Oct 18
What is the BC Artifacts Mobile Museum?
The Mobile Museum Tour consists of an extensive collection of authentic Pacific Northwest First Nations, Pioneer, Fur Trade, and Gold Rush artifacts the audience will view, touch and discuss during and after a very engaging and informative Power Point presentation by Tony Hardie descendant of early BC pioneers and the Secwépemc (Shuswap) people.
Highlights of the current presentation include:
Large extensive visually engaging displays Power Point Presentation, Hands-on area and Question Period BC Timeline with First Nations Mapping and Traditional Territories Tool Technology used by Indigenous peoples in the Pacific Northwest Discussion of early Fur Trade exchanges with explorers and First Nations exploring Trade, Bartering, Monetary Systems Authentic early Pioneer, Gold Rush and Railway worker artifacts Authentic First Nation Indigenous artifacts and replicas
The BC Artifacts Mobile Museum is an engaging presentation that complements the Social Studies curriculum for all ages and grades in British Columbia. Parts of the BC Ministry of Education Social Studies content discussed and presented during the BC Artifacts Mobile Museum visits may include some the following:
K – people, places, and events in the local community, and in local First Peoples communities. G1 – diverse cultures, backgrounds, and perspectives within the local and other communities and key events and developments in the local community, and in local First Peoples communities G2 – diverse characteristics of communities and cultures in Canada and around the world, including at least one Canadian First Peoples community and culture and relationships between people and the environment in different communities G3 – cultural characteristics and ways of life of local First Peoples and global indigenous peoples, interconnections of cultural and technological innovations of global and local indigenous peoples and oral history, traditional stories, and artifacts as evidence about past First Peoples cultures G4 – early contact, trade, cooperation, and conflict between First Peoples and European peoples, the fur trade in pre-Confederation Canada and British Columbia and the impact of colonization on First Peoples societies in British Columbia and Canada G5 – past discriminatory government policies and actions, such as residential schools, and internments and First Peoples land ownership and use G6 – sustainable fishing & resource management, including effects on indigenous peoples G7 – technological developments and interactions and exchanges between past civilizations and cultures, including conflict, peace, trade, expansion, and migration G8 – social, political, and economic systems and structures, including those of at least one indigenous civilization, interactions and exchanges of resources, ideas, arts, culture between and among different civilizations and exploration, expansion, and colonization G9 – the continuing effects of imperialism and colonialism on indigenous peoples in BC and Canada G10 – discriminatory policies and injustices in BC and Canada at residential schools and conflicts and co-operation G11 – diversity of B.C. First Peoples territories and communities G12 – traditional territories of the B.C. First Nations and relationships with the land
Oct 07
2019-2020 BC Artifacts Mobile Museum
Hello everyone!
With the 2019-20 school year well under way now, many of you may be looking for BC history/First Nation resources for your students.
You are in Luck! I am still currently taking reservations to book your day(s) for the 2019-2020 BC Artifacts Mobile Museum school tours.
Please visit the website www.mobilemuseum.ca or email tours@mobilemuseum.ca today to reserve your date(s) and for more information about the BC Mobile Museum.
The Mobile Museum has plans to visit and setup the artifact displays in several BC interior schools this spring including Salmon Arm, Nelson, Nakusp, Castlegar, and also the 150 Mile House/Williams Lake area schools.
Dates are limited as we do not travel the interior during the snow season so If you are in these areas and want to be included, please contact me ASAP to be added to the list of stops along the way.
Have a great school year! Hope to see you this year.
Tony Hardie,
Presenter and Mobile Museum Guy
Please try and reserve your schools tour date(s) early to ensure you get a suitable date.
It is free to do so and spaces may fill up quickly.
We take reservations up to 1 year in advance.
Email: tours@mobilemuseum.ca or Phone: 778-386-3110
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Sep 24
2019 Culture Days at Langley Centennial Museum
Tony Hardie and the BC Artifacts Mobile Museum will be attending again this year!
This Saturday September 28th from 11:00 – 3:00pm the Mobile Museum will be set up for viewing and questions at Langley Centennial Museum in the Museum Program Room. Actual presentation start time will be at approximately 1pm till 2pm.
Join BC History presenter Tony Hardie as he shares his knowledge, engaging personal history, and extensive collection of authentic BC Pioneer, First Nations, Gold Rush, and Fur Trade artifacts.
Ask questions, view, and touch rare artifacts (and expertly crafted replicas) while learning more about the history of this province and its people.
Hope to see you there!
May 15
New addition to the Mobile Museum Displays
Patrick Amos has created another beautiful Eagle Mask for the BC Artifacts Mobile Museum.
In 1957 Patrick Amos was born on Nootka Island located on the west coast of Vancouver Island into the Mowachaht Band , one of the fourteen member tribes of the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation. Since 1976 Patrick has been designing limited edition prints. In 1979 he began carving wood, apprenticing with Tony Hunt Sr. at the Art of the Raven Gallery, in Victoria, BC. Later, he apprenticed with Tim Paul at the Royal British Columbia Museum carving shed in Victoria, where he assisted in totem pole projects. In 1990 Patrick Amos and Tim Paul carved a 36′ Hesquiaht totem pole for the Maori people of New Zealand. Patrick Amos began selling his work through the Royal British Columbia Museum shop in Victoria, B.C., as early as 1976. Patrick had his first solo exhibition in 1991 at the Gallery Indigena in Stratford, Ontario. In 1992 Patrick was invited to show his work at an exhibit at the Native Heritage Center in Duncan, BC. Patrick’s work has been steadily shown at Images for a Canadian Heritage in Vancouver, B.C.. The Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, BC has also several paintings and prints of Patrick’s in their permanent collection. Increasingly Patrick Amos is being commissioned for larger works and he now takes on apprentices to assist with these projects. His commissions include a 10′ x 30′ mural for the Mount Klitsa Junior Secondary School, in Port Alberni, BC. (1995) ; a 14′ totem pole for the Alberni District Secondary School in Port Alberni, BC.(1997) ; an 8′ x 20′ painted mural for the HA-HO Payuk Elementary School on the Tsahahe reserve in Port Alberni, BC ; and a 7′ totem pole for the Gallery Indigena in Stratford, Ontario. Patrick is active in his community, giving carving demonstrations at various schools throughout the Port Alberni, BC. school district each year. Since 1991 Patrick has taught a native art class at the Duquaht Art School in Ucluelet, BC.
Apr 02
2019 BC Artifacts Mobile Museum Tours Available Now!
The BC Artifacts Mobile Museum Tour is an authentic and engaging program presented by Tony Hardie, descendant of the Secwepemc (Shuswap) people, of the Central Interior and pioneers of British Columbia.
The BC Artifacts Mobile Museum Tour travels to BC public and private schools, community events, and private parties throughout the lower mainland and other parts of British Columbia.
Three main areas of BC History are included in the displays and presentation, including First Nations, as well as Pioneer, Gold Rush, and Fur Trade era artifacts.
Great resource for all ages! Book your tour date(s) today!
For more information visit www.mobilemuseum.ca or you can contact myself, Tony Hardie by phone at (778) 386-3110 or by email to tours@mobilemuseum.ca
Mar 28
Booking the Mobile Museum
Engaging, hands-on, educational presentaion for all ages.
Available dates are limited, so don’t delay, reserve your tour date(s) for the Mobile Museum Tour today!
Please contact Tony for more information and tour date availability at:
778-386-3110
Jan 23
BC First Nation Traditional Territory Maps will be provided again in 2018-19 while supplies last.
The next 75 schools booked for this year will once again be receiving a copy of this fantastic resource on the Traditional Territories and Languages of the many British Columbia First Nations that make up our province today.
Jul 07
Thank You to all BC Schools, Principals, Teachers, PACs, Event Coordinators, and Students!
A big hello to all BC Schools, Principals, Teachers, PACs, Event Coordinators, and Students,
Yay! The summer is here!
I would like to thank all those who I was invited Myself and the Mobile Museum to present during this past year at all the public and private BC Schools.
