Bowen Island Historians Museum & Archives

• The summer exhibit, The History of Western Explosives Factory on Bowen Island, May 17 - September 7, 2009

• The Historians Annual General Meeting to be held on Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 2:00pm 

• High Tea and Antiques Appraisal with Uno Langmann, Sat July 18, 2009 at Evergreen Hall. Please contact us to book an appointment.

• Bowfest: activities for people of all ages. 

• Remembrance Day Museum Display: November 1, 2009

• Christmas Display:  December 2009 

If you and friends are looking for an outing with a difference, visit the unique Teddy Bear display at Bowen Island’s Community Museum. The Museum’s two small buildings house an amazing cast of more than 200 borrowed bears, of all sizes and personalities. The visiting bears star in scenes which include a Teddy Train, a Nutcracker Ballet, an Edwardian Christmas, a gold and white Fairyland Fantasy and a Folktale Forest. Each year, the scenes are different so visiting bears have lots of fun playing new and different parts! However, the rugged life-size bear plays the same part each year, that of an old-time logger. Visiting celebrity bears include Harry Potter, Mary Poppins, Queen Elizabear, Chuck Beary and Bearnardo DaVinci. A Touch Me table allows visitors to handle bears which talk or move. Fun!

The Teddy Bear Display is open each afternoon from 1 to 4 p.m. December 17 through January 1. ( Closed December 23, 24 and 25.) Visitors need not bring a car as the park-like museum site is just one block up from the ferry landing. There is no admission charge but donations are welcome.

For more information, telephone 604-947-2440 or see the website: bowenhistory.ca