May was a busy time for the hard workers at the South Similkameen Museum Society. This year’s grant monies enabled us to open the museum a full month earlier than usual so we started with a clean-up of the grounds in preparation for the annual plant sale and the busy summer season.
The plant sale was held May 12 and we would like to thank everyone involved for their support and participation. At one point our contributors were delivering plants for sale almost as fast as the customers were buying them! The funds we raised will go towards this year’s operating costs and looking forward to a new building.
The museum officially opened for the season right after the May long weekend and we have many projects lined up for the coming months. Most important is the ongoing work of identifying and cataloguing the photos in our growing collection. We are constantly updating our displays and find that we could use additional native artifacts.
If you have anything you would like to donate, please call the museum at 499-9295, Judy at 499-2883 or Doreen at 499-5746.
To finish off the month, the Legion kindly let us host their meat draw on May 26. The Museum Society made money from the sale of meat draw tickets, our raffles, and half of the 50/50 tickets. We want to thank the Legion for their generosity, which helps many local, not-for-profit organizations.
Don’t forget to check our web site at keremeosmuseum.ca to stay informed about future events. June 23 is the Fancy Hat Tea Party at the historic Gibson House, 2 to 4 p.m. There will be prizes for hats in many categories, as well as tea and goodies and lots of fun! We hope to see you there and don’t forget to bring your friends and relatives to visit the museum!
Summer hours at the museum are Tuesday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.