<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>The Sidney Museum and Archives has completed a round of deaccessioning and is offering the attached list of deaccessioned items for transfer to other public heritage organizations. The list contains primarily print publications.</div><div><br></div><div>Please contact Jessica Payne at <a href="mailto:assistantdirector@sidneymuseum.ca">assistantdirector@sidneymuseum.ca</a> by <b>October 16, 2026</b> if you are interested in any of the items or would like some further details on them.</div><div><br></div><div>Any costs associated with shipment will be expected to be paid by the receiving organization.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>Jessica Payne</div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Jessica Payne (she/her)</div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Assistant Director & Archives Manager</div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Sidney Museum & Archives</div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><img width="96" height="42" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zu3Vlx41wqMmiDdlbDO2MQRNxE3yHlxxE83i7zCbOZXsIP7J72pQQDzAZDklXH5enWZy-ltGY"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">2423 Beacon Ave L-3</div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Sidney BC V8L 1X5</div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">250-655-6355</div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><a href="mailto:outreach@sidneymuseum.ca" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">jessica@sidneymuseum.ca</a></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><a href="http://sidneymuseum.ca/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">sidneymuseum.ca</a></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">We respectfully acknowledge the Sidney Museum & Archives has been shaped by the colonial history of Canada, and</span><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> is located in Sidney/SETINES on the traditional territory of the W̱SÁNEĆ People.
We understand that territory acknowledgment is just one part of Reconciliation, and the museum continues to work towards other ways that we can participate in Reconciliation alongside Indigenous communities.</span></i></div></div></div></div>