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Name |
Town/City |
Regional District |
Type |
Summary |
3 Valley Gap Heritage Ghost Town |
Three Valley Gap |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Open air |
website, includes over 25 historic buildings, antique automobile museum, railway roundhouse, mining company, wagon and buggy shop |
5th (BC) Regiment Museum |
Victoria |
Capital |
Military |
website, history of coast artillery and associated units from 1861 to the present day |
12 Service Battalion Museum |
Richmond |
Metro Vancouver |
Military |
website |
83 Mile House Farm Equipment Museum and Historic Site |
70 Mile House |
Cariboo |
Multiple |
website, antique horse-drawn farm equipment, wagons, carriages, buggies, tools, household items and more |
108 Heritage Site |
108 Mile Ranch |
Cariboo |
Open air |
website |
Agassiz-Harrison Museum |
Agassiz |
Fraser Valley |
History |
information |
Akerman Museum |
Saltspring Island |
Capital |
History |
website, pioneer and native artifacts |
Alaska Highway House |
Dawson Creek |
Peace River |
History |
information, history and technology of the construction of the Alaska Highway |
Alberni Valley Museum |
Port Alberni |
Metro Vancouver |
History |
website, local history and culture, including collection of First Nations artifacts |
Alder Grove Telephone Museum |
Aldergrove |
Metro Vancouver |
Technology |
website, operated by the Alder Grove Heritage Society, historic telephone switching equipment |
Alert Bay Public Library & Museum |
Alert Bay |
Mount Waddington |
History |
website, local history and culture |
Armstrong-Spallumcheen Museum and Art Gallery |
Armstrong |
North Okanagan |
Multiple |
website, local history and art |
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria |
Victoria |
Capital |
Art |
Features Asian, Canadian and contemporary art |
Artspeak |
Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Art |
website, contemporary art centre |
Ashcroft Museum |
Ashcroft |
Thompson-Nicola |
History |
website, local history |
Ashton Garrison Museum |
Victoria |
Capital |
Military |
website |
Atlin Historical Museum |
Atlin |
Stikine |
History |
information, information, local history |
Barkerville Historic Town |
Barkerville |
Cariboo |
Open air |
19th century gold mining town |
Beaty Biodiversity Museum |
Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Natural history |
website, part of University of British Columbia |
BC Farm Machinery and Agricultural Museum |
Langley |
Metro Vancouver |
Agriculture |
website, farm equipment and machinery |
BC Forest Discovery Centre |
Duncan |
Cowichan Valley |
Industry |
Logging industry equipment and artifacts, railroad equipment |
BC Golf Museum and Hall of Fame |
Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Sports |
website |
BC Interior Forestry Museum |
Revelstoke |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Industry |
website, forestry industry |
BC Orchard Industry Museum |
Kelowna |
Central Okanagan |
Industry |
website, includes irrigation, fruit picking, packing, and 50-foot working model railway |
BC Sports Hall of Fame and Museum |
Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Sports |
Located at BC Place Stadium |
BC Wine Museum |
Kelowna |
Central Okanagan |
Industry |
website, wine making and local history |
Bella Coola Valley Museum |
Bella Coola |
Cariboo |
History |
website, local history |
Black Nugget Museum |
Ladysmith |
Cowichan Valley |
History |
information, information, former hotel with historic mining town artifacts |
Blubber Bay Museum |
Texada Island |
Sunshine Coast |
Multiple |
website, local history |
Bowen Island Community Museum |
Bowen Island |
Metro Vancouver |
History |
website, local history and Higgens Cabin, a 1948 period logger's cabin with tools and period rooms |
Boundary Museum |
Grand Forks |
Kootenay Boundary |
History |
website, local history |
Bralorne Pioneer Museum |
Bralorne |
Squamish-Lillooet |
History |
information, local history |
Britannia Heritage Shipyard |
Richmond |
Metro Vancouver |
Maritime |
website, historic shipyard with ongoing restoration of vessels |
Britannia Mine Museum |
Britannia Beach |
Squamish-Lillooet |
Mining |
website, former copper mine with buildings, mine tunnel and equipment. Also includes Mill No. 3, a National Historic Site |
British Columbia Aviation Museum |
Sidney |
Capital |
Aerospace |
website, aircraft, engines, pictures, models and artifacts |
