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Kelowna General Hospital: Celebrating 100 Years Okanagan Heritage Museum |
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Kelowna General Hospital Celebrating 100 years 1908-2008
Okanagan Heritage Museum 470 Queensway Avenue Kelowna, BC Jan 10 – December 6, 2008 (Originally set to close on June 12, 2008) ***April 2, 2008 - The Kelowna Museums are pleased to announce that the exhibition, Kelowna General Hospital- Celebrating 100 Years, will be held over until December 6th, 2008 at the Okanagan Heritage Museum. “By extending the run of this exhibition, visitors will be able to enjoy it through to the end of the Kelowna General Hospital’s centennial year,” comments Wayne Wilson, Executive Director of the Kelowna Museums, “It’s a unique exhibition that marks a significant milestone in our community and we’re pleased that even more visitors will now be able to see it.” In 2008, the Kelowna General Hospital celebrates its centennial year, and to commemorate this milestone the Kelowna Museums Society is opening a special exhibition at the Okanagan Heritage Museum. Kelowna General Hospital: Celebrating 100 Years 1908-2008 will run from January 10 until June 12, 2008. The Okanagan Heritage Museum was awarded $10,000 from the Spirit of BC arts fund as well as funds from the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation Centennial Committee for the development of this exhibition. The Public Grand Opening will take place on Saturday, January 12, 11:00am-1:00pm at the Okanagan Heritage Museum, located at 470 Queensway Avenue. For the Public Grand Opening the museum will conduct free guided tours of the exhibition, every half hour starting at 11:00am. Everyone is welcome to attend and admission is by donation. Call (250) 763-2417 for more information. The Kelowna General Hospital exhibition was developed from the Kelowna Museums’ considerable collection of hospital and medical artefacts, hospital records, and historic photographs which tell the stories of the nurses, doctors, and behind-the-scenes staff who have been a part of the Kelowna General Hospital over the last century. Come explore this new exhibition and look back on one hundred years of health and medicine in Kelowna. From bed pans to iron lungs, this is one exhibition you won’t want to miss! The Kelowna General Hospital officially opened on April 2nd 1908 at its present site on land donated by the Kelowna Land & Orchard Company. The original hospital accommodated 19 patients and included nurses’ quarters and separate wards for men and women. In 1940, a new, more modern hospital was built next to the old one and the original building was eventually demolished in 1967. Today, the Kelowna General Hospital continues to grow and sees thousands of patients through its doors every year. The Okanagan Heritage Museum is a facility of the Kelowna Museums Society, a non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to a greater awareness of the agricultural, wine-producing, military, and cultural heritages of the Okanagan. The Okanagan Heritage Museum is located at 470 Queensway Avenue, corner of Ellis and Queensway in Kelowna’s Cultural District. Open Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm Admission is by donation. For more information please visit the website below. On exhibit now at the Okanagan Military Museum is “Battlefield Medicine”, a temporary exhibit which briefly examines the transference of medical techniques and technology used during war to civilian environments. This exhibit runs in conjunction with the Kelowna General Hospital centennial exhibition currently at the Okanagan Heritage Museum. Both exhibits will run until December 6th. Also on exhibit is “Origins of the Militia in the Okanagan”, a new special exhibit that celebrates the 100th anniversary of military history in the Okanagan. The Okanagan Military Museum invites you to come see these exhibits and to explore the stories and events of the Okanagan’s proud military heritage. For more information call 763-9292. |
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 http://www.KelownaMuseums.ca
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