Friends of the BC Archives � Rushing Towards Gold

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Sunday, March 15th, 2015
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

As the Museum prepares to open its new exhibit on BC’s gold rush, archivist Ann ten Cate will take a behind-the-scenes look at how the exhibit is being produced.  The journey from the beginnings of an idea to a finished product is a long, collaborative process between curatorial, design and exhibit production staff – and there are inevitably a few bumps along the way.    But bringing BC history to life for an audience that includes children, non-English speakers, and visitors with many different learning styles has been fun.  And as an added bonus, the new exhibit will include quite a few treasures from the archival collections.  Get a sneak peak by coming to this lecture.

Ann ten Cate has been an archivist at the B.C. Archives since 1990, and previously worked in a number of archives in Ontario.  She is a member of the curatorial team producing the new travelling exhibit “El Dorado:  BC’s Gold Rush”, which will open at the RBCM in May 2015, and then travel to the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau.