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So here's a bit of a provocative topic, just for a change Those who know me know that I am a trained archaeologist who also enjoys living history. I do quite a bit of it at work, obviously (we do mostly 1920's and pioneer era), but I also do it in my spare time (mostly Viking Age). Sometimes the two overlap. I was also born and raised in a different culture, and so I attend a fair amount of

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Do you have a favourite Christmas memory? Or do you have too many Christmases that you don’t care to remember? My younger brother has one of those stories that you wouldn’t wish on anybody from when he was very young. You see, where I come from (Sweden) Santa comes to your house on December 24th, and when I say he comes to your house, he comes through the front door while you’re awake, not

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Well, they’re gone again… All my students are back in their respective classrooms, and we miss them a lot. A big lot. Once again, we were very fortunate to have attracted some top notch applicants, and it was really brutal to try and whittle the numbers down from well over 100 applicants to around 15 to interview. Resumes look completely different now as compared to what they used to look like

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Fellow summer student Pamela shows her support for MSA Museum all the way in New York City!

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Hello, for the second time! Sarah here. This marks my fourth-ish week working with the MSA Museum Society, and yes, I am still just as excited as when I started! Last week the Optimist Society of Abbotsford held a Viking Family Fun Fair at the Museum and the grounds. It was cool to see Trethewey House, normally 1920s, be transformed back to the Viking era! The Viking group Reik Felag came and

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Hi Everyone, My name is Pam and I am back from University, working at the MSA Museum for my second summer! I am so excited to be back and am even more excited about all the changes that have been going on at the Museum over the past eight months. Make sure you come by to look at some information about the Discovery Centre concept that is in the works at Trethewey House! My first week back, I

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Hello! Summer Students 2011 reporting for the first (of hopefully many) blog posts. You may be asking, who are these new summer students and what do they do? Well, here we are to introduce ourselves to you, wonderful blog viewer! My name is Sarah, and I am one of the three (very lucky) students who were chosen to work for the MSA Society over the summer of 2011. I am going in to my second year

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Once upon a time a Swedish girl went with her father-in-law to a concert in Vancouver. He had been so kind as to purchase the tickets for said show as a birthday present for her, just because he had heard that she loved to play the fiddle. Completely disinterested in fiddle music himself, he none the less ever so kindly engaged in a conversation with her about fiddles and confessed to her that he

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Well, OK, so I lies, but only almost... I am posting, but it's nothing to do with collections management or history (I'll do that later, right now, this is more urgent). It's to do with social commentary. We are, as you know, located in Abbotsford, and I hear a lot of my fellow British Columbians complaining right now. We're tired of the gray weather, cannot wait for summer, draaaaagging

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As you probably know by now (if you’ve followed my incessant ramblings about Trethewey House), Trethewey House was completed in 1920. In its heyday, the Abbotsford Lumber and Mining Company was the third largest employer in the province. Comparatively speaking, that puts Mr. Trethewey on the map as wealthy, and that affluence shows in the house. The plans for the house were bought from the Sears

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Goodness gracious, where did all of January go?? So much for “slow time” at the MSA… Anyhow, I’m very happy to be able to say that I have two students working with me. Angie comes to us from UFV and puts in 10 hours per week on our behalf. She doesn’t spend all of them here, but she does help me with things such as our educational kits, my catalogue, fundraising and PR – all then things we do in

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Soooooo…did you have a good Christmas? (Providing, of course, you celebrate Christmas in the first place!). I’ve had a nice, relaxing time off, as the museum closes over the holiday season. I’ve spent the time re-visiting some arts and crafts that I’ve not had a chance to practice for about a year now. I used to knit a lot when I was younger, and I decided I needed to make some more knitted

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Where on earth did a whole year go?? I feel like I just started my position here at MSA Museum but I realized the other day that I’ve been here for over a year now. Summer students have come and gone, exhibits, too, have come and gone, and loads of events. We’ve hosted loads of fun events – Sweet connections, St. George’s Day, Heritage Fair, Nordic Spirit, Optimist Fun fair, the CPR Magic Lantern

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You know when you go to a party or some kind of event where you meet strangers who may or may not become your friends and/or acquaintances, how, invariably (unless, of course, you’re like me, and you wear your name tag at all times – my boss, Mrs Van der Ree taught me that trick!), the conversation always comes to a point where someone says ‘What do you do?” Well, I am one of those people who do

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I think I already told you I am the collections manager around here. That means that I am the one whom people call when they want to donate something. Most of the time the general public will only call me if they think that have something especially valuable to donate, like very old handcrafted tools or hand crocheted bed spreads. When they come here with their objects, and we chat as we fill out

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All my summer students are gone for the year. Not that I don’t enjoy working with the other staff, but it sure is quiet around here…This blog was set up by “my” summer students, as I affectionately call them. I really enjoyed working with these ladies. I am the collections manager around here, and I was their immediate supervisor. Of course, I have my own supervisor, so I hope that between us, we

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As most of you are aware, Abbotsford and the Fraser Valley are homes to many different cultures and religous groups and most of these groups share their culture with amazing arts, dances and music. The MSA Museum and the Abbotsford Arts Council are happy to be hosting the Arts and Heritage Unity Festival at Kariton House at 2387 Ware Street. Come learn about the varying culture groups in an

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Hello! Just in case you guys haven't heard. The Trethewey House is hosting an exhibit known as the Prints from the CPR Magic Lantern. I spent all of last week organizing our heritage home, preparing it for 50 large prints. I got the opportunity to hang the artwork myself, with the help of fellow student Pam. What a hard job when you consider that we cannot put any nails into our plaster walls

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Hello everyone. Last week was our first week of day camps and it was a success! Even though we only had four children, each day was educational and fun-filled. The kids enjoyed every activity that we had planned, although Tomb Raiders on Egyptian day seemed to be the most popular. The kids wrapped us (the leaders) up in toilet paper and tried to steal the "treasure" that the mummies were guarding

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Hey Everyone! Lately, I've been doing lots of research for an educational school kit for children called Outlaws and Heros! This kit is going to be all about the pioneer era, focusing on a few infamous outlaws of the Wild West, some of whom, like Billy Miner, actually lived in B.C. in their lifetimes. Before this kit, I had never really been a Wild West fan, but what I've learned so far has

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Hello again everyone! Sorry that we haven't updated our blog in awhile, things just get so busy here during the summer! We'd like to thank everyone who came out to dig for treasure with us at Rotary Stadium on Canada Day. Even though the weather wasn't the greatest, we still had a blast! Also, Berry Beat on July 3rd and 4th was a great success! We really enjoyed face painting all the little

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Hello all, This is Kay and this is the first time I've written in this MSA Museum Blog. I'm the local summer student! I go to the University of the Fraser Valley while the other girls come from further instutions such as the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Concordia University in Montreal and University of Ottawa. Thanks to all of those who came out to the Optimist Family Fun Fair

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This weekend we had The Optimist Family Fun Festival at the Trethewey House Grounds. It was a great hit with kids and parents alike. The hard work was definitely worth the resultant success. Children were giggling, dancing, and smiling their way to all the fun stations set up. The sun was bright and the breezy afternoon was perfect for such a fun day. The lineup of children, eagerly waiting with

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Hi everyone! We are Museum Assistants at the MSA Museum Trethewey House Heritage Site! We have started this blog to network within the community and inform everyone about upcoming events taking place at the museum. We will have posts about artefacts, kids camps and our experiences working here at Trethewey House. We will also post pictures and descriptions of past events. We invite you to leave

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