BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.2.1//EN TZID:America/Vancouver X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Vancouver BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1100@nanaimomuseum.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220601T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220905T160000 DTSTAMP:20220906T221545Z URL:https://nanaimomuseum.ca/events/nanaimo-museum-summer-club/ SUMMARY:Nanaimo Museum Summer Club! DESCRIPTION:Hey kids! Looking for fun activities all summer long? Then join the Nanaimo Museum Summer Club! \nWith a fascinating new theme every mon th you will be exploring the gallery\, handling artifacts\, and learning t he story behind the artifacts.  \n\nEach month a new special button will be revealed - collect them all by visiting the gallery in June\, July\, an d August. \n\nFun for all ages\, Nanaimo Museum Summer Club is included w ith admission by donation.  \n\nThere are three buttons to collect\, mak e sure to visit the museum from August 30th to September 5th for Last Chan ce Week! All three touch stations and hunts will be available so club memb ers can collect any pins they are missing. \nJune: Chinese Canadians on V ancouver Island \nJune 1st to 30th\n[bg_collapse view="link" color="#087f a3" expand_text="SHOW DETAILS" collapse_text="HIDE DETAILS" ]\n\nHead to t he museum from June 1st to 30th to learn about Chinese Canadians on Vancou ver Island and to join the Nanaimo Museum Summer Club! \n\nOpen Tuesday t o Saturday from 10am to 4pm for the month of June. \n\nGet your hands on archival material at the touch station and complete your visit with a scav enger hunt in the permanent exhibit. \n\nWhen you complete the scavenger hunt you will be an official member of the Nanaimo Museum Summer Club and earn your limited-edition button! Check out the design below. \n\n\n\nThi s month's design showcases the dragon head that was displayed on the front of the Wong brothers’ boat for the World Championship Bathtub Race in 1968.  \n\n“The eyes had light bulbs that were connected to a car batte ry and would flash. Smoke shot out of its nostrils.” - Chuck Wong (1919- 2003)   \n\nThe Wong brothers opened the Diners Rendezvous Restaurant in 1953 and it operated until 2000. Check out menus from the Diners Rendezv ous in the touch station. \n\nThere are three buttons to collect\, so vis it each month to collect them all! \n\n[/bg_collapse]\nDr. Imogene Lim: A Noisy Descendent\nJuly 1st to September 5th\n[bg_collapse view="link" col or="#087fa3" expand_text="SHOW DETAILS" collapse_text="HIDE DETAILS" ]\nLe arn about the experience of Chinese Canadians in BC’s past through Dr. I mogene Lim’s family story. From her grandfather's arrival in Victoria in 1890 and the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act on her father\, to why D r. Lim calls herself a “noisy descendant”. Dr. Lim’s story will be o n display in the gallery\, admission by donation.\n\nDr. Lim has collected hundreds of menus from Chinese restaurants in Canada and the United State s to remind people that Chinese Canadians established themselves early on in communities—with the restaurant becoming a place of memories and stor ies.  \n\nDr. Lim's menu collection has been digitized and is available online through the VIU Library Special Collections. Menus from the Diners Rendezvous in Nanaimo will be available at the program touch station until September 5th. \n\n[/bg_collapse]\nJuly: Coal Mining in Nanaimo \nJuly 1st to 31st\n[bg_collapse view="link" color="#087fa3" expand_text="SHOW DE TAILS" collapse_text="HIDE DETAILS" ]\n\nHead to the museum from July 1st to 31st to learn about Coal Mining in Nanaimo and to join the Nanaimo Muse um Summer Club!  \n\nGet your hands on mining artifacts at the touch sta tion and complete your visit with a scavenger hunt in the Coal Mine exhibi t by lantern light.  \n\nWhen you complete the scavenger hunt you will b e an official member of the Nanaimo Museum Summer Club and earn your limit ed-edition button! Check out the design below. \n\n\n\nCoal Mining in Nan aimo is available Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 4pm for the month of Jul y.  \n\nThere are three buttons to collect\, so visit each month to colle ct them all! \n\n[/bg_collapse]\nAugust: Uy̓ 'kwunus 'i lumnamu\nAugust 1st to 28th\n[bg_collapse view="link" color="#087fa3" expand_text="SHOW DE TAILS" collapse_text="HIDE DETAILS" ]\n\nuy̓ 'kwunus 'i lumnamu/It is goo d to see you \n\nHead to the museum from August 1st to 28th to learn abou t Stories of Snuneymuxw and to join the Nanaimo Museum Summer Club!  \n\ nVisit with a museum host who will show you some tools used by Snuneymuxw and other Coast Salish people at the touch station and take a scavenger hu nt-style tour of the gallery that highlights Snuneymuxw in the past and pr esent\, including Xulsimalt Harry Manson who is in the Sports Hall of Fame and the new display of William A. White’s regalia. \n\nWhen you comple te the scavenger hunt you will be an official member of the Nanaimo Museum Summer Club and earn your limited-edition button! Check out the design be low. \n\nWondering how to pronounce uy̓ 'kwunus 'i lumnamu\, the Hul’q ’umi’num phrase in the title?  Check out this YouTube video:  https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCRZyr3nTb8&\;list=PL7Y9PYFXsyDOCc2HYZI9lG4vj NFF_itfR&\;index=25 \n\n\n\nThis month's design was created by Snuneym uxw artist Noel Brown. \n\nuy̓ 'kwunus 'i lumnamu/ It is good to see you is available Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 4pm for the month of August.  \n\nThere are three buttons to collect\, so make sure to visit the museu m from August 30th to September 5th for Last Chance Week! All three touch stations and hunts will be available so club members can collect any pins they are missing. \n\n[/bg_collapse]\n\n  \n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nanaimomuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022 /05/1-1.png CATEGORIES:Family END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR