BC Museums Week 2025:Ā Building the Future
Media Kit
May 12 ā 18, 2025Ā |Ā Ā #BCMW25
For BC Museums Week 2025, our theme is āBuilding the Future.ā
Last year, our theme was “Imagine the Future,” and in 2025, the BCMA is highlighting members who are actively building a new future within their community. From building new relations to centre Indigenous voices, to creating new hands-on STEAM experiences to inspire future generations of innovators, to literally rebuilding museums, BCMW2025 will highlight work our members are doing to help build brighter futures in their communities.
How to Participate
In 2025, the BC Museums Association is asking our members for their help telling the story of how museums, galleries, and heritage sites change lives.Ā
May 12-18 is BC Museums Week, and on International Museum Day (Sunday, May 18), we call upon our members to share a story about the impact you have on the lives of your community.
Before noon on Sunday, May 18, we ask members to share curated BC Museums Week images and text on their preferred social media accounts. Be sure to tag the BC Museums Association on social media:
Social Media Text
Option 1:
Museums, galleries, and heritage sites are working to build a better future for communities. For BC Museums Week 2025, we are joining sites to share the impact of our work.Ā
#MuseumsBuildFutures #BCMW2025 #IMD2025
Ā Option 2:
Join us and other cultural institutions from across the province as we share our stories of impact this BC Museums Week. Now, more than ever, is the time to advocate for why museums matter and why we all must work together to build brighter futures for our communities.
#MuseumsBuildFutures #BCMW2025 #IMD2025
Option 3:
Museums, galleries, and heritage sites are critical to the vibrancy of our communities. This BC Museums Week, we join fellow cultural organizations in recognizing how museums are building better futures in their communities.Ā
#MuseumsBuildFutures #BCMW2025 #IMD2025
Social Media Graphics
We encourage you to share the pre-made BCMA-created images linked below.
On May 19, the BCMA will be monitoring the above hashtags and resharing posts with our network.
Accessibility note: We encourage you to include image descriptions as alt text for the images you share on social media. An image description provides additional details about the images you share and allows, for example, people who use screen readers to better engage with the content. To learn more about the importance of alt text and how to use it on social media, we recommend reading this article from Hootsuite.
Other Ways of Participating
If you are not able to participate on social media, we encourage two other methods of magnifying our collective impact: writing a letter to your local council, MLA, or MP, or sending a letter to your local paper.Ā
From creating jobs, to supporting tourism, to reframing our understandings of the past, our sector matters. But for people to understand why our sector matters, we must tell that story. By sending a letter to a local representative or your local paper, you are helping to ensure that arts, culture, and heritage organizations are at the front of peoplesā minds.
Template Letter for Elected Representatives
The BCMA has created the following customizable templates to support your outreach to local, provincial, and federal representatives. Click the links to download a Word document that can be customized to tell the story of how museums are working to build brighter futures within their communities.
To find the contact information for your elected representatives, use CivicInfo BC to find local government information, Elections BC to find your MLA, and Elections Canada to find your MP.
Letter to the Editor Example
Local newspapers love to hear from museums, galleries, and heritage sites in their communities. Writing letters to the editor can be a great way to share news about your work and its impact. The BCMA has drafted the following template letter and encourages members to download and customize it.
BC Museums Week 2025
May 12-18 is BC Museums Week, and on International Museum Day (Sunday, May 18), we call upon our members to share a story about the impact you have on the lives of your community. Explore the BC Museums Week Program from the BCMA!
