MuseNews Ep. 46: Year End Favourites

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, Ryan, Lorenda, and a special guest as we explore our favourite MuseNews!

In this final MuseNews of 2024, each of our hosts picked their favourite stories to reshare. Thank you to our listeners for another wonderful year of news. Happy New Year!

Stories we replayed this month:

• Coast Salish knowledge helps researchers deepen study of 160-year-old pelt from now extinct woolly dog – Windspeaker.com 
• Quilt made by over 300 Canadian, African grandmas coming to Nelson  
• Nanaimo Art Gallery group exhibit considers the importance of storytelling
• BC Sports Hall Of Fame comes alive with immersive digital Indigenous gallery 
• ‘Incredible treasures’ at core of reimagined and redesigned Museum of Anthropology
• Sidney Museum exhibit looks at queer history on the Peninsula 
• After 113 years, Royal B.C. Museum hands back chief’s seat to coastal First Nation | Canada | Head Topics 
• Historic Martin Mars water bomber completes final flight in B.C. | CBC News 
• Sooke museum’s summer team breathes new life into local history 
• Proposed Inner Harbour attraction would present Indigenous, settler experiences ‘side by side’
• Louise Avery retires after 28 years at Kitimat Museum – Northern Sentinel 

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