BC Heritage Week 2021

It’s BC Heritage Week! To celebrate we’ve put together a quiz of Cranbrook’s ‘firsts’ to test your knowledge of Cranbrook heritage.

Free

Ed Talk with Janice Strong and Jamie Levine

On Wednesday March 24th join the Cranbrook History Centre in welcoming Janice Strong and Jamie Levine to share their presentation "A Journey Through Time : Key Events in the History of Life” Join Janice Strong and Jamie Levine for a presentation that spans across millennia. The Cranbrook History Centre will host the two on Zoom […]

Annual General Meeting

Online Event Zoom Meeting Platform, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

It's that time of year again. The Cranbrook Archives, Museum and Landmark Foundation would like to invite its members to register for our Annual General Meeting. Once again we will be holding our meeting virtually via Zoom. This year we will be using the Meeting format rather than Webinar so that we can see all […]

Free

May Speaker Series Part 1: Traditional Relationship With This Land

Cranbrook HIstory Centre 57 Van Horne Street South, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

RESTORING OUR HISTORIC RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE UPDATE 12/05/2021 4:00pm: We have reached capacity to register for the May 12th talk with Sophie Pierre. We are currently working on setting up a livestream so that those who cannot join the Zoom call can still watch the Talk live. Thank you for understanding. Please check back here […]

May Speaker Series Part 2: Re-Wilding Your Space

Cranbrook HIstory Centre 57 Van Horne Street South, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

RESTORING OUR HISTORIC RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE UDPATE: We have reached registration capacity for our Zoom presentation. The presentation will be livestreamed, so please go to our youtube channel to watch the presentation. A Three-Part Speakers Series The Cranbrook History Centre and Wildsight Kimberley Cranbrook are excited to present ‘Restoring Our Historic Relationship with Nature’, a three-part […]

May Speaker Series Part 3: Elizabeth Lake – Protecting Our Community’s Backyard

Cranbrook HIstory Centre 57 Van Horne Street South, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

RESTORING OUR HISTORIC RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE A Three-Part Speakers Series The Cranbrook History Centre and Wildsight Kimberley Cranbrook are excited to present ‘Restoring Our Historic Relationship with Nature’, a three-part lecture series designed to educate and inspire the community to bring an element of traditional wilderness back to urban yards. This series looks to contextualize […]

Love Local Customer Appreciation Event

Cranbrook HIstory Centre 57 Van Horne Street South, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Cranbrook's Downtown Businesses are showing their appreciation for all the local support they have received during these unprecedented times. Over 45 restaurants, cafes, barbers, hair salons, and retailers will have deals, draws, and more. Check out your favourite downtown businesses for more details. At the Cranbrook History Centre we're saying a huge THANK YOU to […]

‘New Roots’ Online Premiere and Q&A with Director Mark Locki

Online Event Zoom Meeting Platform, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

New Roots is a short documentary film that tells the story of Michael and Marie-Eve, two local farmers as they explore how farming connects them to the past, present, and future. Join Director Mark Locki with Wildsight and the Cranbrook History Centre to learn all about the story behind the documentary and for a Q&A with the films stars afterwards.

Ed Talk: Memories of Japanese Migrant Sex Workers in Transpacific Kootenays

Online Event Zoom Meeting Platform, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

UBC Professor, Ayaka Yoshimizu, will share her research on the transpacific underground as it relates to the Japanese Canadian Community living in Cranbrook in the early 20th century. Her presentation will dive into the underground economy that many of the women living in Cranbrook were a part of.