May 11th already! - we apologize for our recent silence in the blogosphere. We're still here, in case you worried. In fact, we've been too busy to get to the computer.
What's new at the museum? Well, the first thing I should mention is that we're throwing a George and Charlotte Gibson Day open house, just like we do every year. George and Charlotte Day is an annual event commemorating the arrival of the Gibson family to West Howe Sound. It's now 124 years since they got here, over which time the town of Gibsons has grown from a small collection of houses and shacks by the forest's edge to a pretty modern place. We'll be celebrating the growth of our town with tea and cake, live music, a slide show presentation on the history of Gibsons, and - who knows - maybe an appearance by George and Charlotte themselves. The event is on Saturday, May 22, from 1:00 until 4:00. Send us an email (scm_a@dccnet.com) or give us a call (604-886-8232) if you have any questions!
As I type, museum board president and volunteer extraordinaire Jon Hird is building a display in our temporary exhibit space. The display celebrates the centennial of Canada's navy with a selection of maritime memorabilia from the SCMA's collection. It should be together by the end of this week, so come on by and have a look!
There are several big jobs ongoing right now. As I mentioned in our last post, we're working to organize and revitalize the museum's oral history program. Things are coming along with that - we're taking stock of what we have (and we have a lot) and getting ourselves organized to resume interviewing. We still need volunteers to assist with several jobs. We're looking for interviewers (must have good people skills, enjoy conversation, etc.) and transcribers (must be a quick typist and be able to spell accurately). If you're interested, please drop us a line!
That's it for now. See you in the museum!
