Upcoming Events
Pink Tea: A historical and contemporary discussion on politics and women
Friday October 18, 2024
2:00pm
Sidney Museum
2423 Beacon Avenue Lower Level
To celebrate Women’s History Month and the 95th Anniversary of ‘Persons’ Day, the Sidney Museum and Archives is hosting a Pink Tea, a historical and contemporary discussion on politics and women. We will be serving tea and snacks at the Museum and invite members of the public to come learn about women’s suffrage in Canada and the ‘Persons’ Case, as well as have discussions on current politics as the provincial election is the following day.
What is the ‘Persons’ Case?
Friday October, 18th marks the 95th anniversary of Person’s Day, the day the landmark decision by the Privy Council of Great Britain that determined the word “person” in the Canada’s constitution included both men and women.
The changing of the definition of “person” was initiated by Judge Emily Murphy, Hon. Irene Parlby, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney and Nellie McClung, who became known as the Famous Five.
What is a Pink Tea?
When the Famous Five were campaigning for women to have the right to vote and the right to run for elected office, their suffrage meetings were disrupted by their opponents. Women traditionally held teas for special occasions and since men didn’t attend these teas, suffragists started calling their political meetings Pink Teas and very few opponents attended.
Movie Nights at the Museum
Feature Presentations:
Minoru: Memory of Exile (1992) and
Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story (2002)
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
7:00-8:30pm
Sidney Museum and Archives
2423 Beacon Avenue, Lower Level
Join us at the Sidney Museum for a film screening of topics related to our current exhibits Lost Liberties: The War Measures Act and Displacing Differences. On October 22nd we will be looking at the internment of Japanese Canadians and their forcible uprooting from B.C’s coast in two films.
Please RSVP to [email protected] to confirm your attendance.
Minoru: Memory of Exile is the story of the filmmaker’s father, Minoru Fukushima, and his experience during internment and his expulsion afterwards to Japan.
Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story is a documentary following the legendary Asahi baseball team who prior to World War II had been unbeatable and the stories of the players during internment.
Treat Street Halloween Spooktacular
Thursday October 31, 2024
4:30-6:00pm (or while supplies last)
Beacon Avenue
The Sidney Museum will once again be participating in Treat Street organized by the Peninsula Celebrations Society and the Sidney BIA. Stop by our table right outside the Museum’s doors on Beacon Avenue in your Halloween costume and get a piece of candy!
For more information visit: peninsulacelebrations.org/events/treatstreet
Movie Nights at the Museum
Feature Presentation:
Island of Shadows: D’Arcy Island Leper Colony, 1891-1924 (2000)
Friday, November 8, 2024
7:00-8:30pm
Sidney Museum and Archives
2423 Beacon Avenue, Lower Level
In the late 19th-early 20th century, D’Arcy Island was where the federal government sent people affected with leprosy for containment. The harsh conditions of this quarantine station was where 49 primarily Asian men suffering from the diseases lived. Island of Shadows: D’Arcy Island Leper Colony, 1891-1924 is a documentary that examines the factors contributing to its creation and to the inhumane treatment of those that were forced to live there.
Please RSVP to [email protected] to confirm your attendance.
Movie Nights at the Museum
Feature Presentation:
My Doukhobor Cousins
(2002)
Thursday, November 21, 2024
7:00-8:30pm
Sidney Museum and Archives
2423 Beacon Avenue, Lower Level
In the Displacing Differences display, the Sidney Museum has explored the history of the penitentiary on Piers Island which in the 1930s was the site of incarceration of several hundred Sons of Freedom Doukhobors. My Doukhobor Cousins is a documentary that looks at one family’s history who were affected by harsh government policies.
Please RSVP to [email protected] to confirm your attendance.