Fundraiser for the PoMo Heritage Society

Only 2 more days to purchase your tickets for Unwrapped!
Unwrapped is a special night of shopping at Coquitlam Centre on Nov. 24th. Tickets for the event are $10 with all proceeds going to charity. Purchase your tickets at the Port Moody Station Museum to support the Port Moody Heritage Society.

New Volunteers

The Museum welcomes 8 new volunteers who have joined us this fall. We have two volunteers helping to deliver education programs. We have four new volunteers helping with our aretfact collection. These volunteers are continuing the collection project of photographing all of our 15,000 artefacts and updating records. We have one volunteer creating a database for our newspaper collection. We also have one volunteer helping us maintain our Museum photograph collection and taking new photos of our programs, displays and events for promotion. Thanks to these volunteers and the many others who help us to provide a meaningful service to the community on a daily basis.
If you are interested in volunteering at the Museum, please contact Rebecca Clarke at 604-939-1648 or email pmmuseum@telus.net.

Find us on Facebook and Twitter

Look for the Port Moody Station Museum on Facebook groups and Twitter as pmmuseum.

No Boo-seum This Year

The Port Moody Station Museum will not be having the Boo-seum this halloween. Trick or Treaters are welcome to stop by between noon and 4pm on Friday or Saturday for candy.

A Report On a Field Trip to the Museum

Here is a blog item I found on the net about a field trip to our museum by a teacher. I believe it to be written by a Vancouver Elementary School teacher, but do not know for sure:

Field trip to the Port Moody Station Museum

The Port Moody Station Museum is a very important and interesting historical site. It is a direct link to B. C.'s past. Without the railway, who knows what Canada would look like today.

To learn a little about the importance of the railway, take a few minutes to view the video titled 'Forging the National Dream'. After viewing the video, go to the comment section and write one fact that you learned from watching the video.

Field trip to the Port Moody Station Museum - Class-e-News Blog

2009-2010 Executive

As of the recent AGM here is the current Executive and Board of Directors for the Port Moody Heritage Society:

• President Wayne Beggs
• Vice President Darrell Penner
• Treasurer Irene Reid
• Secretary Al Davies
• Past President Dianna Brown

• Director Mary Anne Cooper
• Director Curtis Fullerton
• Director Pamela Hagen
• Director Ann Hulbert
• Director Dexada Jorgensen
• Director Amanda Maplethorp
• Director Bruce Schroeder
• Director Andy Wickey

• Honorary Al Sholund
• In memorium Weldon Haley

• Manager/Curator Jim Millar
• Programs and Events Coordinator Rebecca Clarke
• Bookkeeper Deb Naso

Odds and Sods Donations Needed

Do you have leftover pieces of ribbon, lonely buttons or other odds and sods around your house? The Museum is looking for donations of these items to use in our pumpkin decorating and /or clothespin dolls crafts. If you have items you would like to donate, please bring them to the Museum Monday – Friday between 9:30am and 4:30pm or Saturday and Sunday between noon and 4pm.

Thank you for your support.

Ioco Ghost Town Day

Join us for some free family fun. Recapture the spirit of the past at the historic Ioco town site. Activities for all ages. Listen to 50s jazz and enjoy a variety show. Try your hand at horseshoes and lawn bowling. Bake and bring the prize winning pie or sample BC grown apples. Kids can decorate and take their own jack o lantern, make a heritage craft or play heritage games. Lots to see and do at this community event.

Where: Ioco Lawn Bowling Green (Ioco Rd. and 1st Ave.)

When: Sunday, October 4th, 2009 12pm-4pm

For more information: visit www.vcn.bc.ca/pmmuseum/news.html or call 604-939-1648

Excellent Location for Visual Arts Subjects

Looking for a visually interesting place to bring your students? The Port Moody Station Museum offers a variety of subject matter for students in the visual arts. Whether it’s sketching, photography or film, our Museum will provide unique backdrop. Located in an original 1907 train station, visitors can explore a recreated station telegraph office, kitchen and parlour representative of a live-in station from the 1920s and exhibits on the early history of the Port Moody area. Also on site is a 1921 restored railway sleeper car and heritage garden. The Museum is available 7 days a week from 9am to 5pm. Call ahead to book. The cost is $30 per class.

