Over the past few weeks, as we’ve been working on our temporary exhibit Construction of Whistler Village: 1978 – 1984, we’ve also been thinking about Whistler Village could have looked like if earlier proposals had gone forward. Before development of the village we know today began in earnest in 1978, town centres for the Whistler area […][...]
We get asked a lot of questions at the museum, such as “Where did the name Whistler come from?”, “When was the Peak 2 Peak Gondola built?” and “Is this the Audain Art Museum?” One question that people are often surprised to learn the answer to is “When did people start skiing down Whistler Mountain?” […][...]
In May 1970 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) gathered in Amsterdam to choose the winning bid for the 1976 Winter Olympics. Vancouver/Garibaldi, Denver (USA), Sion (Switzerland) and Tampere (Finland) were all in the running to host the 1976 Winter Olympic Games. However, Vancouver/Garibaldi ended up being taken out of the running because the IOC chose […][...]
With the 2018 Winter Olympics going on in PyeongChang we’re taking a look back at Whistler’s own Olympic past. There’s no doubt that over the past six decades this town has been greatly influenced by the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. If the Garibaldi Olympic Development Association (GODA) had had their way, this month would […][...]