Snapshot of the Past Exhibition in SCB
The Sea Cows Bay Heritage Group is holding a Museum Day Mini Exhibition titled 'A Snapshot of Our Past', open free to the public from 1:00 PM to 5:30 PM and running through Friday, May 22, 2026. Organisers say the show — aimed especially at schoolchildren — uses community-lent artefacts to teach younger generations about everyday life in earlier times and to advocate for a permanent heritage space.
The Sea Cows Bay Heritage Group has staged a Museum Day Mini Exhibition under the theme "A Snapshot of Our Past," offering residents free public viewing from 1:00 PM to 5:30 PM. The event began on Monday and concludes today, Friday, May 22, 2026, with organisers making a particular effort to bring school groups through the displays. "The inspiration behind the exhibition is that we are trying to get the younger folks to see a little of what life was like in years gone by," Varrisse V.
Hodge, Vice President of the Sea Cows Bay Heritage Group, told our News Centre. "We want to show them what we went through, and though it may seem hard times we hadn’t better to go by, but they were good ordinary times to us." The exhibition was held as part of International Museum Day, observed on Monday, May 18, 2026.
Most of the artefacts on display were generously loaned by members of the Sea Cows Bay community, giving visitors a tangible link to local daily life, tools and household items from past decades. For many students and younger residents, organisers said, the items offer a rare, hands-on glimpse of how families lived, worked and entertained themselves before modern conveniences.
The exhibition committee emphasised the wider purpose of the initiative: to build appreciation for the Territory's social and material history and to highlight the need for a dedicated, permanent space where these items can be preserved and displayed year-round. "Our desire is to have a permanent home to display the artefacts on a daily basis," Hodge said, noting that a fixed venue would allow for ongoing education and community programming.
For BVI residents, the exhibition reinforces the importance of local stewardship of heritage at a time when development and climate pressures can threaten physical traces of the past. Community-led displays like this also provide schools with low-cost, locally relevant learning opportunities that connect students with family histories and traditional skills.
Organisers thanked community lenders and visitors for their support and encouraged anyone with artefacts, oral histories or interest in partnering to contact the Sea Cows Bay Heritage Group. As the mini exhibition wraps up, advocates say the conversation about a permanent heritage space is only just beginning.
Primary source: VINO