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Help Your Museum Protect and Expand!
Many thanks to our donors who have contributed toward paying down the McRae Land mortgage—your support has been inspiring! To date we have raised $105,000 to help pay down the $300,000 total. Now we are asking all of you to contribute again.
We hope to raise $45,000 by December 2021 to make the maximum allowable anniversary payment at year end.
Three ways you can help us today . . .
- Mail a cheque to “Gabriola Historical & Museum Society” or drop it off at the Museum (add footnote: “re: McRae property”). Include your name, address, phone and email.
- Give through our Canada Helps secure online portal or send an e-transfer to pres@gabriolamuseum.org.
- Consider becoming a monthly donor (minimum donation $5/month) and receive free membership with full benefits. (A donation of $120/month spread over a year adds up to one monthly mortgage payment a year for us, so it’s an enormous help!)
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Gabriola Museum is now Hiring
Part-time position, through fall & winter Saturdays only Work in the museum gift shop and welcome visitors Must be a full-time student Would have a partner Covid protocols in place Please send resume and cover letter to pres@gabriolamuseum.org or...
Summer Programs
Beach Quest: Learn about intertidal life! Aug 4 • 10:30 am • Brickyard Beach (by donation) Cedar Trees and Cedar Basket Weaving with Dave Bodaly August 11 • 10:30 am • Museum August 25 • 10:30 am • Museum $7/person, $25 family (up to 5), includes materials Walk on the...
Every Child Matters
Designed by Tsimshian artist Morgan Asoyuf and made in Canada. This T-shirt is a visual reminder that all children have rights, deserve to be loved, and that Every Child Matters. $21.00 plus tax Purchase an Every Child Matters T-shirt from Native Northwest from the...
We’re hiring a summer student
The Museum Assistant will work in the gift shop and help with educational tours of the museum/programs. Please send resume and cover letter to pres@gabriolamuseum.org or info@gabriolamuseum.org Members of all equity groups welcome to apply.
Honouring and Remembering all the many Indigenous victims of residential schools in Canada.
The truth of this terrible history is laid bare in the recent discovery of the remains of 215 children on the grounds of one of Canada’s largest residential schools, in the Nation of Tk’emlups te Secwepemic (Kamloops, BC). With anger, sadness and grief we mourn with...
Recover and Reimagine
During these challenging times, it is the goal of the Gabriola Museum to work towards a socially just, inclusive and innovative future within our community. We are excited to bring together the past, present and future in our exhibits and programs. We continue to work...
The Gabriola Museum Wants You!
2021 will be an exciting year for us, as the McRae property purchase brings new opportunities to add to old ones. Join our board and help us take the Museum forward! Are you interested in... Organizing events Working with volunteers and members Working with Snuneymuxw...
Winner of the 50/50 draw!
Anne Landry was the winner of the Museum’s latest 50/50 draw. The total raised was $440. Anne has donated her winnings back to the Museum for the McRae land purchase. Many thanks go to Anne for her donation. Thank you to all of you for participating and supporting...
Campaign Update on the Museum’s purchase of the McRae Property
“Since we announced our membership’s decision in the Sounder to purchase the McRae property a few weeks ago, we are well underway to paying off the mortgage, thanks to the completely overwhelming response from Gabriolans,” said museum board president, Joan Merrifield....
Gabriola Museum Purchases McRae property for the Community – includes public trails and a nature conservation covenant
Yes, it’s official! The Museum stepped up and purchased the McRae property – securing the public access trails and holding the responsibility of the conservation covenant as created by the late Stan and Maxine McRae. At a special meeting of the membership on November...
Masks Mandatory, Online Gift Shop offers contactless pickup
COVID protocols still apply. You can read our COVID protocols here.
Membership Drive Raffle
Join the Museum as a member before December 20, 2020 and you could win a fun weekend on Gabriola Island worth more than $400 Already a member? Renew now for 2021 and you could also win! Bonus! Refer a friend who also joins and get another chance to win! Check out our...
Gabriola Museum Opens with Safety Protocols
We are looking forward to welcoming you back to the Gabriola Museum! The Museum is opening in a phased way. We want to be thoughtful and make sure visitors, volunteers and staff know and understand the protocols we will have in place. Please contact us for a private...
Celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day
On June 21, you and all your friends are invited to a very special celebration! That date, the first day of summer, has been chosen as National Indigenous Peoples Day! In 1996, the Governor General of Canada, Roméo LeBlanc, proclaimed it National Aboriginal Day! It's...