For more information visit www.vcn.bc.ca/pmmuseum  or call 604-939-1648. To book your class, email programs.pmmuseum@telus.net.

Rebecca Clarke
Programs & Events Coordinator
t 604-939-1648
f 604-939-1647

Field Trip Orientation

Teachers are invited to the Port Moody Station Museum to learn more about how our education programs can enhance your Social Studies or Art curriculum. Visit the Museum between Sept. 29th and Oct. 1st from 3:00-5:00pm for free tea, coffee and cookies and a personal orientation to the Museum and its programs.

Thank you,
Rebecca

Rebecca Clarke
Programs & Events Coordinator
t 604-939-1648
f 604-939-1647

Ioco Ghost Town Day

Ioco Ghost Town Day is a family oriented heritage event that will be held at the Ioco lawn bowling green on Sunday October 4th from noon-4pm. The focus of the event will be a variety show with a number of different musical, dance and other performing arts acts. There will also be booths from a variety of different community organizations. The Port Moody Heritage Society is in charge of the hot dog concession and providing crafts and games for kids. We are looking of a variety of volunteers to help out. As part of a fundraiser for the Port Moody Station Museum, the Museum will receive $50 for each volunteer that participates in this event. We need 5 volunteers for the concession stand, 8 volunteers for children games and crafts, 2 volunteers to help set up and take down tents, and 1 volunteer who can sit with the Ioco Heritage photo display. We also need 12 volunteers with a dramatic spirit to participate in our heritage fashion show. Participants will be provided costumes appropriate to Ioco heritage. Please let me know if you are interested in helping out.

Thank you,
Rebecca

Rebecca Clarke
Programs & Events Coordinator
t 604-939-1648
f 604-939-1647

July 1st - 5th Events Reminder

Hello everyone,

Just a reminder that we have two events happening this week at the museum.

Canada Day Celebration
July 1st 11am-4pm

Enjoy the music of the Kindred Spirits at noon. Have fun with crafts and games for kids and free cake all day! Try out our railway handcar and see our unique velocipede. Take your photo as a railway engineer on our 1921 railcar.

Celebration of the Anniversary of the First Passenger Train
July 4th & 5th 11am-4pm

Try out our handcar, send a telegram* and see our model train display. Kids can play a train car in our miniature railroad, create their own train craft or try to find the Golden Spike in our scavenger hunt.

*Unfortunately the telegraphers we had scheduled to help us cannot make it. Please contact me if you know anyone who knows telegraphs and Morse Code and would be willing to demonstrate them for the public. We have our own telegraph sets they can use.

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Rebecca Clarke
Programs & Events Coordinator

t 604-939-1648
f 604-939-1647

Telegraphers

Hello,

Celebration of the Anniversary of the First Passenger Train July 4th & 5th 11am-4pm

Unfortunately the telegraphers we had scheduled to help us cannot make it. Please contact me if you know anyone who knows telegraphs and Morse Code and would be willing to demonstrate them for the public. We have our own telegraph sets they can use.

Thank you,
Rebecca

Rebecca Clarke
Programs & Events Coordinator
604-939-1648

Model Train Enthusiast

Hello,

The Port Moody Station Museum is looking for some model train enthusiasts to give advice and speak to visitors about model trains for our events on July 1st, 4th and 5th. If you are or know of a model train enthusiast, please contact me at the number below. Having a model train is not required.

Thank you,
Rebecca

Rebecca Clarke
Programs & Events Coordinator
604-939-1648

Summer Event Volunteers - 2009

Hello everyone,

It’s great weather and time to have some fun events at the Museum. Below I’ve listed the events, dates and volunteers we would like to have for each event. Most of our events are free to the public. The hot dog stand helps us pay for the cost of the event. I know it’s not glamorous but it helps keep us going. Please contact me if you would like to volunteer or if you have any questions. Thanks for all your support!

Canada Day - Wednesday, July 1st 10:30am-4:30pm

Volunteers needed:

• Model train enthusiast to who can run and talk about a model train.
  

