donations
Monetary Donations
The ODHS is always very grateful to receive monetary donations. Giving to the ODHS helps us maintain our artefact and archival collection, provide educational programming, events and outreach work, research and exhibitions. For donations of $20 or more we will provide you with a tax receipt upon request.
We also gratefully accept donations by cash or cheque in person at the Museum (474 School Ave) or the Archives (430 Fairview Rd). Donations may also be mailed to PO Box 847, Oliver BC, V0H 1T0.
There are many projects you can support and the ODHS is very thankful for your contribution.
Artefact and Archival
The ODHS accepts artefact and archival donations related to our mandate and collecting area that allow us to interpret the history of Oliver and surrounding regions. We are always grateful when people consider donating material to the Museum and Archives.
Please keep in mind the following before you donate an item.
The ODHS follows a Collections Policy (you can read more by clicking this link) and artefacts or archival material must fit our policy. A few central points in our policy are listed below.
a) We have limited storage facilities and cannot take everything we are offered, owing to conservation issues and the need to protect our existing collection.
b) The ODHS implements top quality museum and archival industry standards when it comes to storage and preservation of our collection.
c) The ODHS collection defines the Society and influences our educational programming, exhibitions, community outreach and research library.
d) After a donated item is accepted into our collection, there is legal paperwork to complete and then the item is catalogued and accessioned into our collection. If an item is abandoned and the legal donor cannot be located after a 90-day period, the ODHS has the right to deal with the item in any manner it deems appropriate.
e) All items accepted into our collections are quarantined for a period. This enables us to eliminate the threat posed to our collection by pests and other harmful material.
f) De-accessioning: The ODHS will De-accession an item from our collection if one or more of the following apply.
The item no longer fits our mandate or Collections Policy.
The ODHS may also have several duplicates of the same item in our collection.
Re-patriation- The ODHS fully supports initiatives to re-patriate items connected to cultural, ethnic, or religious groups. In 2021 we signed the BC Museum Association’s Re-patriation Call to Action. The ODHS Collections Policy states that we do not accept human or ancestral remains, and we do not collect these items.