Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Guess whos back from the dead come check out Gavin's new blog post at the link below! And if you have any interesting historical blog post ideas please let us know! www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/blog/back-fr... See less 000
Reposted by Sunshine Coast Museum & ArchivesSFU Urban Studies @sfuurb.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Earlier this month, #sfuurb visited Gibsons, BC for an engaging and informative field trip. Highlights included a meeting w/ Mayor Silas White, a visit to @scmuseum.bsky.social, & an exploration of the Gospel Rock area. Read more and view photos: www.sfu.ca/urban/news-a... @sfufass.bsky.social 021
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 13/11/2025🌊🚢 All aboard the M.V. Machigonne! Did you know we are doing our annual Purdys Chocolate Fundraiser? Place your order online below to support a good cause! Order deadline is Nov 24, with delivery on the week of December 10. fundraising.purdys.com/76681-133898 010
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 22/10/2025❓🌲 We need your help! We are searching for any info related to Burns & Jackson Logging that operated in ts'ukw'um Wilson Creek beginning in the 1930s. Specifically, we are looking for photos, objects, and stories related to the camp's Japanese loggers 📸 Loggers working at Burns & Jackson, 1937 010
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 20/09/2025☀️ We are very excited to announce an upcoming tour with local historian Dale Peterson: History of Átl'ḵa7tsem Howe Sound October 4 at 10 AM! ☀️ The tour begins Saturday, October 4th at 10:00 - 11:30am at the bandstand at Winegarden Park. No registration necessary. By donation! 030
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Put your hands together for Gavin's new blog post on Theatre now on our website! www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/blog/the-the... SCMA# 1334 020
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 22/08/2025🔎Thank you to journalist Sandra Thomas from the Coast Reporter for this great article on our Japanese Community Histories exhibit series. We are looking for any stories, photographs, or objects related to the Japanese community builders of the Sunshine Coast. Please be in touch! ❤️ 010
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 31/07/2025❤️ Last call for our Summer Membership draw! Sign-up or renew as a member by July 31 to win this gift basket or a Beachcombers prize pack. We would love to have you on-board! www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/membership.html 020
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 17/07/2025It's getting ☀️ out there! Pop in to the Museum to cool down and enjoy the exhibit's with our air conditioning! ❄️ If you don't have AC and need to get out of the heat, please come by for complimentary admission. Nick's made sure things are nice and cool. 010
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 16/07/2025🌞 Walk through time this Saturday, July 19 with Dale Peterson! We will be offering a free historical walking tour of Gibsons, starting at 10am from Pioneer Park. Arrive shortly before 10am to take part in this fantastic historical experience. Donations accepted at Museum. 010
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 10/07/2025🛶 Meet the Ikeda family of ḵalpilin Pender Harbour. Arriving in 1926, the Ikedas were an integral part of the growing community 📸 Standing (L-R): Bessie Ikeda, Cotty Ikeda, Emiko Ikeda. Seated: Torakichi Ikeda, Jack (Masatsugu) Ikeda, Hisano Yamashita Ikeda PHLHS Image: 2016.25.3 1/2 100
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth at the Gibsons Public Market night market. The winner of our museum trivia has been drawn and notified. Thanks for playing! The answers where 1. We are on Sḵwx̱wú7mesh land 2. George Gibson arrived 1886 3. The most common answer was Lady Cecilia 030
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Hey everyone come see Gavin's new JAM packed blog post on the Howe Sound Cooperative Cannery at the link below www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/blog/the-how... 000
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 26/06/2025🌿 We would like to send a big huy chexw a / ?ul nu msh chalap (thank you) to Ḵ’atxa’mat Fran Nahanee & xets’emits’a Candace Campo and her team for their fantastic Syiyaya Days tours. Both walks were sold out, and filled to the brim with cultural knowledge from Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and shíshálh culture🌞 000
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 18/06/2025🌿🌲We are getting excited, sign-up today for this fantastic free walking tour for syiyaya Days 2025! www.tinyurl.com/stsscm 010
