[BCMA] Exhibit Launch at Revelstoke Museum & Archives

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

Revelstoke Museum and Archives is very pleased to announce the upcoming
launch of our online Virtual Museums of Canada exhibit on March 4, 2015:

"Land of Thundering Snow - Snow Research and Avalanche Safety in Canada." 

 

Land of Thundering Snow is a unique, comprehensive resource giving the user
unprecedented 'behind the scenes' access to material not generally
accessible to the public. It features the latest information on avalanche
science and safety; avalanche control; the anatomy of an avalanche; staying
safe in avalanche country; and the ecology of avalanches. 

 

The historical component of the exhibit is vast in terms of time and space.
For example, very few people realize that serious avalanche studies started
in Canada as early as 1885 with the construction the Canadian Pacific
Railway through Rogers Pass, or that there are records of a snow avalanche
destroying a First Nations village near Nain, Newfoundland in 1782 

 

The website will also include a dedicated education section, complete with
lesson plans that will be an important educational resource for teachers and
students. 

 

Major partners of Land of Thundering Snow include Avalanche Canada, the
Revelstoke Railway Museum, Okanagan College, and Parks Canada.

 

This online exhibition was developed with the support of the Virtual
Exhibits Investment Program, Virtual Museum of Canada. The Virtual Museum of
Canada was formally under the management of the Canadian Heritage
Information Network, and is now managed by the Canadian Museum of History,
still with the financial support of the Government of Canada.

 

We are gratified by the wonderful support and contributions from numerous
individuals, archives and organizations including the British Columbia
Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, Canadian Pacific, and the
Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. 

 

To complement Land of Thundering Snow we are also launching a physical
exhibit at Revelstoke Museum and Archives on the same day. The museum
exhibit will share elements of the online version and will showcase present
artifacts relating to avalanche safety and research. We are anticipating
that the museum exhibit will be available as a travelling exhibit by 2017.

 

Please see the attached invitation to both events. 


We look forward to welcoming you, and any guests you may wish to include, on
March 4. 


Sincerely,

 

Cathy English, Curator

 

 

Revelstoke Museum & Archives

315 First Street West

PO Box 1908, Revelstoke, BC V0E 2S0

Ph: 250-837-3067

Fax: 250-837-3094

Email: curator at revelstokemuseum.ca

Website: www.revelstokemuseum.ca

 

 

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