Bug Lab |
New Westminster |
Metro Vancouver |
Natural history |
website, live insects, activities and exhibits |
Bulkley Valley Museum |
Smithers |
Bulkley-Nechako |
History |
website, natural history, social and technological development of the Bulkley Valley |
Burnaby Art Gallery |
Burnaby |
Metro Vancouver |
Art |
website |
Burnaby Village Museum |
Burnaby |
Metro Vancouver |
Open air |
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Canadian Military Education Centre |
Chilliwack |
Fraser Valley |
Military |
website |
Canadian Museum of Flight |
Langley |
Metro Vancouver |
Aerospace |
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Canadian Museum of Rail Travel |
Cranbrook |
East Kootenay |
Railway |
Also known as Trains Deluxe |
Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Regimental Museum |
Victoria |
Capital |
Military |
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Centre of the Universe |
Saanich |
Capital |
Science |
Astronomy and the work of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory |
CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum |
Esquimalt |
Capital |
Military |
website, history and heritage of the naval presence on Canada’s West Coast and of the military on Southern Vancouver Island |
Chase & District Museum and Archives |
Chase |
Thompson-Nicola |
History |
website, local history |
Chemainus Valley Museum |
Chemainus |
Cowichan Valley |
History |
information, local history |
Cherryville Museum |
Cherryville |
North Okanagan |
History |
website, local history |
Chilliwack Antique Powerland |
Chilliwack |
Fraser Valley |
Technology |
information, operated by the Atchelitz Threshermen's Association, includes old cars, trucks, horse equipment, tractors, steam engines, gas engines and local artifacts |
Chilliwack Museum |
Chilliwack |
Fraser Valley |
Multiple |
website, local history and art, a National Historic Site of Canada |
Chinese Cultural Center Museum |
Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Ethnic |
website, also includes Chinese Canadian Military Museum |
Clinton Museum |
Clinton |
Thompson-Nicola |
History |
information, local history; also known as South Cariboo Historical Museum |
Comox Air Force Museum |
Comox |
Comox Valley |
Aerospace |
History of CFB Comox and military aviation on the west coast of Canada |
Comox Valley Art Gallery |
Courtenay |
Comox Valley |
Art |
website |
Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver) |
Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Art |
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Cortes Island Museum |
Cortes Island |
Strathcona |
Multiple |
website, art, natural and cultural history of the island |
Cottonwood House Historic Site |
Quesnel |
Cariboo |
History |
website, historic road house along the Cariboo Road |
Courtenay and District Museum and Palaeontology Centre |
Courtenay |
Comox Valley |
Multiple |
website, area's natural and cultural history and art |
Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre |
Cowichan Bay |
Cowichan Valley |
Maritime |
website |
Cowichan Valley Museum & Archives |
Duncan |
Cowichan Valley |
History |
website, local history |
Craig Heritage Park, Museum and Archives |
Parksville |
Nanaimo |
Open air |
website |
Craigdarroch Castle |
Victoria |
Capital |
Historic house |
Victorian-era mansion |
Craigflower Manor and Schoolhouse |
Victoria |
Capital |
Historic house |
19th century manor and schoolhouse |
Creston Museum |
Creston |
Central Kootenay |
History |
website, local history |
Crofton Old School House Museum |
Crofton |
Cowichan Valley |
Education |
information, information, historic one room school |
Cumberland Museum & Archives |
Cumberland |
Comox Valley |
History |
website, local history, coal mining, historic telephones |
Dawson Creek Art Gallery |
Dawson Creek |
Peace River |
Art |
website |
Deep Creek Tool Museum |
Salmon Arm |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Technology |
information, information, collection of tools, engines, and equipment dating back to the early 20th century |
Delta Museum and Archives |
Delta |
Metro Vancouver |
History |
website, local history |
Denman Island Museum |
Denman Island |
Comox Valley |
History |
information, information, local history |
Dixon Entrance Maritime Museum |
Masset |
Skeena-Queen Charlotte |
Maritime |
information |
Doukhobor Discovery Centre |
Castlegar |
Central Kootenay |
