[BCMA] media release - lighthouse exhibit

Tue Oct 29 08:00:03 PDT 2019

News Release  
For Immediate Release  
29 October 2019 

Exhibit Opening: Protecting our Coast: The Shifting Role of BC Lighthouses Opens at
the Maritime Museum of BC  

The Maritime Museum of BC is pleased to announce that it
will be launching the exhibit Protecting
our Coast: The Shifting Role of BC Lighthouses on October 31, 2019. 

  About the Exhibit  

Lighthouses and their keepers’ original role has been to
protect vessels travelling along the coast from crashing into dangerous
shoreline. As technology and society continues to change, so too has the role
of the lighthouse. Over the years, lighthouses have been put to different
roles, depending on the needs of society. In the late 1800’s they served to
support colonial development on the coast; in WWII they helped establish a
defence system; and now, a new trend has started to rise. As we’ve become
increasingly concerned with the state of the natural environment, lighthouses
in B.C. are shifting into becoming ecological reserves or are gaining an
environmentally-related protected status, with their keepers becoming the
guardians of their stations’ landscapes and the surrounding wildlife.  

This exhibit explores this cultural shift through a
timeline approach, questioning what is has meant, and what it now means to
protect our coast. 

“Lighthouses on our coast have such fascinating stories,”
said Brittany Vis, Associate Director. “When we started research for this exhibit,
it became clear that lighthouses have served additional roles in society than
simply as navigational aids. We hope visitors will walk away from this exhibit
with a better understanding of the evolving role of lighthouses and how they
are being used today.”  
   Information for the Public  

Exhibit Dates: October 31 – May 14, 2020  
Location: 634
Humboldt Street, Victoria BC  
Hours of
Operation:   

* 10am-4pm, Thursday-Friday 
* 10am-5pm, Saturdays 
 -30-       

For further information, please contact: 

Brittany Vis, Associate Director 
Maritime Museum of BC 
250-385-4222 ext.106 
  mailto:bvis at mmbc.bc.ca?subject= bvis at mmbc.bc.ca       

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