A Living Schoolhouse

A Living Schoolhouse

St. Ann’s Schoolhouse

Archival photographs are a window into the long life of St. Ann’s Schoolhouse.

This is a black and white photograph of St Ann's Schoolhouse in about 1932 in its original location.
This is a black and white photograph of St Ann's Schoolhouse.
This is a black and white photograph showing the grounds of St Ann's Academy in about 1872, with the Schoolhouse in its original location.
This is an image of an 1872 painting of St Ann's Schoolhouse showing children in front of the school and trees around the building.
This is an image of the original prospectus that was printed in gold ink on blue paper announcing the opening of the Schoolhouse.
This is a black and white photograph of a printing press.

150th Celebration

View photographs taken in 2008 at the 150th celebration of the arrival of the Sisters of St. Ann to Victoria. Actors re-enacted what the arrival might have looked like.

This is a hand-drawn, stylized map of North America showing the route the Sisters of St Ann took to get to Fort Victoria from Quebec.
Colored picture of men and women dressed in historical costumes on a harbor
This is a photograph of actors dressed in historical costumes re-enacting the arrival of the Sisters of St Ann to Fort Victoria.
Coloured picture of a group of men and women, half in historical outfits and other in modern
Colored picture of men and women dressed in historical costumes such as sister habits
Coloured photo of a woman dressed in a habit speaking to a group

A Living Schoolhouse

St. Ann’s Schoolhouse in the Cultural Precinct at the Royal BC Museum is regularly used for museum programming.

This is a photograph of a man standing in front of a group of children sitting in desks inside St Ann's Schoolhouse.
This is a photograph of children sitting at desks inside St Ann's Schoolhouse.
This is a photograph of two boys writing on a chalk board inside St Ann's Schoolhouse during a museum school program.
This is a photograph of museum staff standing and children at desks inside St Ann's Schoolhouse.

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