Month: April 2022

  • Headshot of Doug. Text reads My volunteer story: meet Doug Magee. National Volunteer Week April 24 to April 30 2022

    My Volunteer Story: Doug Magee

    Happy National Volunteer Week! We’re excited for you to meet our volunteer Doug Magee! Doug is a part of the museum’s restoration team and works on a wide variety of…

  • National Volunteer Week graphic with headshot of a woman. Text reads My volunteer story: Carly Wolowich. National volunteer week April 24 to 30 2022.

    My Volunteer Story: Carly Wolowich

    Happy National Volunteer Week! We’re back with a volunteer profile: meet Carly Wolowich. Carly mainly works in exhibit development and curatorial areas; if you’ve visited the museum, you may have…

  • Thumbnail for the post titled: My Volunteer Story: Mek Abamba

    My Volunteer Story: Mek Abamba

    Happy National Volunteer Week! We’re celebrating volunteers that bring heart to their communities with Volunteer Canada. Volunteer Week recognizes Canada’s millions of volunteers whose empathy, compassion, and generosity connect people…

  • A locomotive engineer wearing coveralls poses on the front of a diesel locomotive.

    1960s Visit to the John Street Roundhouse

    Experience a day at the John Street Roundhouse in the 1960s, courtesy of Historian Derek Boles’ photo records from a teenage visit in 1966. To clarify, this post was originally…

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