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The Challenges of Change : Expanding Diversity at Burnaby Village Museum Bryan, Molly

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This thesis explores the development of the historic site called Burnaby Village Museum, an open-air museum recreating how Burnaby might have looked in the 1920s. It examines the Chinese herbalist shop exhibit and the museum's use of costumes to understand how the museum evolved from a romanticized settler colonial pioneer village into a vibrant and inclusive depiction of Burnaby's history.

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The Challenges of Change : Expanding Diversity at Burnaby Village Museum
Creator
Bryan, Molly
Date Issued
2024-04-26
Description
This thesis explores the development of the historic site called Burnaby Village Museum, an open-air museum recreating how Burnaby might have looked in the 1920s. It examines the Chinese herbalist shop exhibit and the museum's use of costumes to understand how the museum evolved from a romanticized settler colonial pioneer village into a vibrant and inclusive depiction of Burnaby's history.
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Graduating Project
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. HIST 449
Date Available
2026-01-06
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0451125
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/93284
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; History, Department of
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Undergraduate
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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