Gabriola Museum

Région touristique : Vancouver Island

This small, volunteer-run, community museum tells the story of Gabriola Island in the Strait of Georgia, from the ice age to recent European settlement.

Renseignements sur les collections

The historical collection of the Gabriola Museum chronicles the activities of the island's inhabitants since its settlement in the mid-nineteenth century by mixed Aboriginal/European families. Although details have changed, many of these activites continue into the present day.

- Home-making (before and after electrification in 1956)
- Schooling
- Communicating (from mail steamer to modem)
- Worshipping
- Farming and ranching
- Logging (by hand and by machine)
- Lumber milling
- Fishing
- Quarrying (building stone and millstones)
- Brickmaking
- Boat-building
- Travelling to the Big Island (Nanaimo)
- Tourism

Nombre approximatif d'objets ou de spécimens dans la collection : 3,000

Archives

School records, diaries, photographs of early settlers (1860+) and later activities.

Cartographic Materials • Electronic Records • Prints and Drawings • Sound Recordings • Textual Records

Beaux-arts

Culture :
Aboriginal or First Nations

Période :
Contemporary

Autre :
local artists

Histoire humaine

Reproductions of local petroglyphs. Artifacts of European settlement (1860-).

Agriculture • Animal Husbandry • Archaeological Objects • Fisheries • Forestry • Furniture or Furnishings • Household Objects or Domestic Technology • Local History • Manuscripts • Maps, Charts, Plans or Blueprints • Marine History and Technology • Oral History • Religious or Liturgical Objects • Transportation : Marine • Imaging : Photographs

Sciences naturelles

Native plant garden. Fauna of Gabriola Reef. Late Cretaceous fossils

Collections biologiques ou plantes et animaux
Living Collections • Aquatic Organisms : Marine • Botany • Zoology : Invertebrates : Mollusks (Mollusca) : Crustaceans (Crustacea) : Vertebrates : Birds (Aves) : Mammals (Mammalia)

Sciences de la Terre et collections géologiques
Rocks

Collections de paléontologie
Fossil Invertebrates (Invertebrate Paleontology)

Services

Archival research (including genealogy of Gabriola settlers), school programs available by appointment.

Services de recherche

Archival Records • Genealogical Research

Programmes Éducatifs

School Programs : Age 5-11 (k-6)

Information aux Visiteurs

Nature Trails, Walks or Gardens • Parking Facilities : Free : Bus • Gift shop • Special Needs Facilities : Parking : Washrooms : Wheelchair access • Washrooms
Autre : Petroglyph park, native plant garden
Autres visites guidées : Geological tours of Gabriola Island, 2-3 per year.

Services de bénévoles

Nombre de bénévoles : 20

Tâches : All museum activities

Services de restauration

Picnic Area

Services Internet

General Information • Events • Directions or Map • Local History

Liens touristiques locaux

Local Attractions • Hotels • Restaurants • Shopping • Other Services

Publications et produits

SHALE, the journal of the Gabriola Historical and Museum Society, is published several times a year, and contains papers and articles on the history of Gabriola and the surrounding islands.
Subscriptions (4 issues) $20.00 Back Issues $7.00 ea.

Brochures • Museum Guide • Periodicals

Carte

Consultez le site Web

Emplacement

Adresse :	505 South Road Gabriola, British Columbia V0R 1X0 Voir la carte
Téléphone :	(250) 247-9987
Adresse postale :	Gabriola Museum P.O. Box 213, Gabriola, British Columbia V0R 1X0
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