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Founded in 1977 by Margaret Clydesdale (also Margaret Florczak). The first meeting was in April 1977 in the home of Monika Rieger in Surrey. Eleven people joined that first meeting and Margaret Clydesdale was elected President. Early members included Art and Vera O'Keefe, Wendy Wulff, Monika Rieger, and Michelle Gallagher. In May, the membership increased to 25 and the Guild joined the Langley Arts Council and arranged for its first quilt display in June 1977 at the Langley Centennial Museum. The Guild continued to meet monthly, reaching over 400 members in the 1990s and eventually splintering off into small Guild. The Guild retains over 200 members as of 2012.
Based on interview with Margaret Florczak in July 2012.

The Museum is located within a designated Heritage Conservation Area in the village of Fort Langley, Township of Langley. Community collecting began in the 1920's with a Native Sons of BC exhibit located in the last remaining Hudson's Bay Company fur trade era structure (circa 1840). A decision by the Canadian Parks Services to actively interpret Fort Langley prompted the provincial and municipal governments to cooperate in the construction of a new museum adjacent to the National Historic Site.

The Township-owned museum opened July 1, 1958 and housed a majority of the Native Sons collection. It was operated by volunteers until 1974 when it was selected by the Federal government as a site for one of 22 National Exhibition Centres across Canada. The physical plant doubled in size, its mandate was extended to include art, history and science traveling exhibitions and the first staff person was hired. Federal NEC operating funding was eliminated in 1994 but the museum has continued to respond to that expanded mandate. In 1991, the Museum became the core facility of the Community and Heritage Services Department, Planning, Development and Stewardship Division, Township of Langley.
Term Source: BCAUL