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FROM THE COLLECTION // The Photo Album of a Legendary BC Mountaineer and Scientist

Neal M. Carter fonds 222, Album C, 1920. MONOVA: The Archives of North Vancouver.

FROM THE COLLECTION aims to introduce readers to the inventories of local art galleries, museums and other cultural institutions, not via official exhibition notes but by way of the people that help manage and maintain the collections themselves.

“It’s rare to find stunning images and meticulous illustrations that reveal the alpine beauty and camaraderie of climbers.”

In this edition of From the Collection, Archivist Jessica Bushey, PhD, previews an exceptional collection of local outdoors photography…

“Legendary BC mountaineer and scientist, Dr.Neal Carter, created the most amazing photographic albums of his explorations in the Coast Mountains during the 1920s & 1930s. It’s rare to find stunning images and meticulous illustrations that reveal the alpine beauty and camaraderie of climbers. I can’t wait to launch our exhibition, “Between Science and the Sublime: Neal Carter’s 1920s Mountaineering Photography Albums” in Spring 2021!”


MONOVA (Museum of North Vancouver Archives)
Neighbourhood: North Vancouver
3203 Institute Rd.
604-990-3700 (ex 8011)

Reflecting on Six Decades of Art Collecting with Hy’s President & CEO, Neil Aisenstat

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An Ordinary Object Fashioned Out of Extraordinary Circumstances

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A Symbolic and Well-Traveled Piece of Luggage Uncovered from the MOV

Stanley Chia, Program Assistant and Museum Interpreter at the Museum of Vancouver, selects an item that triggers thoughts of his own personal journey and current place in the world...

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In this edition of From the Collection, we once again hear from Kim Luttich, who continues to unearth interesting items from the former legion's growing collection of wartime artifacts.