Culture |
website, arts, crafts, and daily life of the Doukhobors of the Kootenays in 1908-1938 |
Eagle Valley Museum |
Sicamous |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Technology |
information, local history |
Emily Carr House |
Victoria |
Capital |
Historic house |
Childhood home of Canadian painter Emily Carr |
Emily Carr University of Art and Design Galleries |
Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Art |
website, Charles H. Scott, Media and Concourse Galleries |
Enderby and District Museum |
Enderby |
North Okanagan |
History |
website, local history |
The Exploration Place |
Prince George |
Fraser-Fort George |
Multiple |
website, science, natural history, paleontology, regional sports history, local history, First Nations; also known as Fraser-Fort George Regional Museum |
Falkland & District Heritage Park Museum |
Falkland |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Open air |
website |
Fintry Estate |
Fintry |
Central Okanagan |
Historic house |
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Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site |
Colwood |
Capital |
Maritime |
Lighthouse keeper's residence and maritime exhibits |
Fort Langley Heritage CN Station |
Fort Langley |
Metro Vancouver |
Railroad |
website |
Fort Langley National Historic Site |
Fort Langley |
Metro Vancouver |
Open air |
Former trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company with historic crafts and demonstrations |
Fort Nelson Heritage Museum |
Fort Nelson |
Northern Rockies |
Multiple |
website, antique cars and trucks, road building equipment, license plates, historic buildings, tools, minerals, toys, household items |
Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site |
Colwood |
Capital |
Military |
19th-century coastal artillery fort |
Fort Saint James National Historic Site |
Fort St. James |
Bulkley-Nechako |
Open air |
website, restored Hudson's Bay Company post with 1896 living history guides in the summer |
Fort St. John North Peace Museum |
Fort St. John |
Peace River |
History |
website, local history |
Fort Steele Heritage Town |
Fort Steele |
East Kootenay |
Open air |
Historic ghost town with preserved buildings and historic displays |
Fraser River Discovery Centre |
New Westminster |
Metro Vancouver |
Multiple |
website, natural history, ecology, industry, and history of the Fraser River and its local impact |
Gabriola Historical Museum |
Gabriola Island |
Nanaimo |
History |
website, local cultural and natural history |
Galiano Museum |
Galiano Island |
Capital |
History |
website, local history |
Glacier National Park (Canada) |
Revelstoke |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Multiple |
Rogers Pass Discovery Centre exhibits include natural history of the park, Canadian Pacific Railway, Trans-Canada Highway and the route through the Rogers Pass |
Golden Museum |
Golden |
Columbia-Shuswap |
History |
website, local history |
Grand Forks Art Gallery |
Grand Forks |
Kootenay Boundary |
Art |
website |
Greater Vernon Museum and Archives |
Vernon |
North Okanagan |
History |
website, local history, includes gallery with art by Allan Brooks and other North Okanagan artists |
Greenwood Museum (Canada) |
Greenwood |
Kootenay Boundary |
History |
website, local history |
Gulf of Georgia Cannery |
Steveston |
Metro Vancouver |
Maritime |
History of the West Coast fishing industry and the cannery |
H. R. MacMillan Space Centre |
Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Science |
Exhibits about space and science |
Haida Heritage Centre |
Skidegate |
Skeena-Queen Charlotte |
First Nations |
website |
Hatley Park National Historic Site |
Colwood |
Capital |
Historic house |
Early 20th century Scottish Baronial-style castle mansion |
Hardy Mountain Doukhobor Village Historic Site |
Grand Forks |
Kootenay Boundary |
Open air |
website, operated by The Land Conservancy of British Columbia, former Doukhobor village |
Hazelton Pioneer Museum & Archives |
Hazelton |
Stikine |
History |
[ website], local history, part of the Hazelton District Public Library |
Hedley Heritage Museum |
Hedley |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
History |
website, local history |
Helmcken House |
Victoria |
Capital |
Historic house |
19th century doctor's house |
Heritage Acres |
Saanich |
Capital |
Open air |