Anniversary of the 1st Passenger Train - Saturday and Sunday, July 4th & 5th 11am-4pm

Volunteers needed on Saturday:

• 4-6 people to help with crafts and games for kids
  
• 1 person to grill hot dogs from 11:30-1:30
  
• 1 person to grill hot dogs from 1:30 -3:30
  
• 1 person to sell hot dogs from 11:30-1:30
  
• 1 person to sell hot dogs from 1:30 -3:30
  

Volunteers needed on Sunday:

• 4-6 people to help with crafts and games for kids
  
• 1 person to grill hot dogs from 11:30-1:30
  
• 1 person to grill hot dogs from 1:30 -3:30
  
• 1 person to sell hot dogs from 11:30-1:30
  
• 1 person to sell hot dogs from 1:30 -3:30
  

Kidsworld – Thursday, July 16th 10am-4pm

Volunteers needed:

• 2-4 people to help with crafts and games for kids
  

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Rebecca Clarke
Programs Coordinator

t 604-939-1648
f 604-939-1647

Coming Event - A Tie for Dad - Father's Day Event

Sunday, June 21st ~ 11am - 4pm

Come visit the Port Moody Station Museum Sunday, June 21st between 11am and 4pm for a special Father’s Day treat. Stamp your name on a copper plaque and attach it to a rail tie for $10. Then see our railway handcar, velocipede and 1921 railcar. Learn to send a telegraph in Morse code. Enjoy crafts and games for kids and free lemonade and cookies for Dad!

For more information on the event please contact Rebecca Clarke - Programs Coordinator

pmmuseum@telus.net

Image by Mark Sylvester courtesy of Free Range Stock

Port Moody Station Museum Education Programs - Building a Community in Pioneer Times (grades 2-4)

Our education programs are designed to be interactive hands-on experiences for youth and adults.

Youth programs for school classes and community youth groups.

Adult tours for ESL schools and adult community groups.

To book your program now – click here.

Industry and Community is a Half Day program that you can book for your school class or community youth group. A special day has been set aside for home school families on April 1st for this program.

Building a Community in Pioneer Times (grades 2-4)

What does it take to start a community? Participate in an art activity, recreating the budding town of Port Moody in 1907. Examine objects from turn-of-the-century facilities such as the pharmacy, the school, and the general store. Explore the Museum displays in a guided scavenger hunt.

*Art activity available as a do-it-yourself kit.

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Program for home school families offered Friday, June 12th, 2009 from 10:00-11:30am

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Teacher Resources

Pre-Visit Activity

Post-Visit Resource

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Click here for booking information.

Remember - Mother's Day is Coming!

Make plans for Mother's Day Tea on the Venosta!

Sunday, May 10 -o- Noon - 4pm

Enjoy tea and treats on the Venosta, a 1921 renovated dining car.  Entertainment and a special treat for mom.

$5.00 per person, $3.00 for children 2-10 years of age.

For more information please contact Maud Sanford - Museum Assistant

604.939.1648 or pmmuseum@telus.net

Port Moody Station Museum Education Programs - Industry and Community (grades 4-6)

Our education programs are designed to be interactive hands-on experiences for youth and adults.

Youth programs for school classes and community youth groups.

Adult tours for ESL schools and adult community groups.

To book your program now – click here.

Industry and Community is a Half Day program that you can book for your school class or community youth group. A special day has been set aside for home school families on April 1st for this program.

Industry and Community (grades 4-6)

How does industry impact a community? Learn about the railroad, lumber mills, fur trade and others as you play our industry bingo. Listen to the stories of industry workers of the past, handle objects and examine historical photos and documents. Program adjusted to meet curriculum objectives for each grade level.

Objects and materials from this program are available as an in class kit. The kit may be checked out for a period of 3 weeks for $20.

(available year round)

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Program for home school families offered Friday, May 1st, 2009 from 10:00-11:30am

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Teacher Resources

Industry Backgrounds Link on Program Web Site

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Click here for booking information.

Mother's Day Tea on the Venosta

Make plans for Mother's Day Tea on the Venosta!

Sunday, May 10 -o- Noon - 4pm

Enjoy tea and treats on the Venosta, a 1921 renovated dining car. Entertainment and a special treat for mom.

$5.00 per person, $3.00 for children 2-10 years of age.

