Delta Museum and Archives
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Address4858 Delta StreetDelta, British Columbia V4K 2T8 Canada Website |
General ContactReceptionist 604-946-9322 604-946-5791 |
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Our Field Trips
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Students take a 30-minute guided walking tour through heritage-rich Ladner Village learning about how Ladner came to be. Returning to the Museum, students explore the trades and technology of early store-owners in our turn of the century street scene, and learn about the challeges of transportation and communication in early pioneer communities. Please dress for the weather.
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Students explore traditional Coast Salish culture and technology through hands-on experiences. Students try twill weaving, bark beating, cedar carving and bead making, using traditional methods to understand the skill and artistry of these traditions. Full of hands-on opportunities for the students.
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Students discover what life was like for children at the turn of the last century by doing laundry with a washboard and mangle, making butter, and using slate boards and slate pencils to do school work. Through hands-on activities, students will appreciate teh elbow-grease reuired to help Mother with the household chores. To conclude the program, students will play with an old-fashioned toy.
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Explore all three floors of the Delta Museum and Archives with activity sheets designed for secondary students. The sheets encourage students to interpret the exhibits. Choose from Gender Roles in a Victorian Household, Chinatown and Cannery Work, Fishing and Farming on the Delta, Ladner's Landing: early trades and technology, and Coast Salish Technology. Museum Explorations are self-guided tours made easy with activity sheets. We provide clipboards and pencils. Please provide adult supervision.
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Just in time for Chinese New Year, explore Chinese cultural traditions including Chinese writing, games and especially the food, sybols and festivities of the Lunar New Year including a participatory lion's dance and New Year's parade.
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We provide in-class presentations on different aspects of Delta history. Just ask us! Suggested topics include Coast Salish Traditions and Early Delta History.
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Get ready for the holidays! Make beeswax candles and punched tin tree ornaments (K-2) or delicately woven wheat ornaments (Gr. 3-7)that were pioneer holiday traditions. At the end of the program everyone goes home with hand-crafted treasures.
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Visit the Delta Museum and Archives' exhibits about Coast Salish pre-history, basketry, and weaving choosing one or more of the following activity sheets: Being an Archaeologist, Prehistoric Stone Tools, Tool Making Techniques, Cedar Baskets, Salish Blankets, and Totem Poles.
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Trace farming on the Delta from the days of the ox-drawn ploughs to the present. Choose from one or more of the following activity sheets: Land Clearing and Diking Raising Crops Raising Animals Growing and Harvesting Grain Buttermaking and Working Together. A Museum Exploration is a self-guided illustrated activity sheet tour of the museum. Set your own pace. The museum will supply clipboards activity sheets and pencils.
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The Archives School Kit is a compact and portable collection of archival documents accompanied by a teacher's manual and students activity sheets. Students become detectives and discover fascinating aspects of Delta's history. Using Archival documents such as photographs letters and a variety of primary sources students collect evaluate and organize information about local pioneer families. The Kit is a perfect complement to Me My Family My Heritage Web Quest.
