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BY TRACY CALOGHEROS CEO, The Exploration Place “Why is the Museum still closed?” is a refrain I am starting to hear more as the world […]
When thinking about the Prince George area, one of the last things that comes to mind is that this area was once a stomping ground […]
The Lheidli T’enneh First Nation today announced that the Memorial to the 215 children found in an unmarked grave at the Kamloops residential school two […]
The memorial to the 215 children found at the Kamloops Residential School currently on display at Prince George City Hall will be moved to The […]
The Exploration Place and the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation enjoy a close relationship based on mutual trust, built over 25 years of working together. We […]
Museums, by their very existence, are products of colonialism. The first museums were created as venues to house and display the collections of elite men […]
This week is another tumultuous one. The first federal and provincial budgets delivered during a pandemic, the anxiety of the weekend’s COVID numbers and further […]
The Exploration Place has announced a new national project that your museum is a key partner in. Together with the Discovery Centre in Halifax, Science […]
Even though The Exploration Place is closed, a lot is going on behind the scenes. One of the most exciting projects we are working on […]
Prince George has a rich and sometimes controversial history, some of the most interesting parts not well-known among its population. Not many people are aware […]
As with almost every sector, the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted museums around the world. We might think of arts and culture as “nice to […]
The current situation world-wide has landed many of us on our couches and in our home offices, leaving many people feeling cut off from each […]
Closing a museum and then figuring out what staff needs to do to reopen is pretty much the definition of “building the plane while you’re […]
Calling all future scientists, inventors, and innovators aged 11-13 – if you love all things Science, Tech, Engineering, Arts/Design, and Math (STEAM), then you’ll want […]
The Exploration Place board of trustees along with the centre’s management have decided to delay re-opening the facility until the spring of 2021. The museum […]
The Exploration Place launched its Nature Exchange Online on Canada Day which will provide family friendly activities for the summer, made possible [in part] by […]
As our economy begins to reopen Canada’s top medical professionals are recommending that all of us who can, wear non-medical masks to help prevent the […]
The Exploration Place Museum and Science Centre, which closed March 13 due to physical distancing guidelines, remains closed. “While all of us hoped to be […]
Effective today, March 13, at the close of business, The Exploration Place Museum and Science Centre will be closing to the public and for all […]
The Jeanne Clarke Award for Outstanding Service in the field of local history was awarded to The Exploration Place and the late Mary Gouchie for […]
The Exploration Place is once again receiving national attention for its exhibits, this time as part of a TV series called Dino Trails. The Dino […]
Fees are going up at The Exploration Place and it is pointing to a minimum wage increase as the reason why. The minimum wage is […]
The Exploration Place’s annual Rotten Pumpkin Festival, featuring old pumpkins being catapulted across the museum’s parking lot, has been cancelled. The weather forecast is calling […]
How many of us in BC can say “hello” in the language of the people on whose traditional territory we live, work and play? Hadih […]
The Exploration Place Museum and Science Centre is now home to a fascinating exhibit looking at the inspiration humans have found in nature as we […]
The Cascades are an annual award program of the Canadian Association of Science Centres and this year The Exploration Place Museum + Science Centre was […]
You never know what is hiding in someone’s closet, and you’d be surprised at what can be found in Prince George’s attics and cupboards. Some […]
The Exploration Place’s April Adult Speaker Series event goes at 7 p.m. on Monday April 8 for an engaging discussion with Dr. Natalie Linklater on […]
The Exploration Place has had unprecedented interest in joining the museum’s team of engineers at the Fort George Railway. The response was so overwhelming that […]
Do you know what treasures are in your home? Find out April 13-14 at the antique appraisals event, a fundraiser for Huble Homestead Historic Site. […]
Globalization, culture and the politics of identity in Celtic Europe is the subject of the next event of the University of Northern British Columbia’s Anthropology […]
The Exploration Place Museum + Science Centre has announced an extension to the showing of the Exhibit Terry Fox – Running to the Heart of […]
Terry Fox trained in Prince George prior to embarking on his Marathon of Hope in 1980. Parts of that marathon are coming back to the […]
It’s a big week at Exploration Place. “We are excited beyond words to welcome the delegates and special guests coming from all corners of our […]
Exploration Place has challenged the narratives around sexual abuse, opened the gates of hell on Prince George’s historic reputation for crime, and went deep down […]
Long time Exploration Place board member and local historian Tom Dielissen died January 25. “I equate The Exploration Place with you,” said Mayor Lyn Hall […]
A complaint from The Exploration Place has prompted McDonald’s to pull radio ads playing across the country. The Exploration Place CEO Tracy Calogheros was […]
The Exploration Place Museum and Science Centre and the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation were presented with the 2017 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence […]
With the reports of the temperatures on the rise and special air quality advisories daily, The Exploration Place will again voluntarily shut down the 105-year-old […]