For more information please contact Maud Sanford - Museum Assistant

604.939.1648 or pmmuseum@telus.net

Annual Easter Egg Hunt

Sunday, April 12 -o- 11:00am - 1pm

Join the Port Moody Station Museum on Easter Sunday for their Annual Easter Egg Hunt.  Kids of all ages hunt for marbles on the Museum grounds, and redeem them for a bag of chocolate Easter Eggs.  Concession, Face Painting and more!   Drop in, rain or shine!!!

Admission by suggested $2.00 donation.

For more information please contact Maud Sanford - Museum Assistant

604.939.1648 or pmmuseum@telus.net

Educator Appreciation Night

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Open House 3:30pm-6:00pm

The Port Moody Station Museum invites all educators to a night of appreciation. School teachers, ESL teachers, pre school teachers, home schooling parents and educators from all fields are welcome. Guests can learn about our new education programs for all ages and explore our new displays. Programs are designed to provide a fun outing for students as well as compliment the Social Studies and Art curriculum objectives for Kindergarten to Grade 10 and provide community heritage appreciation for adult ESL students.

Complimentary Refreshments and Prize Draws.

For more information please contact Rebecca Clarke - Programs Coordinator

604.939.1648 or pmmuseum@telus.net

Port Moody Station Museum Education Programs - Riding the Rails (ages 4-10)

Our education programs are designed to be interactive hands-on experiences for youth and adults.

Youth programs for school classes and community youth groups.

Adult tours for ESL schools and adult community groups.

To book your program now – click here.

Riding the Rails is a Half Day program that you can book for your school class or community youth group. A special day has been set aside for home school families on March 6th for this program.

Riding the Rails (ages 4-10)

Experience the exciting world of trains in this interactive hands-on program. Re-enact a 1920s train trip across Canada in our authentic railway car, the Venosta. Learn to send a telegraph and signal a train in an historical CPR station with real railway artifacts.
(available year round)

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Program for home school families offered Friday, March 6th, 2009 from 10:00-11:30am

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Teacher Resources
Coming soon!

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Click here for booking information.

Heritage Week 2009 -- A Legacy of Learning -- Build Your Community in 1882

BUILD YOUR COMMUNITY IN 1882

Saturday & Sunday, February 21 & 22

Noon - 4pm

Admission by donation

The public will have the opportunity throughout heritage week to visit the museum and view a reconstructed map of the Village of Port Moody.  The map, measuring 8' by 12' depicts Port Moody from 1882-1913 and the public is invited to visit the Museum and colour miniature replicas of storefronts and buildings from this era.  This miniatures will then be placed on the map for others to view and enjoy.  There will be a guest register for contributing residents to sign as well as photo’s being taken for the Port Moody Station Museum archives.

For further information please contact:

Maud Sanford
Museum Administrative Assistant
Port Moody Station Museum

Tel (604) 939-1648

Heritage Week 2009 -- A Legacy of Learning -- Port Moody School Days

PORT MOODY SCHOOL DAYS

Wednesday, February 18, 7pm

Admission by donation.

Port Moody Station Museum Curator/Manager Jim Millar will be presenting an informative power point presentation and open discussion on the School Days of Port Moody from 1883 thru 1973.  Did you know the first school built was a one-room building at the corner of Douglas and Clarke Streets in 1885?  Come learn more about the evolution of Port Moody Schools!

For further information please contact:

Maud Sanford
Museum Administrative Assistant
Port Moody Station Museum

Tel (604) 939-1648

"Heritage Week 2009 -- A Legacy of Learning"

Heritage Week

February 16 - 22

The Port Moody Station Museum celebrates Heritage Week, Feb. 16 to 22th with displays and activities for all ages.  “We have carefully reconstructed an 8’x12’ map depicting the Village of Port Moody from 1882 – 1913,” explains Curator/Manager Jim Millar.  “The community is invited to visit the Museum on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 21 & 22 and color miniature replica storefronts of buildings from this era which will be placed on the floor map. It is our hope to show parents and children how Port Moody looked then and now and involve them in a fun and friendly way of how the city developed.”  Heritage button making will also be included on these days.

Communities throughout the province celebrate Heritage Week every year which commences on national Heritage Day, the third Monday in February.  Heritage Week themes open up a multitude of possibilities to recognize community heritage buildings, places and history and to organize special events and celebrations.  The theme of the year’s Heritage Week is “A Legacy of Learning:  The Heritage of Education”.

