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Page B \^est Vancouver Historical Society September 2002 Museum&Archives „ museum & ARCHIVES CORNER W ^ Hand-woven Norwegian Heirlooms To Visit West Vancouver Museum Kd iHMM Woven Treasure: The Coverlets of Norway The West Vancouver Museum and Archives is pleased to present this exhibit from the Nordic Heritage Museum of Seattle. Themes of culture, heritage, textile art and women’s history are explored in the exhibition through presentation of hand-woven coverlets, textile tools and materials and period photo- graphs. Preserved in Norway’s isolated farming communities, many age-old textile forms and practices continued in daily use well into the 20'** Century. The traditional textiles of Norway resonate with motifs from the Renaissance and ttie Middle Ages, and the textile techniques used in their manufacture provide a unique opportunity to appreciate skills that were once universal to women in western society. Woven Treasure: The Coverlets of Norway runs from July 31 - October 26, 2002. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, i 1:00 am to 5:00 pm m the summer and Tuesday through Saturday, i 2:00 noon to 4:30 pm after the Labour Day weekend. The exliibit is presented as part of Convergence 2002, an international liber arts conference in Vancouver, BC, August 1-4,2002, hosted by the Greater Vancouver Weavers’ and Spiimers’ Guild and sponsored by tlie Handweavers Guild of America. For more information about this exhibit, programs or volunteer opportunities, please contact the West Vancouver Museum & Archives , 680 -17th Street, West Vancouver, BC. V7V 3T2. Tel: 604.925.72975 or Fax: 604.925.5915 Ed Note: Many thanks to Ian Pattoa of West Vancouver Museum, for this inlbnnation. Tliis is one exhibition nobody should miss! + + + + + -r + + + + + West Vancouver Archives. While Archivist Prebeii Mortensen was sU'uggling witli severe health problems, Alex Richmond did a wonderful job as temporary Archivist. Now Alex has left us to take up a full-time position at the Provincial Archives of Alberta, in Edmonton, therefore the Archives will not be open during tlie summer months. Thanks to Alex for his excellent help to so many of us over this difficult period. Best wi.shes for the future, Alex. Contact Oksana Dexter at 604-925-7224 if you need access to the Archives, Photo: Weston Halt, West Vancouver, B.C.. possibly circa 1914. No date is given in the British Columbia Archives &. Records Service files for this photo, hut Peter says, "... judging from the track and the scarcity of housing, 1 would place it shortly after the opening of the line in 1914". From: British Columbia. Archives <& Records Service. BCARS F 09948’^’