BCHF News

BCHF News

Help us win $20,000 in the Great Canadian Giving Challenge

The BCHF is participating in the Great Canadian Giving Challenge. Until the end of June, every dollar...

BC Museums Association emergency planning workshops

Fire. Flood. Earthquake. Is your museum or cultural centre prepared? The BC Museums Association (BCMA) will present emergency planning workshops in Penticton (April 24) and...

Chinese Canadian Museum launches two exhibitions

On May 6, the Chinese Canadian Museum launched two exhibitions at its temporary location in Vancouver Chinatown.  

Media celebrates 2017 BCHF award winners

We are pleased to share the following media stories recognizing some of our 2017 BCHF award winners: "Top of province garners top prize," BC BookLook,...

2018 Arctic Awards Gala – October 18 at the Vancouver Maritime Museum

Get ready for Vancouver Maritime Museum's second annual Arctic Awards Gala, taking place October 18, 2018, and featuring the Northwest Passage Hall of Fame...

Join the online launch for Failed to Return

Keith C. Ogilvie is the editor of (and a contributor to) Failed to Return: Canada's Bomber Command Sacrifice in the Second World War, published...

Vancouver Island University digitizes Canadian cultural heritage

The narratives of Canada’s journey of exploration will be shared with the online world through the digitization of Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Special Collections...

Robin Lister: 1932-2018

Robin Lister was a proud descendant of early settlers to Chilliwack. He donated a number of items from his Grossman ancestors to the museum...

Nominations for significant South Asian Canadian historic places open until November 6

Do you know a historic place that is important to the history of BC's South Asian Canadian community? Nominations are now being accepted for the...

Landscapes of Injustice launches database on Japanese-Canadian internment

Luggage on display at the Nikkei Memorial Internment Centre in New Denver The Landscapes of Injustice project has...