August Summer Fossil Tours
As we near the end of August, bookings are nearly full for our public and private fossil tours. For more information and to book your tour, please call (250) 334 – 0686 ext. 2 or send an email to info@courtenaymuseum.ca.
New Exhibit: Inspired by Nature
Inspired by Nature features 11 beautiful textiles from the museum textile collection which reflects a diversity of locations, cultural backgrounds, techniques and designs. Staff chose the artifacts on display in the second-floor changing gallery for their diverse origins from donors and for nature-inspired designs and elements.
Tealight Lantern Kids Craft
Come join us on Saturday, August 20th from 10:30am [...]
Screen Printing by Wachiay Studio
Learn about the exciting basics of screenprinting and take [...]
British Columbia Day Closure
The museum will be closed on Monday, August 1st. [...]
Vaux’s Swift 2022 Highlights
Swifts on Oak-Beeville Texas 2013. Photo by: Jason Collins [...]
We’re Hiring
Thanks to Canada Summer Jobs 2022, the museum [...]
We Are Open Canada Day!
The museum will be open from 11:00 to 4:00 [...]
Swift Observations
Swifts on Oak-Beeville Texas 2013. Photo by: Jason Collins [...]
Online Lecture: “Lest We Forget”
“Lest We Forget” is a unique scrapbook created in the 1970’s by Ruth Masters, to commemorate the men from the Comox Valley who died in the First and Second World Wars. Ruth spent years researching each individual and created pages of photographs and clippings pertaining to their lives. It is a massive book: 21 inches high, 13 inches wide and 8 inches thick. Although the book has held up remarkably well, it is a heavily accessed item and there has been accumulated damage over the years. A major problem was that the adhesive had liquified causing pages, and items, to stick together. This presentation discusses the challenges of conserving the original book and the process of creating a facsimile copy for future use.