[BCMA] Nanaimo Museum Press Release - Old City Heritage Homes Walking Tour

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Hello Everyone,

 

Here is the press release for our upcoming Heritage Walking Tours
happening this summer. Hope to see you there!

 

 

June 7, 2013

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Nanaimo Museum Press Release

 

Heritage Home Walking Tour

 

Nanaimo - Many of downtown's most impressive heritage homes are gone but
not forgotten.  The Nanaimo Museum is hosting a new walking tour, Old
City Heritage Homes Then & Now, featuring homes that have been
demolished and others that remain landmarks today.  The tours are on
Wednesday, June 19 and Wednesday, July 17 from 1:00-2:30.

 

The tour takes place in the Old City neighbourhood near downtown.  Tour
participants will stop outside several houses listed on the heritage
register and beside well-known homes that have been demolished.
"Heritage homes that we see every day have great stories to tell," says
Aimee Greenaway, Program & Volunteer Coordinator at the Nanaimo Museum.
"We will also stop where grand homes from the past owned by Andrew
Haslam, Cappy Yates and Robert Dunsmuir were located."  Photos from the
museum's collection will show how the homes looked when they were
prominent features of the Old City neighbourhood.

 

The tour is recommended for both long-time and new residents.  "Many
locals ask questions about heritage houses when they visit the museum,"
says Greenaway.  "Guided tours of the Old City neighbourhood are rare
but its homes have a timeless appeal."  The Nanaimo Museum will also be
highlighting well-known heritage homes in a new permanent exhibit
scheduled to open later in 2013.

 

Registration for the Old City Heritage Homes Then & Now walking tour is
available.  The tours take place Wednesday, June 19 and Wednesday, July
17 from 1:00-2:30.  The tour meets at the Nanaimo Museum, the cost is
$15 per person and pre-registration is required.  For more information
please visit www.nanaimomuseum.ca, call 250 753-1821 or email
program at nanaimomuseum.ca

 

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Contact:

 

Aimee Greenaway                                          

Program & Volunteer Coordinator

Nanaimo Museum

250 753-1821

program at nanaimomuseum.ca

 

 

Thank you,

 

 

 

 

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

 

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