FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 6, 2004 Richmond Museum's BC Packer Collection Now Online
The Richmond Museum is pleased to announce that over 750 artifact records and approximately 600 accompanying digital images of the recently donated BC Packers Collection are now available for public viewing on the Artefacts Canada web page www.chin.gc.ca/English/Artefacts_Canada <http://www.chin.gc.ca/English/Artefacts_Canada> . BC Packers, for decades one of the largest local employers and an integral part of the Steveston community, closed its fish processing plant in 1992. The Imperial Plant was the homeport of BC Packers and the centre of an international operation. The industrial history of BC packers is inseparable from the development of Steveston, Richmond and the Province of British Columbia. In April 2003, the Richmond Museum received funding from the British Columbia Arts Council through the BC Digital Collections Program to clean, catalogue and digitally photograph artifacts collected from the BC Packers, Imperial Plant Site. Working with Unlimited Digital and professional photographer Ken Mayer, 600 BC Packers artifacts were photographed during the Fall of 2003. These artifacts include office equipment from the site, BC Packers promotional material, industrial packing and canning equipment as well as the plant's fire fighting equipment. During the Winter of 2004, Richmond Museum Curator, Jennifer Breckon prepared the images for uploading to the Artefacts Canada web site. Artefacts Canada is an online resource that contains millions of collection records and close to 440,000 images from hundreds of museums across the country. National and international heritage professionals as well as the general public use the website to research and discover the fascinating world of Canadian cultural and natural collections. By having this important collection online, the Richmond Museum hopes to secure future technology funding through which to showcase its other collections. To view the BC Packers Collection online visit www.chin.gc.ca/English/Artefacts_Canada <http://www.chin.gc.ca/English/Artefacts_Canada> , click on the link to the Humanities Collections, and perform a search using the institution name "Richmond Museum". - 30 - Jennifer Breckon Curator Richmond Museum and Heritage Services #180 - 7700 Minoru Gate Richmond, BC V6Y 1R9 604-231-6461 --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected]
