[Bcma-l] Press Release: Kelowna General Hospital centennial exhibition at Okanagan Heritage Museum

[bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca]

  news release

Okanagan Heritage Museum · 470 Queensway Ave · Kelowna, BC V1Y 6S7

(250) 763-2417 · Info@KelownaMuseums.ca

_For Immediate Release_

December 12, 2007

- New exhibition -

kelowna general hospital

celebrating 100 years 1908-2008

at the

okanagan heritage museum

470 QueensWay avenue

Jan 10 – June 12, 2008

In 2008, the Kelowna General Hospital celebrates its centennial year, 
and to commemorate this milestone the Kelowna Museums Society is opening 
a special exhibition at the Okanagan Heritage Museum. Kelowna General 
Hospital: Celebrating 100 Years 1908-2008 will run from January 10 until 
June 12, 2008. The Okanagan Heritage Museum was awarded $10,000 from the 
Spirit of BC arts fund as well as funds from the Kelowna General 
Hospital Foundation Centennial Committee for the development of this 
exhibition.

The Public Grand Opening will take place on Saturday, January 12, 
11:00am-1:00pm at the Okanagan Heritage Museum, located at 470 Queensway 
Avenue. For the Public Grand Opening the museum will conduct free guided 
tours of the exhibition, every half hour starting at 11:00am. Everyone 
is welcome to attend and admission is by donation. Call (250) 763-2417 
for more information.

The Kelowna General Hospital exhibition was developed from the Kelowna 
Museums’ considerable collection of hospital and medical artefacts, 
hospital records, and historic photographs which tell the stories of the 
nurses, doctors, and behind-the-scenes staff who have been a part of the 
Kelowna General Hospital over the last century. Come explore this new 
exhibition and look back on one hundred years of health and medicine in 
Kelowna. >From bed pans to iron lungs, this is one exhibition you won’t 
want to miss!

The Kelowna General Hospital officially opened on April 2^nd 1908 at its 
present site on land donated by the Kelowna Land & Orchard Company. The 
original hospital accommodated 19 patients and included nurses’ quarters 
and separate wards for men and women. In 1940, a new, more modern 
hospital was built next to the old one and the original building was 
eventually demolished in 1967. Today, the Kelowna General Hospital 
continues to grow and sees thousands of patients through its doors every 
year.

The Okanagan Heritage Museum is a facility of the Kelowna Museums 
Society, a non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to a greater 
awareness of the agricultural, wine-producing, military, and cultural 
heritages of the Okanagan. The Okanagan Heritage Museum is located at 
470 Queensway Avenue, corner of Ellis and Queensway in Kelowna’s 
Cultural District. Open Monday-Friday 10am-5pm and Saturday 10am-4pm. 
Admission is by donation. For more information please visit 
www.KelownaMuseums.ca <http://www.kelownamuseums.ca/>.

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Media Contact: Risti Nykiforuk

/Marketing & Special Events Coordinator/

Kelowna Museums

(250) 763-2417 ext 22

Events@KelownaMuseums.ca

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