Boundary Museum Society (BMS) has a long history of preserving and exhibiting the heritage of Grand Forks and the Boundary region beginning with the 1958 Colonial Centenary Project when the community constructed the Boundary Museum building in Gyro Park.
The BMS began as an informal organization of community volunteers that operated this museum from its inception until it was formally incorporated under the British Columbia Societies Act on April 28, 1980. Through the 1980s and 1990s, the Boundary Museum grew into a professionally administered organization with curatorial expertise.
The Boundary Museum, in addition to preserving and presenting the heritage of Grand Forks and the Boundary Region, has employed locals and attracted tourists to the area. The Boundary Museum has an extensive collection of unique artifacts; these artifacts represent early First Nations presence in the Boundary, the first settlers, the prospectors and mining, the early forest industry, early agriculture and orchards, the arrival of the Doukhobors.
Boundary Museum Board - 2009/2010
- Laura Savinkoff, President
- Bob De Maertelaere, Vice President/Secretary
- David Janzen, Treasurer
- Joe Tatangelo, Director
- Lee Derhousoff, Director
- Cliff Schuh, Director
- Laurence Redford, Director
- Chris Thompson, City Liaison
- Susan Harris, Chamber of Commerce Liaison
- Dave Dittrich, Hardy Mountain Liaison
For more information, about the Boundary Museum Society, click here.