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September 2024
Broken Promises
The Bulkley Valley Museum is pleased to present the traveling exhibition Broken Promises on loan from the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre. Grounded in research from Landscapes of Injustice – a 7 year multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, community engaged project, this exhibit explores the dispossession of Japanese Canadians in the 1940s. It illuminates the loss of home and the struggle for justice of one racially marginalized community. The story unfolds by following seven narrators. Learn about life for Japanese Canadians in…
Find out more »February 2025
Central Park Building 100
Coming soon! 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of one of Smithers' oldest buildings, the Central Park Building. Originally constructed in 1925 as a provincial government building and courthouse, the building was saved from demolition several times in the 1970s-1980s, and today is a vibrant hub for arts and culture in our community. The BVM will mark the occasion of the building's 100th anniversary with an exhibit from February-August 2025. More details will be shared as the exhibition development continues.
Find out more »August 2025
Hope Meets Action: Echoes Through the Black Continuum
The Bulkley Valley Museum is pleased to present "Hope Meets Action", a travelling exhibit created by the BC Black History Awareness Society in partnership with the Royal BC Museum. The exhibit reclaims and retells the complicated history of Black British Columbians, and traces an unbroken line of strength and resistance from the distant past to the present and into the future by highlighting the contributions of Black leaders whose actions echo across the centuries.
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