Contests

From time to time Lake Country Museum will be sponsoring contests. Please check in the Contest section (click on Contests to the left) of our website, our Facebook page, or our local Lake Country newspaper, The Calendar,  for more information.

Good Luck!

Heritage Tours: Okanagan Centre -- cancelled

Discover the history of Lake Country in guided Heritage Tours hosted by the Lake Country Museum. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the history of our community and to meet new people.

The Okanagan Centre Heritage Tour on June 9th is an informative guided tour of Okanagan Centre's historic sites. 

Meet at the Lake Country Museum, 11255 Okanagan Centre Road West, Okanagan Centre (from Hwy 97 follow the signs to Gray Monk Winery and continue down the hill to the lake). The tour is from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Registration is required but the tour is free. Registration can be completed at the District of Lake Country website using Code 0612.62.

An informative Heritage Tour pamphlet will be provided.

There is also a Winfield Heritage Tour on Saturday, June 16th.

Heritage Tours: Winfield -- cancelled

Discover the history of Lake Country in a guided Heritage Tour hosted by the Lake Country Museum. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the history of our community and to meet new people. On the Winfield Heritage tour you will learn about the community's history while enjoying stories of the founding pioneers.

The Winfield Heritage Tour starts at Cooper's Shopping Centre in Winfield. The tour is from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The tour is free but registration is suggested and can be completed at the District of Lake Country's website using Code 0612.63.

An informative Heritage Tour pamphlet will be provided.

There is also a Heritage Tour of Okanagan Centre on June 9, 2012.

Gibson Heritage House Centennial Celebrations

"Watercolours at Gibson House" Art Show and the Annual Strawberry Tea will be part of the Centennial Celebrations at the Gibson Heritage House in Kopje Regional Park on Sunday, June 24th, 2012 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

If you are unable to attend this special celebration the Gibson Heritage House is open for tours noon to 4 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday in July and August.

Contest: Guess the Artifact #1

The Lake Country Museum holds a large collection of interesting and unique artifacts. Over the next few months we will pose challenges to the community in ‘Guess the Artifact!’ with a distinctive object chosen for each week on our Facebook page and our Blog.

You can participate in a number of ways. One way to participate is to visit the Museum any day between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. over the summer for a closer look and to inform of us of your guess. Alternatively, visit our Facebook page and leave a comment with your thoughts, visit the Blog post, or leave a comment on the Contact page, using CONTEST in the Subject line. The contest for this artifact will continue until June 30^th. (Our readers and viewers have been stumped, so this contest will continue until July 30th, 2012)

A correct answer should include both the name of the artifact and its primary purpose. It will then be published on our Facebook page along with the winner’s name. The winner will then receive a copy of The Spirit of Lake Country, an in-house publication written by several local residents and historians.

The mystery object this week is a favorite among the Museum staff and volunteers. You can find it in the Nellie Carter Room amongst the tools on exhibit.

To see what other people think this artifact is, or to enter the contest online, go to the Blog post.

CentrePiece at Okanagan Centre Park

CentrePiece, an annual community event, is a family-oriented celebration that takes place at the Lake Country Museum in Okanagan Centre Park (11255 Okanagan Centre Road West), Lake Country, BC, in late August each year. There is a picnic atmosphere with children’s games, demonstrations, live music, hamburgers, hot dogs, drinks and the annual tea with scones topped with fruit and Devonshire Cream. Everyone is welcome.