Special Exhibitions
Change: A new display featuring the Chinese coins recently found in Yukon with a selection of coins and tokens from MacBride Museum’s collection and other collections
OPENING RECEPTION AND LECTURE: Thursday, February 2 at 7pm
Join us for the opening reception and a short presentation by archaeologist James Mooney of Ecofor Consulting Ltd. on the Chinese coins found in the Yukon and their significance.
This display also includes a selection of historical coins and tokens now in the MacBride Museum’s collection and other collections.
This exhibit will run at MacBride until April.
We would like to thank the following for loaning their objects and their expertise to the display:
- The Yukon Government Archaeology program
- The Kwanlin Dün First Nation
- Ecofor Consulting Ltd.
- Matrix Research Ltd.
- Keith Halliday
- Steve Snider (Atlin)
Jim Robb’s Colourful Five Percent exhibit at MacBride Museum
More than 200 people attended the opening of Jim Robb’s Colourful Five Percent exhibit in June.
Local artist and historian Jim Robb has been collecting, photographing and painting the Yukon’s history for more than 50 years. Jim has long been a friend of MacBride Museum and we are proud to work with him to showcase his collection. The exhibition will feature components of the Colourful Five Percent along with items from Jim’s extensive private collection.
MacBride Museum would like to thank the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency for their support for this exhibit. This exhibit is scheduled to stay on display at MacBride until 2013.
Click the link below to hear Jim Robb talk about the exhibit with CBC Yukon’s Sandi Coleman. http://www.cbc.ca/anewday/episodes/2011/06/09/the-colourful-five-percent/
Front and Main: Historic Photographs of Downtown Whitehorse
Historic views of Front Street (now First Avenue) and Main Street in downtown Whitehorse. These photographs are currently on display in the Taylor and Drury Room at the MacBride Museum of Yukon History.
Check back for more special exhibitions.