Beth Boyce
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Beth Boyce graduated with the distinction from the ßÉßɱ¬ÁÏ in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts in History, and a minor in Medieval Studies. She then attended courses in Organic Chemistry and Fine Art at Camosun College, while volunteering the Royal BC Museum (and also completing a textile conservation workshop in Lima, Peru). She graduated with a MA in Art Conservation from Queen’s University, Artifact Treatment Stream, in 2012, focusing her research on the treatment of waterlogged archaeological cedar bark basketry.
Beth worked as Curator at the Museum at Campbell River for the following 11 years. During that time, she also took on conservation contracts with the U’mista Cultural Centre in Alert Bay and guided historic boat tours through the Discovery Islands and coastal inlets, sharing the stories of the peoples who have called those remote areas home. Her exhibit Standing in the Gap, in collaboration with artist and hereditary Chief Cecil Dawson, won the BC Museums Association Award of Merit for Social Impact in 2022. This exhibit explored the painful impact of colonization through the experiences of one family, and one artist, Kwakwaka’wakw artist and Hereditary Chief G̱ixkastallasame-gi, or Cecil Dawson. His contemporary artworks interpret this hurtful history, and its continuing impact upon our society today, as well as the roles that Museums have played in colonization.
In early 2024 she took on the role of Conservation Manager at the Royal BC Museum; she also volunteers for the Canadian Association for Conservation’s Reconciliation Working Group, and the BC Heritage Emergency Response Network.
BA History + Minor in Medieval Studies 2008
MA Queens 2012