Mother's Day Tea

We invite you to join us on Sunday May 12^th, 2013 for our annual Mother’s Day Tea at Haney House.

This is an opportunity for you to invite your friends and family to partake in Tea on the Veranda and a tour at the historic Haney House Museum. We will be serving from 11am to 3pm.r Its only $6 for tea, treats and a tour!

If you have questions or want to let us know you are coming contact mrmeventplanner@gmail.com.

Haney House Museum
11612 224th street
604-463-5311

Heritage Tea

The Maple Ridge Historical Society's Annual Heritage Tea will be taking place this Saturday, April 6th from 1-4pm at the Ridge Meadows Seniors Centre, 12150 224th Street in Maple Ridge.

There will be food, historical displays and good conversation. Come join us! All ages welcome.

Admission is $7

Call for Musicians!

The Maple Ridge Historical Society is seeking musical groups to submit applications to perform at the Music on the Wharf Concert Series: July 8, 22 and August 12, 26, 2013.

Music on the Wharf Concert Series is a unique performance opportunity held on the Port Haney Wharf.  In its 17th year, the concert series is well established and well attended.  The Maple Ridge Historical Society is looking for musical groups to fill out this year’s roster.

Interested groups should meet the following requirements

•  Be established with proven performance record
•  Have their own instruments and equipment for performance

Interested groups should submit the following information

•  Name of group and contact information
•  Brief resume of performances
•  Brief group biography
•  Sound recording with at least three selections on CD

Thank-you in advance for your interest in our event, if you have any questions please contact Alison at mrmeventplanner@gmail.com.

Music samples and group information will ONLY be accepted by MAIL due to sound quality.  Please submit the above by Friday March 15, 2013 by 4pm.

You may also drop off package to the Maple Ridge Museum.

Attn: Music on the Wharf Committee
22520-116th Ave
Maple Ridge, BC
V2X 0S4

Heritage Week

To celebrate Heritage Week, which runs February 18-24, the Maple Ridge Museum will have three displays at the local library around this year’s theme, Good Neighbours: Heritage Homes and Neighbourhoods. “The theme explores the character and warmth of historic homes, and the timeless appeal of established, older neighbourhoods with vintage house styles, gardens, landscaping, trees and boulevard.” Our displays will be showcased for the month of February at the Maple Ridge Library.

Library Displays

Starting December 1st the museum will have two cases at the Maple Ridge Library to celebrate the holiday season. One will be on Christmas Through Wartime, illustrating the trials and sacrifices made by those on the home front and in battles, as well as immigrant stories to Canada during such a trying time.

The second display will be on the History of the Canadian Pacific Railway and various forms of transportation during winter.  A focus of this display will be on the Dewdney Alouette Railway Society and its involvement with the CP Holiday Train and other community events.

Drop by the library during December to view the exhibits!

A Spooktacular Hallowe'en

Sunday, October 28

12-3pm

Haney House Museum

11612 224^th Street

Halloween is only a few weeks away and it’s time to get out your costume and get ready for some fun! Sunday, October 28^th is this year’s date for the Spooktacular Halloween at Haney House. We encourage families to come for spooky crafts, some sweet treats and a Haney House scavenger hunt. Can you wear your costume? Of corpse! Try out your costume for the big day, see you then.

This event is by donation for children, and $2 for adults. 

Haney House is now operating under its winter hours. We are open Sunday 10-4pm. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children/seniors.

WORKSHOP FOR OUR NEW MUSEUM!

We are very pleased to invite Maple Ridge Historical Society members and friends to join us at 7pm on Tuesday, September 25 at St Andrew’s Heritage Church Hall to reimagine our future with a nice new museum facility in it. To help us, we have two world-class experts – Ian McLellan and Brent Cooke – who will be leading the workshop. Ian has an incredible resume spanning 50 years in the museum world and he has been involved in museum development projects at every level from community museums to the massive Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC. Brent spent more than 30 years at the Royal BC Museum, specializing in their natural history and First Nations displays, including the fabulous “Out of the Mist” display on the Nu-chal-nuth peoples of Vancouver Island’s west coast. Brent has since done a lot of work with KARO design which is the firm we worked with when the initial concept design for our new museum was developed.

This will be an excellent opportunity to find out how the museum world works and how we can re-vitalize our stalled project. Please join us – admission is free and refreshments will be served.