website, operated by the Saanich Historical Artifacts Society, includes historic buildings, working steam engines, tractors, agricultural machinery, and household and industrial artifacts |
Heritage Display Centre |
Port Coquitlam |
Metro Vancouver |
History |
website, local history |
Heritage Park Museum |
Terrace |
Kitimat-Stikine |
Open air |
website, pioneer buildings |
Historic Hat Creek Ranch |
Cache Creek |
Thompson-Nicola |
Open air |
website |
Historic O'Keefe Ranch |
Vernon |
North Okanagan |
Open air |
website, 19th century ranch and community buildings |
Historic Stewart Farm |
Surrey |
Metro Vancouver |
Farm |
website, restored 1894 farmhouse, pole barn, root cellar and heirloom gardens and orchard |
Hope Museum |
Hope |
Fraser Valley |
History |
information |
Huble Homestead Historic Site |
Giscome Portage |
Fraser-Fort George |
Open air |
website, includes Huble House, Salmon Valley Post Office, general store, trapper's Cabin, barns, blacksmith shop and the First Nations fish camp |
Hudson's Hope Museum |
Hudson's Hope |
Peace River |
Multiple |
website, local history, fossils, natural history, |
Iris Griffith Centre |
Pender Harbour |
Sunshine Coast |
Natural history |
website |
Irving House |
New Westminster |
Metro Vancouver |
Historic house |
website, mid-19th century period house |
Jack Lynn Memorial-Pioneer Museum |
Horsefly |
Cariboo |
History |
information, information |
Japanese Canadian Museum |
Kaslo |
Central Kootenay |
History |
website, located in The Langham Cultural Society, history of the Japanese Canadian families who were interned in the former hotel during World War II |
Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia |
Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Ethnic |
website |
Jim's Ford Corral Museum |
Sorrento |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Commodity |
website, includes gas-station memorabilia, farm equipment and scale-model toys |
Kaatza Station Museum |
Lake Cowichan |
Cowichan Valley |
History |
website, local history, include a store, post office, mine shaft and logging displays, also railroad cars and equipment; located in a railroad station |
Kamloops Art Gallery |
Kamloops |
Thompson-Nicola |
Art |
website |
Kamloops Museum & Archives |
Kamloops |
Thompson-Nicola |
History |
Local history |
Kelowna Art Gallery |
Kelowna |
Central Okanagan |
Art |
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Keremeos Grist Mill |
Keremeos |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
Mill |
website, also known as The Grist Mill and Gardens |
Kettle River Museum |
Midway |
Kootenay Boundary |
History |
information, local history |
Kilby General Store Museum |
Harrison Mills |
Fraser Valley |
History |
1890s general store |
Kimberley Heritage Museum |
Kimberley |
East Kootenay |
History |
information, local history |
Kimberley's Underground Mining Railway |
Kimberley |
East Kootenay |
Railroad |
website, heritage railroad and mining tour; operated by the Sullivan Mine and Railway Historical Society |
Kitimat Centennial Museum |
Kitimat |
Kitimat-Stikine |
Multiple |
website, local history, multiculturalism, turn-of-the-20th-century settlement, Haisla arts and technology, natural history |
Kootenay Gallery |
Castlegar |
Central Kootenay |
Art |
website |
'Ksan Historical Village and Museum |
Hazelton |
Stikine |
First Nations |
Museum and replica ancient village |
Ktunaxa Interpretive Centre |
Cranbrook |
East Kootenay |
First Nations |
information, information |
Lake Country Museum |
Lake Country |
Central Okanagan |
History |
website, local history |
Lakes District Museum |
Burns Lake |
Bulkley-Nechako |
History |
information, local history |
Langley Centennial Museum |
Langley |
Metro Vancouver |
Multiple |
website, local history and temporary art, history or science exhibitions |
Legacy Art Gallery and Cafe |
Victoria |
Capital |
Art |
website, part of University of Victoria, contemporary art |
Log Cabin Museum and Archives |
Saanichton |
Capital |
History |
website, operated by the Saanich Pioneer Society, pioneer and First Nations artifacts |
Lumby Historical Museum |
Lumby |
North Okanagan |
History |
website, local history, agricultural and logging machinery |
Lillooet Museum |
Lillooet |
Squamish-Lillooet |
History |
information, local history |
London Heritage Farm |
Richmond |
Metro Vancouver |
Historic house |
website, 1880s period farmhouse |
Lytton Museum |
Lytton |
Thompson-Nicola |
History |
website, local history |
Mackenzie and District Museum |
