[BCMA] Bralorne Pioneer Open & Cataloguing Question

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Hi Cara,
Yes, please forward directions to your Museum at museum at mackbc.com.

New subject:  for all of you readers out there, and who have at least 2 1/2 
hours free time to drive from your point to Mackenzie, Saturday, June 12th, 
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. is the 29th Annual Kids Fest.  Kids Fest is sponsored by 
the Mackenzie Community Arts Council;  there are tables of crafts, the 
mascot for the Museum, Mazie the Mackenzie Marten, lots of cool stuff!
Thank you.
Edith Hennig
Curator
Mackenzie and District Museum
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Subject: [BCMA] Bralorne Pioneer Open & Cataloguing Question


> Hello,
>
> I would like to annouce that the Bralorne-Pioneer Museum is open for
> the season!!! I would like to invite you to come visit us this summer
> in Bralorne, BC!
>
> We are open Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun from 10 am to 4 pm untill
> Thanksgiving weekend in October.
> We are located at 400 Hawkes Avenue, Bralorne, BC.
> ,
> Please email back if you would like directions.
>
> Catalogue Question:
>
> I would like to create a cataloguing program to update the museum. As
> of today, all accessions are on index cards scattered in various
> locations and are started to fade and dissinigrate. I would really
> like to put all this onto the computer in a program. What type of
> program do you use for cataloguing. I could create a simple Excel
> spreadsheet, and I have been told that I could create a database on
> Access.However,  I was wondering if there is an actual computer
> program that I could buy or a sample of someone elses version in
> Microsoft Access that I could simulate???
>
> As I speak this computer in this office has Microsoft Office 2003, and
> Microsoft Access 2000.  I will be asking the board to upgrade there
> system before October to Microsoft 2007 so that 2010 is free.
>
> Any help would be appreciated as I am scared that all the information
> on the accessions will be lost.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cara DeMare
> Manager
> Bralorne-Pioneer Museum
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