In celebration of the 2010 Cultural Spirit, Surrey Heritage Services has launched three Heritage initiatives to engage the community. These initiatives will celebrate local heritage leading up to the 2010 Olympics, showcase local and national sports achievements during the Olympic celebrations and provide lasting historic resources for the benefit and education of future generations: RCMP Historical Exhibition: Keep the Right/Maintiens le Droit
Leading up to the Olympics, an exhibition on “the world’s greatest police force” is showcased at the Historic Stewart Farm in Fall 2009. Created in partnership by Surrey Heritage Services and the Surrey RCMP Detachment, this exhibition features the history of policing in Surrey, from the establishment of the Surrey Police in 1887 to the arrival of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1951, and the services and achievements of the Surrey Detachment in a growing urban city.
Surrey Sports Heritage Collection Project
Surrey Heritage Services launched a sports acquisition project in early 2009 to build the permanent heritage collection of sports uniforms, equipment, photographs, documents, memorabilia and reminiscences preserved by the Surrey Museum and Surrey Archives. Winter Sports Exhibition: In the Game
The Surrey Museum celebrates the arrival of the 2010 Winter Olympics with a retrospective on the history of competitive winter sports. Find out when your favourite sport entered international competition, which countries led the way to gold, and how winter sports have changed since the first Winter Olympics in 1924. In the Game showcases famous Canadian athletes, including BC’s own Nancy Greene Raine, Ross Rebagliati and Gary Cormack, and celebrates the Crazy Canuck ski team from the 1970s and figure skater Elizabeth Manley, who won the nation’s heart at the 1988 Games in Calgary. Discover how athletes train, the equipment that gives them their performance edge, and local programs for emerging athletes. On display February 9-March 20, 2010
For more information about these and other Surrey Heritage initiatives visit their website. |