FYI ~ The Revelstoke Museum & Archives is currently hosting the Free Spirit Conservation Tour - a travelling exhibit by the Royal BC Museum & BC Hydro. It will run until Saturday, October 24th at 2pm. Along with the exhibit, we are privilaged to have a guest curator share his knowledge with two free public lectures:

1.Dr. Ken Marr (botany curator) will be giving a free public lecture at the Community Centre Thursday, October 23rd entitled "Did Parts of Northern BC Miss the Last Ice Age?"

2.Dr. Ken Marr will be holding a flower pressing/identification demonstration Friday, October 24th at 10am at the Revelstoke Museum & Archives.

~ The Museum will be open to the public extended hours -

• Wed, Oct 22nd 2:30pm-5:00pm
• Thurs, Oct 23rd 2:30pm-8:30pm
• Fri, Oct 24th, 9:00am-8:30pm
• Sat, Oct 25th, 9am-2pm

Questions??? Give us a call - 250-837-3067

Celebrate BC's past and help sustain its future.

The Free Spirit Conservation Tour is coming to Revelstoke Museum & Archives October 22 - 25, 2008

Open to the public:
Wed., Oct. 22: 2:30 pm to 5 pm
Thurs., Oct. 23: 2:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Fri., Oct. 24: 9:00 am to 8:30 pm
Sat., Oct. 25: 9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Admission: Adults: $4.00 Seniors $3.00 Children and youth (under 18) free

This one-of-a-kind travelling exhibition combines elements from Free Spirit: Stories of You, Me and BC, regional content, interpretive theatre, and a conservation theme into an interactive and educational experience that will appeal to adults and youth of all ages.

A Royal BC Museum and BC Hydro Project

Other Free Spirit Conservation Tour Events:

Did Parts of Northern BC Miss the Last Ice Age?
Learn about collecting plants in the alpine of northern British Columbia and what analyzing their DNA tells us about the last ice age.
Please join Botany Curator Dr. Ken Marr from the Royal BC Museum on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 7:00 pm at Revelstoke Community Centre. Free Admission.

Pressing Flowers & Plants, and Basic Plant Identification
http://www.freespiritbc.ca/conservationtour/Learn techniques for pressing plant materials, and identification of common B.C. plant families at a special workshop led by Botany Curator Dr. Ken Marr from the Royal B.C. Museum on Friday, October 24, 2008 at Revelstoke Museum & Archives, upstairs, at 10:00 am. Free Admission.