Hops & Heritage Fundraiser - Chilliwack Museum

The Chilliwack Museum & Archives hosted its inaugural Hops & Heritage Fundraiser in 2019 to great success! Although we had to cancel the 2020 event due to COVID-19 restrictions, we have re-imagined the event so that we can move forward with it in 2021! Hops & Heritage is primarily an awareness and engagement campaign that aims to connect the Chilliwack Museum & Archives with the community, and to support local businesses at the same time.

Hops & Heritage focuses on the local craft brewing and hops industry in Chilliwack, and how this industry has played an important role in the development of our economy, identity, and heritage. While this event would typically be an in-person tasting event at the Chilliwack Museum, this year we are approaching it differently. Participants will be able to purchase a Hops & Heritage Passbook from the Chilliwack Museum; each page of the passbook will feature a different local brewery. Passbooks will then be presented at participating breweries and be given a stamp indicating they have visited the brewery. The more stamps a passport has, the better chance participants will have in winning a prize. You can also receive stamps by visiting The Hops Connection Exhibition at the Chilliwack Museum.

“Our goal is not only to raise awareness about the Museum, but to encourage the community to visit all the amazing local shops and organizations in Chilliwack,” says Shawna Maurice, Executive Director, “we have ten weeks of draws for local businesses plus three grand prizes donated by Fortin’s Home Hardware, Front Foot Wealth Management, and Manning Park Resort”.

“We are so grateful to have four local breweries willing to participate,” adds Cari Moore, Coordinator of Volunteers and Administration, “Bricklayer, Farmhouse, Fieldhouse, and Old Yale have all been great to work with and they have great beer too!”

You can see a complete list of prizes and sponsors by visiting www.chilliwackmuseum.ca
Proceeds from this event will benefit the accessibility upgrades planned for the Chilliwack Museum.
Our goal is to update our front entrance and washroom to meet modern accessibility standards.

Hops & Heritage will run alongside our new exhibition, The Hops Connection, from June 24 to September 11, 2021. Weekly draws will commence the week of July 6, 2021 with the grand prize draws being held on September 13, 2021.