Mackenzie |
Fraser-Fort George |
History |
website, local history |
Mackie Lake House |
Coldstream |
North Okanagan |
Historic house |
website, 1910 Arts & Crafts style house |
Mackin Heritage Home & Toy Museum[1] |
Coquitlam |
Metro Vancouver |
Historic house |
website, operated by the Coquitlam Heritage Society, 1910 period house, toy displays and local history |
Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery |
Saanich |
Capital |
Art |
website, part of University of Victoria |
Maple Ridge Museum |
Maple Ridge |
Metro Vancouver |
History |
website, local history, also Haney House Museum, a late 19th century period house |
Maritime Museum of British Columbia |
Victoria |
Capital |
Maritime |
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Mascot Gold Mine |
Hedley |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
Mining |
Seasonal tours of the mine and mine buildings |
Mayne Island Museum |
Mayne Island |
Capital |
History |
information, local history |
McLean Mill National Historic Site |
Port Alberni |
Metro Vancouver |
Industry |
Historic sawmill |
Metchosin School Museum |
Metchosin |
Capital |
History |
website, housed in a one room schoolhouse, local history and historic items |
Michif Métis Museum |
Vavenby |
Thompson-Nicola |
First Nations |
website |
Miniature World |
Victoria |
Capital |
Toy |
website, miniature dioramas |
Mission Museum |
Mission |
Fraser Valley |
History |
website, local history |
Miyazaki House |
Lillooet |
Squamish-Lillooet |
Multiple |
Historic house, local history and art |
Moricetown Interpretive Centre |
Moricetown |
Bulkley-Nechako |
First Nations |
website |
MSA Museum |
Abbotsford |
Fraser Valley |
Multiple |
website, includes the 1920s period Trethewey House Heritage Site, and changing exhibits of local history |
Museum at Campbell River |
Campbell River |
Strathcona |
History |
website, culture and history of Northern Vancouver Island |
Museum of Anthropology at UBC |
Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
First Nations |
Native American culture and artifacts |
Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology |
Burnaby |
Metro Vancouver |
Archaeology |
website, part of Simon Fraser University |
Museum of Northern British Columbia |
Prince Rupert |
Skeena-Queen Charlotte |
First Nations |
website |
Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin |
Williams Lake |
Cariboo |
Cowboy |
website, ranching and cowboy culture, includes BC Cowboy Hall of Fame |
Museum of Vancouver |
Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
History |
City history |
Nakusp & District Museum |
Nakusp |
Central Kootenay |
History |
information, local history |
Nanaimo Art Gallery |
Nanaimo |
Nanaimo |
Art |
website |
Nanaimo Bastion |
Nanaimo |
Nanaimo |
History |
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Nanaimo Museum |
Nanaimo |
Nanaimo |
History |
website, local history |
Naramata Heritage Museum |
Naramata |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
History |
information, local history |
National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre |
Burnaby |
Metro Vancouver |
Ethnic |
website, includes National Nikkei Heritage Centre and the Japanese Canadian National Museum; Japanese Canadian culture and contributions to Canada |
New Westminster Museum |
New Westminster |
Metro Vancouver |
History |
website, local history |
New Westminster Police Museum |
New Westminster |
Metro Vancouver |
Law enforcement |
website |
Nicola Valley Museum and Archives |
Merritt |
Thompson-Nicola |
History |
Local history |
Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre |
New Denver |
Central Kootenay |
Military |
History of the Japanese Canadians that were relocated to internment camps during World War II |
Nisga'a Memorial Lava Beds Provincial Park |
Gitlakdamix |
Kitimat-Stikine |
Natural history |
Visitor center exhibits include natural history of the park, Nisga'a culture, tours of the lava beds |
Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre |
Osoyoos |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
Multiple |
website, Okanagan People, natural history of the desert |
North Pacific Cannery |
Port Edward |
Skeena-Queen Charlotte |
Open air |
website, tours of historic fish cannery buildings; also known as North Pacific Historic Fishing Village |
North Thompson Museum |
Barriere |
Thompson-Nicola |
History |
information, local history |
North Vancouver Museum & Archives |
North Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Multiple |
website, local history and art |
Notch Hill Historic Site |
Sorrento |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Open air |
information |
Nuyumabales Cultural Centre |
Quadra Island |
Strathcona |
First Nations |
information, information, formerly the Kwagiulth Museum, located in Cape Mudge |
Okanagan Heritage Museum |
Kelowna |
Central Okanagan |
History |
website, area's history and culture |
Okanagan Military Museum |
Kelowna |
Central Okanagan |
Military |
website |
Okanagan Science Center |
Vernon |
North Okanagan |
Science |
website |
Old Hastings Mill Store Museum |
Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
History |
Native American, pioneer and immigrant artifacts |
Old School House Arts Centre |
Qualicum Beach |
Nanaimo |
Art |
website |
Oliver and District Museum |
Oliver |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
History |
website, local history |
Osoyoos Desert Centre |
Osoyoos |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
Natural history |
website |
Osoyoos Desert Model Railroad |
Osoyoos |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
Railroad |
website, model railroad layouts |
Pacific Museum of the Earth |
Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Natural history |
website, operated by the University of British Columbia, rocks, minerals, fossils |
Peace Canyon Dam Visitor's Center |
Hudson's Hope |
Peace River |
Multiple |
Area history, natural history, building of the dam and hydroelectricity |
Peachland Museum |
Peachland |
Central Okanagan |
History |
website, local history |
Pemberton Museum |
Pemberton |
Squamish-Lillooet |
History |
website, local history |
Penticton Art Gallery |
Penticton |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
Art |
website, formerly the Art Gallery of the South Okanagan |
Penticton Museum |
Penticton |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
Multiple |
website, local history, culture, natural history and art |
Pitt Meadows Museum |
Pitt Meadows |
Metro Vancouver |
History |
website, local history |
Port Clements Museum |
Port Clements |
Skeena-Queen Charlotte |
History |
website, includes logging equipment, machinery and pioneer items |
Port Hardy Museum |
Port Hardy |
Mount Waddington |
History |
website, local history |
Port McNeill Heritage Museum |
Port McNeill |
Mount Waddington |
History |
information, local history |
Port Moody Station Museum |
Port Moody |
Metro Vancouver |
History |
Local history, located in a historic railway station building |
Pouce Coupe Museum |
Pouce Coupe |
Peace River |
History |
website, includes Heritage House, trapper's cabin, caboose and the original NAR train station |
Powell River Historical Museum |
Powell River |
Sunshine Coast |
History |
website, local history |
Presentation Gallery |
North Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Art |
website, photography gallery |
Prince George Railway and Forestry Museum |
Prince George |
Fraser-Fort George |
Railway |
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Prince Rupert Fire Museum |
Prince Rupert |
Skeena-Queen Charlotte |
Firefighting |
website |
Princeton District Pioneer Museum |
Princeton |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
Multiple |
Local history artifacts, fossils |
Qualicum Beach Museum |
Qualicum Beach |
Nanaimo |
Multiple |
website, local history and fossils |
Quesnel Museum |
Quesnel |
Cariboo |
History |
website, includes period room and business displays, Chinese artifacts |
Quw’utsun Cultural Centre |
Duncan |
Cowichan Valley |
First Nations |
website |
Regimental Museum of the BC Regiment |
Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Military |
History and artifacts of The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) |
Revelstoke Dam Visitor Center |
Revelstoke |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Multiple |
History of the dam, science of hydroelectricity, First Nations history and culture |
Revelstoke Firehall Museum |
Revelstoke |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Firefighting |
website |
Revelstoke Nickelodeon Museum |
Revelstoke |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Music |
website, mechanical music machines including Victorian musical boxes, player pianos, player reed and pipe organs |
Revelstoke Museum and Archives |
Revelstoke |
Columbia-Shuswap |
