Museum Tour
As preparation for our work with the curation and presentation of the stories we have been entrusted with, we walked downtown to visit the Revelstoke Museum and Archives.
Curator Cathy English spoke to us about her process for preparing museum exhibits. She explained to us the whole process she used to create the exhibit Land of Thundering Snow, which is both a physical exhibit at our local museum and an online project through the Canadian Virtual Museum.
Here are some of the student responses from the trip:
"Cathy brought to light the creative process that goes into creation exhibitions and just how different museum writing is from academic essays or creative writing," said Hannah.
Christina thought "we learned about the power of words; more is not always better," she said.
Hallah agreed that learning "how to say more and write less" was a valuable lesson.
Maddy was impressed with the Land of Thundering Snow exhibit because of "the many small details" that went into creating the whole exhibit. She thought the use of paper cut-out snowflakes to represent all the lives lost to avalanches in Roger's Pass was "beautifully heartbreaking."
Leonie also found the exhibit design interesting because it captured emotions and moods.
Melinda was impressed with how "effectively and concisely the most important information could be conveyed."
The exhibits in the museum used text, photographs, visual communication, and artifacts
Many students noted how much research goes into writing. Mrs. English told us that to write 200 words, she often reads more than 50 000 words in order to find the most important ideas.
Curator Cathy English spoke to us about her process for preparing museum exhibits. She explained to us the whole process she used to create the exhibit Land of Thundering Snow, which is both a physical exhibit at our local museum and an online project through the Canadian Virtual Museum.
Here are some of the student responses from the trip:
"Cathy brought to light the creative process that goes into creation exhibitions and just how different museum writing is from academic essays or creative writing," said Hannah.
Christina thought "we learned about the power of words; more is not always better," she said.
Hallah agreed that learning "how to say more and write less" was a valuable lesson.
Maddy was impressed with the Land of Thundering Snow exhibit because of "the many small details" that went into creating the whole exhibit. She thought the use of paper cut-out snowflakes to represent all the lives lost to avalanches in Roger's Pass was "beautifully heartbreaking."
Leonie also found the exhibit design interesting because it captured emotions and moods.
Melinda was impressed with how "effectively and concisely the most important information could be conveyed."
The exhibits in the museum used text, photographs, visual communication, and artifacts
Many students noted how much research goes into writing. Mrs. English told us that to write 200 words, she often reads more than 50 000 words in order to find the most important ideas.
