Britannia Beach: BC Museum of Mining announces 12K in subsidies for BC field trips
Teachers will have an easier time bringing students on a guided tour of the BC Museum of Mining. The museum has received an $8,500 increase in funding for travel subsidies issued to schools over last year. This addition of funds means over $12,000 is available to subsidize school field trips to visit the BC Museum of Mining and the new EPCOR Britannia Mine Water Treatment Plant Discovery Centre.
The initiative is part of the BCMM’s strategy to overcome the effects of the economic downturn and rising transportation costs. The BCMM, located 15 minutes south of Squamish, is farther than most field trip destinations in the Lower Mainland. The increase in funding will enable approximately 1,900 students to benefit from the Museum’s travel subsidies, compared to 700 last year.
BCMM offers guided tours tailored to meet the needs of BC Teachers.
Geology, History, Social Studies and Environmental Science are presented through underground tunnel tours, historic buildings and the Water Treatment Plant’s interactive Discovery Centre.
Donors include: EPCOR (who operate the Britannia Mine Water Treatment
Facility) awarded $4,000; TD Bank’s Friends of the Environment Foundation awarded $3,500; and an industry donor has pledged $1,000.
Each year the Greater Vancouver Women’s Mining Association (GVWMA) donates around $3,500, which was previously issued to schools in $150 Travel Subsidies for field trips to the Museum. BCMM plans to increase the subsidies to $200 per field trip, and new subsidies for tours of the Britannia Water Treatment Plant have been created.
Teachers interested in booking a field trip and applying for a Travel Subsidy may visit www.bcmm.ca or call 1-800-896-4044 ext 226.
For more information, please contact:
Diane Mitchell, Curator of Education & Collections
BC Museum of Mining
1-604-896-2233 #221
diane@bcmuseumofmining.org
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