As the Picturesque Picnics exhibit by assistant curator, Cindy Zhang and assistant archivist, Cicely Ashely draws to a close, the Museum and Archives is preparing for a Remembrance Day exhibit that will run from Nov. 1 to Nov. 22, 2019.
The focus of this exhibit is to examine the role and impact of conflict on a small, personal scale, highlighting the lives of Bowen Island men, women and families during the First and Second World Wars and on the larger world community.
We are familiar with broadcasted images of war: death, disease, destruction and chaos that are haunting, yet anonymous. But what happens to a small community in the face of a world conflict when every person that enlists is the friend or relative of someone on Bowen?
What were the consequences of war on our small community?
How do we remember their sacrifice?
Museum artifacts and archival photographs from our collection will be used to tell the universal stories of pain, suffering, hope and resilience that are common to small and large communities.
This year we are working with our local Legion. We will have poppies at the museum and a small exhibit at the Legion. All money donated to the museum during this exhibit will be given to the Legion.
Help us to create a uniquely Bowen Remembrance Day exhibit. Please consider loaning or donating artifacts, photographs or memorabilia that help us reflect, honour and remember Bowen individuals and families who have served, or continue to serve, Canada in world conflicts and in peacekeeping.
Please contact museum curator Monica Notaro or archivist Catherine Bayly, call 604-947-2655 or email bihistorians@telus.net.
