Mr. Speaker, today it is an honour for me to recognize the achievements of one of the great museums of Canada.
The Vancouver Museum, Canada's largest civic museum, celebrates its 100th birthday this Sunday, April 17. To celebrate and commemorate its first century the museum is presenting the exhibition, "100 years, a million stories".
One artefact or set of artefacts from each year of the museum's history will be displayed in chronological order. Viewers will see a wing from Vancouver's first plane crash and the city's first gas pump. They will learn about a medicine woman's outfit and hear the story of outlaw Soapy Smith.
This will be an exhibition of tales untold and mysteries yet unsolved. It will amaze visitors with a century's worth of treasures bestowed by citizens and friends who cared enough to create and sustain the Vancouver Museum.