The first-ever Great Easter Egg Hunt proved to be one of the biggest events ever in the 19-year history of the Souris Valley Museum.
The museum hosted the hunt on Saturday afternoon, and it exceeded their expectations for how many people would attend. Mark Veneziano, the museum’s curator-director, said they had about 180 children present for the hunt, plus adults, so the final attendance tally was likely around 250-300 people.
“It’s great to see the number of people come out and support the museum, and come out and see what we have, and come out and participate in our events,” said Veneziano.
The Easter eggs were spread throughout the main building, the courtyard and the neighbouring buildings, including an old cook car and a former school house.
“They collected five eggs of the same colour, and once they completed that, they would come back to the front and they would exchange their eggs for the prize,” he said.
There were two silver eggs that were in the museum. Those were special eggs that allowed children to get a bigger prize. Both of them were found relatively quickly.
“The kids had fun and families had fun and I heard a lot of positive experiences throughout the hour,” said Veneziano.
Veneziano has been with the museum since 2016, and said the hunt was one of the most successful events for the museum during his tenure. It was likely the most people they have had on the museum’s grounds at one time.
And with so many people present, it was a good opportunity to showcase the different items found within the museum, and to promote their summer camps and programs.
