The 2019 BC Museums Association Awards for Outstanding Achievement were handed out on Wednesday, October 2 at the BCMA Conference Gala at Courtyard by Marriott in Prince George. A staple event of our annual conference, the presentation of the Awards for Outstanding Achievement saw museums and galleries from across the province recognized in front of a crowd of more than 150 delegates and some special guests.
The BCMA annual awards recognize institutions and individuals who have exemplified excellence in exhibitions, community engagement and innovation within the province’s museums, galleries and cultural heritage community.
A big congratulations to our BCMA Awards for Outstanding Achievement winners and nominees!
The 2019 winners (below in bold) and nominees are:
Wild Things – Museum of Vancouver and Nature Vancouver
BOOM! – Britannia Mine Museum
Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow – Catherine Clement, Curator, Chinese Canadian Military Museum
Culture at the Centre – Museum of Anthropology and all participating co-curators
Fred Hollingsworth: Art of Architecture – West Vancouver Art Museum
In Focus: The Holocaust Through the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre Collection – Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre
Luminocity – Kamloops Art Gallery
Many Families in One House: Communities in the Cowichan Valley – Kathryn Gagnon, Curator, Cowichan Valley Museum & Archives
Okanagan Heritage Museum Permanent Gallery Overhaul – Curatorial & Exhibitions Team at the Kelowna Museums Society
Lifting the Veil – Freemasonry Now – Alyssa Leier, Curator & Chad Hellenius, Curatorial Assistant from the Exploration Place Museum & Science Centre, in partnership with local Freemasons
Nanaimo Mysteries – Nanaimo Museum
The Cannery Cat’s Collection exhibit – Gulf of Georgia National Historic Site
“Team Effort” video – Todd & Kim Davidson, volunteers, Princeton & District Museum & Archives
New permanent galleries – Trail Museum & Archives at the Riverfront Centre
Cross Cultural Strathcona Walking Tour and the 17 partner organizations that made up the working group
Bulkley Valley Museum – a community partner with the Shared Histories Project – book, Walk to Witset feast – Dr. Tyler McCreary, Eric Holdijk and Kira Westby
Burnaby Village Museum Curatorial and Programming departments for its work with the Chinese Canadian community
Cumberland Museum and Archives: 100th anniversary of the Death of Albert “Ginger” Goodwin
“Húy̓at: Our Voices our Land” interactive website (www.hauyat.ca) is the result of eight years of collaboration between Heiltsuk First Nation and researchers from several institutions.
Kelowna Art Gallery and Kelowna Museums Society “Our Lives Through Our Eyes: Nk’Mip Children’s Art” exhibition
Museum of Surrey
Nicole Krizmanich, Program Manager, Huble Homestead Historic Site
Port Moody Heritage Society
Cortes Island Museum’s “Wild Cortes” exhibit and its creators Lynne Jordan, Laurel Bohart, and Sabina Leader-Mense
Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre’s new collections management database
Deborah Chapman, Curator / Archivist at the Salmon Arm Museum at R.J. Haney Heritage Village
Nanaimo Art Gallery in collaboration with Snuneymuxw artists, Joel and William Good, for the new public art installation
2019 Sinixt-Doukhobor Reconciliation Project Exhibit Team (lead by Curator Joan Heart) at the Boundary Museum & Interpretive Centre
Theresa McFarland, Provincial Heritage Registrar at the BC Heritage Branch
“Húy̓at: Our Voices our Land” interactive website (www.hauyat.ca) is the result of eight years of collaboration between Heiltsuk First Nation and researchers from several institutions.
The Cannery Cat’s Collection exhibit celebrating 125th anniversary of the Gulf of Georgia National Historic Site
Luminocity – Kamloops Art Gallery (tie)
BOOM! – Britannia Mine Museum (tie)
Perspectives on Biodiversity – Sturgeon Harpoon Knowledge Web – collaborative project between the Beaty Biodiversity Museum and Musqueam First Nation
Katherine Flett – Director of Communications, Britannia Mine Museum
Dr. Todd Whitcombe – The Exploration Place
Joanne Georgeson – Greater Vernon Museum & Archives
Judy Turner – Mackie Lake House Foundation
Teck Trail Operations – strong supporter of the Rossland Museum and other area museums
Ian Thom – For over 30 years of service in senior curatorial positions at the Vancouver Art Gallery and Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.
Orville D. Lim – Director, Lim Sai Hor Kow Mock Benevolent Association (Vancouver)