, self-guided driving tour (or download the guide).  Learn about explorers David Thompson and Charlotte Small and see three locations near the museum remember and commemorate his arrival in the valley in 1807.  Visit David Thompson Bicentennial and Parks Canada - David Thompson to learn more about David Thompson.

 

Geocache

 

Did you know there is a geocache on the museum grounds?  Click the link for more information about geocaching and the particulars of the musuem cache - Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site.

 

New interpretive sign