[BCMA] Chinese Legacies travelling exhibit looking for new venue

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

For Immediate Release

July, 2013



“Chinese Legacies: Building the Canadian Pacific Railway” exhibit looking for a new venue



Revelstoke, BC - 

   

The exhibit, “Chinese Legacies: Building the Canadian Pacific Railway”, explores the fascinating story of the Chinese labourers who contributed to the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway between Port Moody and Craigellachie.  This presentation of their travel to British Columbia, their living and working conditions and the contribution they made to the construction of the railway has been visited by thousands of people at the Revelstoke Railway Museum. In 2011 the exhibit began travelling to other museum venues throughout Canada. The first stop was at Exporail, in Delson, Quebec. This was followed by stops at the Copperbelt Mining & Railway Museum in the Yukon, Port Moody Station Museum, White Rock Museum & Archives, and through October 2013 the exhibit is being showcased at Hell’s Gate AirTram in Hope, BC. The exhibit is looking for a new venue after it closes at Hell’s Gate AirTram.



The story of the Chinese railway workers speaks to our national story and is suitable for a wide-ranging audience in communities all across the country.  Features of the exhibit include a railway workers’ campsite diorama, a slide presentation of historical photographs, original artifacts, some on loan from the Port Moody Station Museum, and text available in English, French, and Mandarin.  Additional resources and visual displays accompany the exhibit that will be available for travel until December 2014.



“Chinese Legacies” began as a collaborative exhibit project between the Revelstoke Railway Museum and the Revelstoke Museum & Archives.   These two institutions teamed up to create exhibits on a significant yet previously unexplored facet of the railway and community history of this region. The joint project that became the “Chinese Legacies” exhibit, was made possible thanks to generous grants from BC Hydro, the Vancouver Foundation, the Columbia Basin Trust, and the BC Museums Association.  Generous financial support was also given by the Province of British Columbia through BC150 Years, a Ministry of Tourism, Sports, and the Arts initiative. 



For more information please contact:



Marjorie Somerton

Revelstoke Railway Museum

1 877 837-6060

250 837-6060

director.railway at telus.net


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