{"id":3452,"date":"2023-10-26T18:27:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T18:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/?p=3452"},"modified":"2025-07-29T19:58:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T19:58:41","slug":"paldi-historical-museum-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/2023\/10\/26\/paldi-historical-museum-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"Paldi Historical Museum Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3455  alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2023\/10\/paldi-jazmin-hundal-pic-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2023\/10\/paldi-jazmin-hundal-pic-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2023\/10\/paldi-jazmin-hundal-pic-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2023\/10\/paldi-jazmin-hundal-pic-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2023\/10\/paldi-jazmin-hundal-pic-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2023\/10\/paldi-jazmin-hundal-pic.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On July 1st, the Paldi Khalsa Diwan Society hosted a grand opening of the Paldi Historical Museum (located in the Paldi gurdwara) as part of the community&#8217;s annual Jor Mela. The museum space is in the Paldi gurdwara at 23 Paldi Road.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sacda.ca\/\">South Asian Canadian Digital Archive<\/a> hosts multiple collections on Paldi: the <a href=\"https:\/\/sacda.ca\/Detail\/collections\/14\">Joan Mayo fonds<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sacda.ca\/Detail\/collections\/831\">Paldi Gurdwara Collection<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/sacda.ca\/Detail\/collections\/858\">Paldi Collection<\/a>. \u00a0These rich collections of photos, documents, and videos offer a glimpse into what life in this unique, multicultural community was like.<\/p>\n<p>The museum is now open to the public, so drop in for a visit if you&#8217;re in the area!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3453\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2023\/10\/paldi-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"313\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2023\/10\/paldi-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2023\/10\/paldi-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2023\/10\/paldi-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2023\/10\/paldi-3-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2023\/10\/paldi-3.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the news article on the Paldi Historical Museum opening <a href=\"https:\/\/voiceonline.com\/opening-ceremony-of-paldi-historical-museum-on-vancouver-island\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 1st, the Paldi Khalsa Diwan Society hosted a grand opening of the Paldi Historical Museum (located in the Paldi gurdwara) as part of the community&#8217;s annual Jor Mela. The museum space is in the Paldi gurdwara at 23 Paldi Road. The South Asian Canadian Digital Archive hosts multiple collections on Paldi: the Joan &#8230; <a title=\"Paldi Historical Museum Opening\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/2023\/10\/26\/paldi-historical-museum-opening\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249,"featured_media":3454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-exhibitions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3452"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4245,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3452\/revisions\/4245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}