MuseNews Ep 44: Funding, Exhibits and a Halloween Haunt!

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Leia Splatterson and Ryan Haunt as we explore the latest MuseNews!

October 2024 News:

• Federal funding kicks off initial upgrades of Vancouver’s Space Centre
• Kamloops Art Gallery to begin search for new executive director as Chrumka bows out
• Artists re-interpret Chung Collection on the 25th anniversary of its donation to UBC
• Vernon museum collection includes numerous Indigenous records and objects it wants to return
• Jim Hughson among loaded list of BC Sports Hall of Fame inductees
• Residential school memorial created in Port Hardy dedicated at Canadian Museum of History
• Victoria Chinatown Museum to be made permanent
• Proposed Inner Harbour attraction would present Indigenous, settler experiences ‘side by side’
• Greater Vernon Cultural Centre user fees will be set by RDNO, museum and art gallery
• Fort St. John Museum hosts record-breaking Halloween party
• PHOTOS: Halloween Haunt hits B.C. Aviation Museum in North Saanich
• Aldergrove museum handing out treats for 6th Halloween

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