I would also like to thank all the Principals, PACs and everyone else that made 2017-18 school year a very busy one for myself and the BC Mobile Museum Tours.
What an amazing year it was presenting at events during “Cultural days” at Langley Centennial Museum, “Collingwood Days” in Vancouver and to students and staff in over 50 different public and private schools throughout the Lower Mainland including areas as far away as Lytton, Lillooet and Salmon Arm.
I am also looking forward to presenting once again in 2018-19 with tours currently being booked throughout the lower mainland and other BC communities.
There are many dates remaining available but I recommend that you book your event or school presentation date(s) early to ensure your preferred month and time.
Contact me directly at 778-386-3110 or visit the www.Mobilemuseum.ca website for more information, pricing and booking availability.
Tony Hardie/BC History Presenter
“Honoured to be presenting the BC Mobile Museum on the Traditional Territory of the Katzie, Kwantlen, Kwikwetlem, Musqueam, Nlaka’pamux, Qayqayt, Secwepemc, Squamish, Semiahmoo, St’at’mic, Stó:lō, Tsawwassen, & Tsleil-Wauthuth Nations”
Phone: 778-386-3110
E-MAIL- tours@mobilemuseum.ca
Jun 04
Grandma Christine Master Weaver
As a Basket collector I have always admired the weaving of the Pacific Northwest.
You can only imagine how excited I am to have recently found out one of my Great Grandma’s baskets is on display in a Museum of Master Works right here in BC!
My wife and I and few of my baskets on display Grandma Christine This basket is currently displayed at MOA at UBC
Pretty cool to find this on display! It was part of a collection of baskets and donated to the MOA several years ago.
I was excited to share this one I have (pictured below) with MOA staff member recently. We compared the similarities with the basket they have displayed currently in the Gallery of Northwest Coast Masterworks.
Inherited basket woven by ChristineIt is displayed with some of the greatest First Nation artists work of all time! It is currently labeled as Stolo? with Artist unknown.
My Great Grandma Christine made both of those amazing baskets! I look forward to the day when it is properly represented as Secwepemc and attributed to my Great Grandma Christine.
It has been wonderful to make this connection
I left behind a copy of this wonderful book with the curator to keep with the basket they haveI am currently weaving cedar baskets and hats myself. I am finding it to be a very therapeutic, grounding and a wonderful way to connect to the many gifts from the tree of life.
It is a way to connect to your ancestors. There is a close connection to my Great Grandma I also feel when working with cedar I can not explain in words… Happy weaving to all 🙂
Anyone wishing to learn traditional Haida weaving can drop in and learn from Todd Giihlgiigaa DeVries on Tuesday evenings from 5pm – 7:30pm learning how to make bracelets, headbands, small round baskets, small square baskets, coffee coasters, miniture hats, or start a project of your own. $5 per hour or $10 an evening. Add $5 if you need cut cedar bark. All interested are welcome! Address is 887 Keefer in Vancouver
May 08
A few pictures from the Salmon Arm Shuswap Middle school presentations.
A few pictures from the Salmon Arm Shuswap Middle school presentations.
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Testimonials
“I thought it was an amazing presentation! My students were highly engaged and loved the hands-on artifacts. It was a very enjoyable experience.” Kenton Falls/Yale Secondary
Tony did a fantastic job of presenting to our students over two days. The kids were engaged and interested throughout. Tony arrived early to set up his displays in our Learning Commons. He was very professional and effective at communicating his love of local history and artifacts. When you see Tony speak, it is easy […]
Tony is a professional. Our youth loved the presentation, and the hands on experience handling the history of BC. Tony brings a teaching style that is both a pleasure to watch as well as engage in.
“Thank You so much for joining us at our Culture days event. Your exhibits and talk were fascinating- everyone was so engaged. All the best to you with the school year ahead. Hope to have you again next year…or sooner!! ” Thanks, Hannah Langley Centennial Museum | Arts, Culture & Community Initiatives
Tony brought his Mobile Museum to both of my schools and all the classes were so excited about his displays and his stories and could have spent even more than the 60 minutes scheduled for each group. Do not hesitate to book Tony into your school and book the second day rather than exceed his […]
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