We are thrilled to announce that our multi-sensory show BOOM! has won a prestigious TEA Thea Outstanding Achievement Award.
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Join us for family-friendly chills and thrills this Halloween.
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With Howe Sound/Átl’ka7tsem recently designated as a UNESCO biosphere region, it is especially timely that the Britannia Mine Museum is launching a new temporary exhibit with a focus on the Howe Sound region. The Museum’s Terralab STEAM learning space will host a dynamic, visual exhibit - “Ore and Orcas: The Remediation of Howe Sound” - showcasing the O120 Orca bone display and other marine specimens, to shine the light on the remediation of the Howe Sound marine ecosystem.
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The Britannia Mine Museum’s annual Copper & Fire Arts community event is returning Saturday, September 18th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring talented local BC artists and their unique metal and earthen crafts. Copper & Fire is the museum’s premiere community event showcasing crafts derived from mined materials “of the earth.”
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June 2021
Britannia Beach, B.C. (June, 2021) – Just in time for the latest lifting of travel restrictions within B.C., the Britannia Mine Museum is introducing a new summer exhibit, “Connected by Copper: From Cells to Cell Phones.”
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March 8, 2021
Just in time for Spring Break, the Britannia Mine Museum is launching their Terralab Learning Space and will be introducing special educational programming for families and COVID-19 bubble groups during Spring Break, as part of their year of STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Art & Math) focus.
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June 11, 2020
Carbon Engineering, a clean energy company pioneering technologies to remove or reuse carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, has broken ground on its new Innovation Centre in Squamish, B.C.
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May 1st, 2019
Launching to the public on the weekend of June 1 & 2, the almost 100-year-old gargantuan Mill building will come to life with BOOM!, a live-action, sensory-thrilling, special effects show that sheds light into the mystique behind the 20-storey building and National Historic Site.
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March 26th, 2019
Launching summer 2019, “BOOM!” is a live-action, multi-sensory special effects show that brings the historic 96-year-old Mill No. 3 building back to life.
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