[BCMA] Press Release and Culture Crawl Brochure attachment

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

PRESS RELEASE

 

IN RECOGNITION OF THE 100 YEAR CONTRIBUTION BY THE AUTOMOBILE TO THE
CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE BULKLEY VALLEY

 

THE BULKLEY VALLEY MUSEUM

 

PRESENTS

 

GASOLINE VALLEY

 

THE STORY OF THE AUTOMOBILE IN THE BULKLEY VALLEY, 1911-2011

 

This exhibition extends over 5 locations; the Museum itself and the
showrooms of the 4 car dealerships in Smithers, Coast Mountain GM, Hoskins
Ford, Frontier Chrysler and Glacier Toyota.

 

Discover the enormous role and influence of the automobile in the daily
lives of the Valley inhabitants, from leisure time to commerce, from travel
communications to styles of worship and more.

 

A lively exhibition featuring photos, toys, engaging artifacts and DVDs.

 

The 5 locations for the Gasoline Valley exhibition join with the Museums’
other 10 locations of the Smithers Culture Crawl which include exhibitions
spotlighting the Swiss and the Dutch migrations to the Valley located in a
café and a furniture store.  Other sites include the café area in a
supermarket which hosts an exhibition on the development of recreational
skiing in the Valley by Scandinavian immigrants, 1930-1950.  Other sites in
the Crawl include the Old Church Gardens and historic kit homes from the
1920s and 30s which were shipped to Smithers via the railroad.

 

The Gasoline Valley exhibition, curated by Fergus Tomlin, also has a
contribution by Andrew Minigan, curator of the Heritage Park Museum,
Terrace.  Fergus also supplied a segment of Gasoline Valley to the Hazelton
Public Library and Museum. In addition, Doug Boersema, president of the
Telkwa Museum, curated a Telkwa village chapter of Gasoline Valley for
display this summer.

 

The Bulkley Valley is blossoming with cultural and historical hotspots in
some of the most unlikely locations you can imagine.

 

Visit the Bulkley Valley Museum and discover the wealth of historical
“A-HAs” which Gasoline Valley and the Smithers Culture Crawl have to offer.

 

 

 

Gasoline Valley and the Smithers Culture Crawl

 

Dates:        June 21 – October 29, 2010

 

Times:        9-5 pm, Monday –Saturday

 

                   Admission by donation

 

                   Tour groups welcome

 

Location:   Bulkley Valley Museum, Smithers, B.C.

      

Phone:        (250) 847-5322

 

Email:          <mailto:info at bvmuseum.com> info at bvmuseum.com

 

Website:     www.bvmuseum.com

 

 

 

Bulkley Valley Museum

1425 Main Street

P.O. Box 2615 

Smithers, BC, V0J 2N0

 

Ph. 250-847-5322

Fax. 250-847-5363

 

Website:   <http://www.bvmuseum.com/> www.bvmuseum.com

 

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