History |
website, local history |
Revelstoke Railway Museum |
Revelstoke |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Railroad |
website |
Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre |
Revelstoke |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Art |
website |
Richmond Art Gallery |
Richmond |
Metro Vancouver |
Art |
website |
Richmond Museum |
Richmond |
Metro Vancouver |
History |
website, local history and culture |
RJ Haney Heritage Village & Museum |
Salmon Arm |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Open air |
website |
Rocky Mountain Rangers Museum |
Kamloops |
Thompson-Nicola |
Military |
website, located in the JR Vicars Armoury, history of The Rocky Mountain Rangers |
Roedde House Museum |
Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Historic house |
website, late Victorian period house |
Rossland Historical Museum |
Rossland |
Kootenay Boundary |
Multiple |
website, local history museum, historic park with mine buildings and tour of Le Roi Gold Mine |
Royal British Columbia Museum |
Victoria |
Capital |
Multiple |
History, natural history, First Nations culture |
Royal London Wax Museum |
Victoria |
Capital |
Wax |
website |
Royal Westminster Regiment Historical Society and Museum |
New Westminster |
Metro Vancouver |
Military |
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Salmo Museum |
Salmo |
Central Kootenay |
History |
information, local history |
Salt Spring Island Museum |
Ganges, British Columbia |
Capital |
History |
information, information, local history |
Samson V Maritime Museum |
New Westminster |
Metro Vancouver |
Maritime |
website, sternwheel snagpuller museum ship |
Sandon Historical Museum |
Sandon |
Central Kootenay |
History |
website, local history of the mining ghost town |
Science World at Telus World of Science |
Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Science |
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Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum and Archives |
Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Military |
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Secwepemc Museum and Heritage Park |
Kamloops |
Thompson-Nicola |
First Nations |
History & culture of the Shuswap People |
Shawnigan Lake Museum |
Shawnigan Lake |
Cowichan Valley |
History |
website, local history |
Sidney Museum and Archives |
Sidney |
Capital |
Multiple |
website, local history, Saanich pioneers, includes period kitchen and school room |
Silverton Historical Society Interpretive Centre |
Silverton |
Central Kootenay |
History |
website, local history |
Silvery Slocan Museum |
New Denver |
Central Kootenay |
History |
website, local history |
Simon Fraser University Gallery |
Burnaby |
Metro Vancouver |
Art |
website, part of Simon Fraser University |
Simon Fraser University Gallery |
Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Art |
website, part of Simon Fraser University, Teck Gallery |
Snaza’ist Discovery Centre |
Hedley |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
First Nations |
website, history and culture of the Similkameen people, tours of the Mascot Gold Mine |
Sointula Museum |
Sointula |
Mount Waddington |
History |
website, local history |
Sooke Region Museum |
Sooke |
Capital |
Open air |
website, includes museum with local history and culture exhibits, blacksmith shop, lighthouse equipment, machinery and equipment for agriculture and industry, 1902 period pioneer cottage |
South Peace Historical Society Railway Station Museum |
Dawson Creek |
Peace River |
History |
information, also known as N.A.R. Station Museum, includes pioneers, natural history, railroads and building of the Alaska Highway |
South Similkameen Museum |
Keremeos |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
History |
website, local history, housed in a former police office and jail |
Sparwood Museum |
Sparwood |
East Kootenay |
History |
website, local history |
Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre |
Whistler |
Squamish-Lillooet |
First Nations |
website |
S.S. Moyie National Historic Site |
Kaslo |
Central Kootenay |
Maritime |
Passenger sternwheeler museum ship |
Stave Falls Visitor Centre |
Stave Falls |
Fraser Valley |
Science |
website, hydroelectricity and the dam |
Stewart Historical Museum |
Stewart |
Stikine |
History |
information, local history |
Steveston Museum |
Richmond |
Metro Vancouver |
History |
