Photo Credit: Revelstoke Museum & Archives

Revelstoke Museum & Archives is highlighting the history of Japanese Canadians in Revelstoke and increasing collection accessibility with the launch of its latest online exhibit, Japanese Legacies. 

Spanning over 100 years of history, the exhibit is the cumulation of project manager Harumi Sakiyama’s hours of work piecing together the various Japanese Canadian stories rooted in Revelstoke.

The online exhibit will also help the museum showcase more of its collection without having to navigate the limited space the brick-and-morter provides.

“We’ll continue to gather material on this topic, so this feels the best way to showcase that material,” Cathy English, lead curator told Revelstoke Mountaineer.

The online exhibit is also part of the museum’s work to make its collections as accessible as possible. Audio tours, accessible language guides, sensory supports and a growing list of online exhibits are all accessibility strategies the museum has been implementing over the years.

Read the full article from The Revelstoke Mountaineer here.

Explore the exhibit here.