Nov 29, 2016
The Frank Slide on Canadian Snapshots
Seventy-seven years ago today, radio listeners across Canada were entertained by the story of the Frank Slide on CBC program Canadian...
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Nov 25, 2016
Collections of the Pass: Organizing Badges
Today at the Crowsnest Museum I could be found armed with a needle and thread. Fabric based collections are a large part of our...
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Nov 18, 2016
Collections of the Pass: Mystery Artefacts
It's been an interesting week here in collections at the Crowsnest Museum. I've been going through boxes of artefacts to enter them into...
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Nov 11, 2016
Collections of the Pass: Silk Postcards
During the First World War is was common for soldiers to send home hand embroidered silk postcards. A piece of silk was embroidered with...
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Nov 9, 2016
Collections of the Pass: Introduction
Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes at the Crowsnest Museum? We're introducing a new feature to our blog exploring the collections...
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Nov 9, 2016
Collections of the Pass: Numbering Chaos
I should have known I was in trouble when the first two objects I picked up didn't have a number on them. The first was a typewriter; a...
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