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 17/06/2025☀️ Join us this Sunday, June 22 for a free walking tour for Syiyaya Days with our friends at Talaysay Tours, starting at 2:00pm. Join Candace Campo and her guides to explore shíshálh and Coast Salish culture. Register (space limited) ➡️ www.tinyurl.com/stsscm 000
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Hey everyone! Come and see my new blog post on historical walking tours at our website. www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/blog/walking... 000
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 12/06/2025🤩 We are excited to announce our Summer Historical Walking Tours! We are partnering with Talaysay Tours, ḵ’atxa’mat Fran Nahanee & Dale Peterson to offer free walking tours every weekend this summer. Registration ➡️ www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca ❤️ Thank you to sponsors Domtar Howe Sound Pulp & Paper 020
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 11/06/2025At the museum we have an ongoing exhibit where people share their thoughts on our whiteboard! Lots of people were dreaming last week, why don't you come share your dreams on the museum whiteboard! 010
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Guess who's back! Come check out my new blog post at the link below and I'll see you this summer! www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/blog/guess-w... 000
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 04/06/2025🌈 Happy 2025 Pride Month everyone! 🏳️🌈 When it comes to Sunshine Coast heritage, drop us a line if you have any stories/items/archives that could help tell the stories of local 2SLGBTQIA+ history! 🏳️🌈 Sunshine Coast events ⬇️ www.sunshinecoastpride.com/calendar 020
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 07/05/2025🚶🏾♂️➡️🚶🏾♀️➡️🚶🏾➡️through time with Dale Peterson on May 17! Dale will offer a 1.5 hour walking tour of Ch’kw’elhp Gibsons starting at 10am with a suggested donation of $20/per person (all welcome). Call us for more info! 🌞 000
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 10/04/2025📰 It's that time again -- our 2025 newsletter here! Read about historic summer celebrations, the power of archives, and renew/sign-up to become a member. 💗 Membership: sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/membership.html 📖 Newsletter here: www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca 030
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 04/04/2025❓Did you know that April is Sikh Heritage Month? Our colleague Dr. Sharn Kaur Sandhra will be offering tours this Sunday, April 6 in Abbotsford if you are in the area. Not to be missed, Sharn's tours are fantastic! tinyurl.com/2nss2vyv 📸 Similar walking tour we hosted last year w/Talaysay Tours 000
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 31/03/2025🌿 Today is National Indigenous Languages Day, a great time to celebrate & learn words in shishálh she shashishalhem and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh snichim languages. Here is a great picture of swíwelát (Princess Louisa Inlet) featuring the high mountains and coastal beauty of the shishálh swiya. 🌊🗻 031
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 21/03/2025🌈 We are hoping to have our best membership year ever! Join us in our quest by becoming a member, and receive all sorts of amazing heritage goodies! 🌈 www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/membership.html 000
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 18/03/2025📸 🌎 Swing by our website to see a world of archival photo of the Sunshine Coast! We have over 8000 digital images online to search using keywords, locations, etc. 🚨Disclaimer: we are not responsible for lost hours spent perusing the photos! 🚨 ➡️ sunshinecoastmuseum.pastperfectonline.com/Photo 020
Reposted by Sunshine Coast Museum & Archivesben bradley @benbradleyca.bsky.social · 12/03/2025in this presentation, the evaporators and @nardwuarserviette.bsky.social examine the mid-20th century environmental, economic, and infrastructural history of maritime shipping along the central coast of british columbia. they contend that... #bchist #cdnhist #envhist www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUFq...youtube.comRipple RockYouTube video by The Evaporators - Topic 031
Reposted by Sunshine Coast Museum & ArchivesSharon Fortney @sharonfortney.bsky.social · 05/03/2025New film by Jeremy Williams and Trevor Mack about a repatriation that I worked on for the Museum of Vancouver. We returned 61 items - half of which were baskets. 0155
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives @scmuseum.bsky.social · 04/03/2025We are looking forward to join the Bluesky community of forward-thinking museums, archives, and galleries here! 🌎 100