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Live Music: Blaine Dunaway, Violin

Blaine Dunaway is a local composer, music teacher, violinist, and trumpet player. Known Canada-wide, his experience composing music spans many styles, ranging from 15-piece bands to meditation tracks. He teaches cello, violin, flugelhorn, trumpet, and beginner guitar to students of all ages.

November 3rd, 2022|Museum Events, Museum News|

Zoom Lecture: Tanya Richards – “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.

November 2nd, 2022|Museum Events, Museum News|

Fall Kids Craft – October 15, 2022

Join our Kids Craft Coordinator Hannah for a free Fall Craft this Saturday, October 15th from 11:00am to 1:30pm. This event, ideal for kids 7-12 accompanied by an adult, will be all about making silly scarecrow jars using different materials and techniques. Once the glue and paint have dried, everyone will take their new creation home with them to decorate the porch or their room. The event will take place in the museum's Rotary Gallery, and we will provide all necessary tools and materials.

October 14th, 2022|Museum Events, Museum News|

Tealight Lantern Kids Craft – August 27, 2022

Come join us on Saturday, August 27th from 10:30am - 12:00pm for a museum craft activity ideal for children ages 7-12 years old (accompanied by an adult). Kids will create a glow in the dark lantern using a mason jar and cut out silhouettes, with the choice of making an elasmosaur or flower fairy design. All supplies will be provided, while quantities last.

August 25th, 2022|Museum Events, Museum News|

It’s All There in Black and White: Ted and Mary Greig’s Garden in Royston

To celebrate 2022’s Year of the Garden, we’re taking a look back at this June 16, 1989 article of the Comox District Free Press featuring Ted and Mary Greig: local Royston rhododendron specialists. The couple moved to the Comox Valley in 1919, and over several decades amassed a wealth of knowledge about rhododendrons. With legacy support from the Bickle Family and the Comox Valley Echo.

August 19th, 2022|History, It's All There in Black and White, The Comox Valley|

100th Anniversary of the Cumberland No. 4 Mine Explosion

CDM D-295 "An unfortunate accident occurred in twenty East level, No. 2 slope, of the No. 4 Comox mine, of the Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Limited. On Wednesday afternoon, by a slight explosion of gas." September 2, 1922 issue of The Cumberland Islander

August 19th, 2022|History, The Comox Valley|

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.

August 19th, 2022|Museum Exhibit, Museum News|

Tealight Lantern Kids Craft

Come join us on Saturday, August 20th from 10:30am - 12:00pm for a museum craft activity ideal for children ages 7-12 years old (accompanied by an adult). Kids will create a glow in the dark lantern using a mason jar and cut out silhouettes, with the choice of making an elasmosaur or flower fairy design. All supplies will be provided, while quantities last.

August 18th, 2022|Museum Events, Museum News|
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