Museum Offering Exhibit & Activities for One Hundred X One Hundred
This month, the Oliver & District Museum is offering a week-long series of activities and the opening of a new exhibit for the One Hundred X One Hundred commemoration marking 100 years of the Oliver community and 10,000 years of the syilx Okanagan Nation.
The activities begin Saturday, Aug. 14th, when the Museum will offer gold-panning, crafts for all ages, a scavenger hunt around the buildings, an nsyilxcən word-matching activity, a Guess That Artifact prize draw, heritage kits to take home, and extra runs of its popular Downtown Heritage Walking Tour (departs from Visitor Centre) and Heritage Garden plant tour (departs from Museum). There will also be a special outdoor photo backdrop for visitor photo shoots and the opening of the new One Hundred X One Hundred exhibit showcasing artifacts and documents from residents over the past hundred years.
Tuesday, Aug. 17th to Saturday, Aug. 21st, the Museum will offer exhibit viewing and activities on a drop-in basis, with extra Downtown Heritage Walking Tours Saturday, Aug. 14th and Wednesday, Aug. 18th departing from the Oliver Visitor Centre at 10:00 am, and Heritage Garden tours on Tuesday, Aug. 17th and Thursday, Aug. 19th departing from the Museum at 1:00 pm. Gold-panning for the young and young at heart will run Wednesday, Aug. 18th and Friday, Aug. 20th all day. A full schedule is available below.