Jim Millar will be presenting an informative power point presentation and open discussion on the School Days of Port Moody.  “I will be discussing the history of the buildings used for education in Port Moody from 1883 – 1973 and the power point presentation will include some of the students and teachers that attended them”.   Jim continues, “Many people don’t realize that the first school built was a one-room building at the corner of Douglas and Clarke Streets in 1885.  This is also when the Port Moody School District was formed.”  School Days of Port Moody will be held on Wednesday, February 18th at 7:00pm.

Museum is open Wednesday – Sunday, Noon – 4pm and is located at 2734 Murray St. Port Moody, next to Rocky Point Park.

For further information contact: Maud Sanford, Museum Assistant at 604.939.1648.

New Program Coordinator - from the Station Telegram

New Program Coordinator

Rebecca Clarke is a Florida native who came to Vancouver in 1998 to complete a Masters degree in Educational Studies at UBC. In addition to a background in education research, Rebecca has worked with youth in pre-school and tutoring settings. She began her career as Educational Director at the Oxford Learning Centre, Richmond where she spent four years designing and delivering academic programs for children. She then worked at the Vancouver Museum as Programs Coordinator developing and delivering programs for all ages. She ahs also been a board member of the Westcoast Child Care Resource centre.

Major funding from Heritage Canada and the BC Arts Council along with support from the Port Moody Foundation, Westminster Savings and the City of Port Moody has enabled us to hire Rebecca Clarke as Education Program Coordintor until the summer of 2009. Rebecca will develop policy and pilot programs increasing our services in education.

Excerpt from the "Station Telegram" Winter 2008 Edition.

The "Station Telegram" is the newsletter of the Port Moody Station Museum and is available at the museum or mailed to Port Moody Heritage Society Members.

2009 Memberships

Support the Museum!

Become a part of the society that runs the Port Moody Station Museum with a 2009 Port Moody Heritage Society Membership. The Port Moody Heritage Society welcomes new members to become a part of it.

Your membership helps support the operation of the museum and other projects of the society. You also have a say at the Annual General Meeting in the Spring of each year and with the election of the Board of Directors and Executive. Membership numbers influence grant money coming into the museum as well and provide a large part of our budget for maintaining and displaying the collection. Memberships start at $5 Canadian for family or individuals.

Heritage Society Memberships make a nice gift. Consider gift memberships for 2009!

Memberships are now more affordable than ever! Support the Museum and buy one for yourself! Buy one for each member of the family!

Memberships:

• Membership: $5
• Life $500

Donations to the museum are always gratefully accepted. Tax receipts are provided for donations over $25 or by request.

Holiday Tea December 20th and 21st Cancelled

We are sorry to disappoint you but due to unforeseen circumstance The December 20th and 21st Holiday teas on the Venosta passenger rail car have to be cancelled. Water pipes froze and burst so there is no water in the train car.

The museum is still open and decorated for the holidays and we welcome your visits. We are open for winter hours of Wednesday to Sunday from Noon to 4 pm. We will be closed for winter vacation holidays.

Holday Events

Decorating for the Holidays

Saturday, December 6 - 11:00am

Museum will be alight with the magic of the Holiday Season.

Admission by donation

Holiday Ginger Bread Houses - Display

December 7 - ongoing

A fascinating display of Gingerbread houses will be hosted in the Museums Historical Kitchen reflecting the versatility of Ginger Bread.

Admission by Donation

Holiday Tea on the Venosta

Sunday, December 14, Saturday December 20 and Sunday December 21.

11:00am - 3:00pm.  $5.00 per person

Enjoy tea, treats and Holiday Music with Nigel Tucker  on our vintage 1921 refurbished railcar.

CPR Holiday Train

Friday December 19, 8:00pm - Free family event
Foot of Queens Street - Port Moody

Train arrives:  9:15pm

Displays, entertainment, hot apple cider, crafts and more begin at the Queens Street plaza at 8:00pm

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For more information on these and other events, please call:

Maud Sanford
Museum Administrative Assistant
Port Moody Station Museum

Tel (604) 939-1648