The Gabriola Museum is looking for volunteers!
Opportunities exist for board members, gift shop, & maintenance/grounds. Get involved in your community and learn about island history! For more information: call 250-247-0029 or email manager@gabriolamuseum.org
Gabriola Museum Re-opens Monday June 16th!
We are looking forward to welcoming you back to the Gabriola Museum! The Museum is opening in a phased way. We want to be thoughtful and make sure visitors, volunteers and staff know and understand the protocols we will have in place. Hours of Operation Phase I: June...
Online Gift Shop Launching May 17!
These have certainly been extraordinary times for everyone, and like other organizations on the Island, the Gabriola Museum has been closed to volunteers except by appointment since mid-March. However, the museum board and committees have still been working virtually...
April 22 is Earth Day!
Earth Day Canada encourages all citizens to take simple, yet positive action for the environment as part of their daily lives and every other day. Even with the current global pandemic and the need for physical distancing, we can still make a difference by what we...
Gabriola Museum COVID-19 Update and Resources
Dear Gabriola Museum members, supporters and members of the community, We realize you have already been provided with a great deal of information about the COVID-19 virus including evolving health, social and financial issues. Of course, these concerns are on...
Gabriola Museum is looking for new board members
A great board to work with, and a wonderful opportunity for newcomers to the island to get involved and learn about the island’s history! A variety of positions are open, including Secretary and Treasurer. Call Joan Merrifield at 250-618-1954 or email...
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
To all the businesses, artists, authors & individuals who generously donated to the Live and Silent Auction at the Gabriola Museum’s Trivia Night on 2 Nov 2019.
Seasonal Greetings
from the Gabriola Museum to our volunteers, donors and members—and our community We thank you for your generous donations and ongoing support to our exhibits, museum programs, the Museum Gift Shop, and Trivia Night! Many blessings in 2020
The McRaes – Two of Gabriola’s Finest
Maxine and Stan McRae were awarded a lifetime membership to the Gabriola Historical & Museum Society at the museum’s Opening Day event, May 19, 2019.
Learn why the McRae’s are honoured lifetime members of the museum.
Japanese Settlement Press Release
Gabriola locations among Heritage BC’s newly designated Japanese-Canadian historic sites.
On April 01, BC Minister for Multiculturalism Teresa Wat announced a list of 56 historic sites with significance to Canadians of Japanese descent. They include two locations in Silva Bay – the Sunrise Sawmill and Koyama’s Fishcamp.
Gabriola Historical and Museum AGM and talk 43 years of Islands Trust
The AGM has been RESCHEDULED from Feb.5 to Feb.19 due to snow. The short AGM will be followed by a guest presentation: "43 years of Islands Trust". This informative talk reviews the history of the Islands Trust, and the impact that conservation-oriented land use...
Discover Gabriola’s Historic Places and Stories on Gertie
Raking the hay on Horseshoe Road farm, Gabriola circa 1960. Daniel Lunn Brown (on rake), grandchildren Danna Lynn Brown, Brian Edward Piper, and Leonard Daniel Piper (on horse) “My father, Tim Brown, was born on Gabriola in 1923. In 1919 the Browns came from Scotland...
Folklife Village: From Expo 86 to Gabriola village centre
Folklife Village: From Expo 86 to Gabriola village centre May 04, 2016: Gabriola Museum Press Release Gabriola’s Folklife Village was originally constructed as the Folklife Pavilion for Vancouver’s Expo 86 world fair that ran from May to October, 1986. When...
AGM and Performance of Soviet Princeton
The Gabriola Historical and Museum Society will hold its Annual General Meeting on Sunday, January 24th at 2pm at the WI Hall, 476 South Road. The meeting is open to members as well as anyone interested in supporting the telling of Gabriola stories. In addition to...
An Old Fashioned Canada Day at the Gabriola Museum
A new tradition has begun on the island - Canada Day at the Gabriola Museum will be back next year. A young woman with a couple of small children was glad to see a Canada Day family event on the island. “In the past, we’ve gone to Nanaimo, with 10,000 other people, in...
Highlights of Gabriola Museum’s 2015 Season
Gabriola Roots: THE LAND PROVIDES is the theme of our new season with illustrated exhibit panels exploring the multiple ways we relate to the land, from the earliest food gathering, through the farming and then land development years, to the current crop of new...
Gabriola Historical and Museum society’s 15th Anniversary Celebration
Dr. Bryon Gordon discussed a scientific study to develop a process for dating petroglyphs.