[BCMA] Press Release - Nanaimo Museum Bastion Opening

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Hello everyone,

 

The Nanaimo Bastion is opening for the summer season on Friday May 18th.
See attached press release or below for details. 

 

Hope to see you there!

 

 

 

Becka Macdonald, Administrative Assistant

NANAIMO MUSEUM

100 Museum Way

Nanaimo, BC V9R 5J8

Phone: 250.753.1821

Website: nanaimomuseum.ca <http://www.nanaimomuseum.ca/> 

Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/NanaimoMuseum

 

 

NANAIMO MUSEUM

 

Media Release:

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  

 

Celebrate the Bastion Opening with Nanaimo Museum

Nanaimo Bastion welcomes visitors back for the summer season with a bang
beginning May 18, opening its doors at 11:30am. As part of our salute to
International Museums' Day, the first double cannon firing will take
place at noon continuing the city's tradition of welcoming visitors and
dignitaries with noon firings throughout the summer. Heritage
interpreters, in period costume, will be on hand to answer your
questions. The Nanaimo Bastion is open daily from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
from Friday May 18, 2012 to Monday September 3, 2012. We extend our
thanks to the City of Nanaimo and the Nanaimo Port Authority for their
sponsorship of the Bastion.  Admission is by donation. 

"The Bastion is entering its 159th year of service to Nanaimo" said
museum curator David Hill-Turner. "While its original function was
defensive, it serves as a unique and popular civic landmark."

After spending a year under cover in pieces, the refurbished Bastion was
reopened Spring 2011, with many new exhibits crafted for its interior.
Originally hand hewn out of local logs to serve as a company office, the
building has seen service as an arsenal and storage facility, a safe
haven for miners and their families in the event of insurgency, and on
occasion, a jail. It is the oldest original freestanding HBC bastion
left in North America and one of the oldest buildings in British
Columbia. The establishment of Nanaimo marked an important transition in
British Columbia's economy from the traditional fur trade to industrial
activity. 

You are welcome to come along and explore Nanaimo Museum on May 18, as
this is the last weekend to visit our feature exhibit: 'Our Feathered
Friends'.

 


                            For more information, please call Debbie
Trueman at 250-753-1821.

 

 
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