Upcoming Events and Water Snakes

Join us at the museum on Saturday, May 24th from 2 to 4 pm for a seminar on "Basic Landscape Design and Water Wise Gardening" with Garden Expert Don Burnett from Byland's Nursery in Kelowna. Sign up by calling the museum at 837-3067. Cost is $16. The event will begin with a slide presentation, then we will move outside to the Heritage Garden for some hands-on advice.

We are gathering recipes for a community cookbook to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Revelstoke Museum & Archives Association. Anyone and everyone is invited to participate. We are especially hoping to find recipes from pioneer Revelstoke families. Send them to us at revelstokemuseum@telus.net before the middle of June.

We are in the process of expanding our Gift Shop. Stop in and see our new products.

I am working on my next Brown Bag History presentation for Wednesday, May 21st at 12:15 pm. My topic is "Curator's Favourite Stories," which means I can talk about whatever I want! One interesting story I found came from a letter to the editor of the Revelstoke Herald of August 31, 1901. The writer was complaining about a nasty surprise he received from the water tap one day: "Recently a water snake emerged from the water tap, at which I was filling a glass to drink from. The reptile was of the thickness and length of an ordinary lead pencil, with distended jaws and wriggling fiercely in the soda water bottle, to which I transferred it. It did not present an inviting addition to the drinking water supply of the city." The writer was concerned that he might have to switch to whiskey instead of water as his beverage of choice. Join us on the 21st for more stories.