Current Exhibit
Keeping the Song Alive
The Museum at Campbell River is pleased to be the first stop of a new traveling exhibit Keeping the Song Alive. Developed by the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, the temporary exhibit is open from February 9 to May 5, 2024. Guest curated by Cheryl Kaka‘solas Wadhams and co-developed with the Jewish …
Past Exhibits
The Last Stand (The Works of David Ellingsen)
June – November, 2019. By David Ellingsen. This travelling exhibit features the work of photographer and artist David Ellingsen, whose family has roots on Cortes Island, BC. For five generations David Ellingsen’s family has been involved in British Columbia’s historical evolution of colonial forestry, from old growth deforestation and clear …
Godfrey Baldwin’s Campbellton
January 12 – February 17, 2019 Take a look at the history of Campbellton as seen through the lens of local photographer Godfrey Baldwin. Baldwin set up his photographic studio in his Campbellton home in 1948, and through his work at the local newspaper, and as one of the only …
Life on the Spit: the Photographs of Elizabeth Quocksister
January 15 – March 4, 2018 This exhibit showcases what life was like for the families living on the Campbell River Spit reserve during the period from the early 1940s up until the late 1960s. The photographs were taken by local woman Elizabeth Quocksister and feature many people whose descendants …