[Bcma-l] P.O.S.H. at The Maritime Museum of BC

[bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca]

Show is on until November 18th
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P.O.S.H. at the Maritime Museum

The Maritime Museum’s Summer exhibit presents the human face of travel 
along British Columbia’s coast during the province’s early years

P.O.S.H., for Port Outbound; Starboard Home—is scheduled to open May 25 
The acronym P.O.S.H denotes the desirable cabin location for traveling 
in southern seas.

The exhibit will focus on the west coast steamship trade, which included 
ships from about six companies that provided transportation along the 
entire west coast of North America from the late-19th to mid-20th 
centuries.


These companies were integral in the development of British Columbia. To 
many isolated communities, accessible only by boat, the ships, with 
their delivery and pick up of goods, mail and passengers, represented 
the residents’ only connection to the larger world.

A second major theme of the exhibit will be the early beginnings of the 
Alaska cruise ship trade. Guest curator Jacques Marc, executive director 
of the Underwater Archaeological Society of British Columbia, will be 
providing his own collection of early cruise-ship china and dinnerware 
for display, to demonstrate the style in which privileged, or P.O.S.H., 
passengers traveled.

Contact:
Richard MacKenzie at 250-385-4222 ext.107
email richardmackenzie@mmbc.bc.ca <mailto:richardmackenzie@mmbc.bc.ca>




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