website, recreated rooms of a bank, post office, general store, and bedrooms |
Summerland Museum |
Summerland |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
History |
website, local history and development |
Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives |
Gibsons |
Sunshine Coast |
Multiple |
website, local maritime, natural and cultural history |
Surrey Museum |
Surrey |
Metro Vancouver |
Multiple |
website, local history and culture, changing exhibits of art, culture and science, historic log cabin, textile studio |
Tahsis Museum |
Tahsis |
Strathcona |
History |
information, local history |
Teck Cominco Interpretive Centre |
Trail |
Kootenay Boundary |
Mining |
information, science of mineral exploration, free tours of the zinc lead smelter |
Telkwa Museum |
Telkwa |
Bulkley-Nechako |
History |
information, local history |
tems swiya Museum |
Sechelt |
Sunshine Coast |
First Nations |
information, culture and history of the Shishalh peoples |
Terrace Art Gallery |
Terrace |
Kitimat-Stikine |
Art |
website |
Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History |
Nelson |
Central Kootenay |
Multiple |
website, art and local history |
Toastworks Museum |
Stewart |
Stikine |
Technology |
website, collection of toasters |
Trail Museum |
Trail |
Kootenay Boundary |
History |
website, local history |
Trev Deeley Motorcycle Exhibition |
Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Transport |
website |
Two Rivers Gallery |
Prince George |
Fraser-Fort George |
Art |
website |
U'mista Cultural Centre |
Alert Bay |
Mount Waddington |
First Nations |
website |
Valemount Museum |
Valemount |
Fraser-Fort George |
History |
website, local history |
Valley Museum and Archive |
McBride |
Fraser-Fort George |
History |
website, local history |
Van Anda Museum |
Texada Island |
Sunshine Coast |
Multiple |
website, local history |
Vancouver Art Gallery |
Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Art |
Collections include major works by Emily Carr, the Group of Seven and Marc Chagall |
Vancouver Holocaust Education Center |
Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Holocaust |
website |
Vancouver Island Military Museum |
Nanaimo |
Nanaimo |
Military |
website |
Vancouver Maritime Museum |
Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Maritime |
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Vancouver Police Museum |
Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Law enforcement |
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Vanderhoof Heritage Museum |
Vanderhoof |
Bulkley-Nechako |
Open air |
website |
Vernon Public Art Gallery |
Vernon |
North Okanagan |
Art |
website |
Victoria Fire Department Museum |
Victoria |
Capital |
Firefighting |
website |
Victoria Police Department Museum |
Victoria |
Capital |
Law enforcement |
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W. A. C. Bennett Dam Visitor Centre |
Hudson's Hope |
Peace River |
Multiple |
Area history, natural history, building of the dam and hydroelectricity |
Walter Wright Pioneer Village |
Dawson Creek |
Peace River |
Open air |
information, information |
Wells Museum |
Wells |
Cariboo |
History |
website, local history, hard rock gold mining |
West Coast Railway Heritage Park |
Squamish |
Squamish-Lillooet |
Railway |
website, typical railway facility of the mid-20th century and restored railroad cars |
West Vancouver Museum |
West Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Art |
website |
Westbank Museum |
Westbank |
Central Okanagan |
History |
website, local history |
The Whale Centre |
White Rock |
Alberni-Clayoquot |
Natural history |
website, marine life and tours for watching whales, sea birds and marine mammals |
Whistler Museum and Archives |
Whistler |
Squamish-Lillooet |
Multiple |
website, area's natural, cultural history, sports |
White Post Auto Museum |
Tappen |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Automobile |
information |
White Rock Museum and Archives |
White Rock |
Metro Vancouver |
History |
website, local history |
Windermere Valley Museum |
Invermere |
East Kootenay |
Open air |
information |
Xá:ytem Longhouse Interpretive Centre |
Mission |
Fraser Valley |
First Nations |
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Yale Museum |
Yale |
Fraser Valley |
History |
information, local history |
Zeballos Heritage Museum |
Zeballos |
Strathcona |
History |
information, local history |