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 | Greater 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 | Alberni-Clayoquot | History | website, local history and culture, including collection of First Nations artifacts |
Alder Grove Telephone Museum | Aldergrove | Greater 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) | Vancouver | Greater 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 | Greater Vancouver | Natural history | 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 | Greater 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 | Greater 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 & Interpretive Centre | Grand Forks | Kootenay Boundary | History | website, local history, Doukhobor history |
Bralorne Pioneer Museum | Bralorne | Squamish-Lillooet | History | information, local history |
Britannia Heritage Shipyard | Richmond | Greater Vancouver | Maritime | website, historic shipyard with ongoing restoration of vessels |
Britannia Mine Museum | Britannia Beach | Squamish-Lillooet | Mining | 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 | Aircraft, engines, pictures, models and artifacts |
Bug Lab | New Westminster | Greater 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 | Greater Vancouver | Art | website |
Burnaby Village Museum | Burnaby | Greater Vancouver | Open air | |
Canadian Military Education Centre | Chilliwack | Fraser Valley | Military | website |
Canadian Museum of Flight | Langley | Metro Vancouver | Aerospace | Includes over 25 civilian and military jets, engine aircraft, gliders, helicopters, aviation art gallery |
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 | |
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-Canadian Military Museum | Vancouver | Greater Vancouver | Ethnic | website, history of Chinese in Canadian military |
Chinese Cultural Center Museum | Vancouver | Greater 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 | Greater Vancouver | Art | |
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 | Greater 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 | Greater 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 | |
Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site | Colwood | Capital | Maritime | Lighthouse keeper's residence and maritime exhibits |
Fort Langley Heritage CN Station | Fort Langley | Greater Vancouver | Railroad | website |
Fort Langley National Historic Site | Fort Langley | Greater 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 | Greater Vancouver | Maritime | History of the West Coast fishing industry and the cannery |
H. R. MacMillan Space Centre | Vancouver | Greater Vancouver | Science | Exhibits about space and science |
Haida Heritage Centre | Skidegate | Skeena-Queen Charlotte | First Nations | Cultural centre and Haida Gwaii Museum of the Haida people, Haida history, art, culture and contemporary life |
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 | information, 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 | Greater 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 | Greater 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 | |
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 | Greater 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 | Local history |
London Heritage Farm | Richmond | Greater Vancouver | Historic house | 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 House Museum | Coquitlam | Greater 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 | Part of University of Victoria, rotating exhibits from the University's collections |
Maple Ridge Museum | Maple Ridge | Greater Vancouver | History | website, local history, also Haney House Museum, a late 19th-century period house |
Maritime Museum of British Columbia | Victoria | Capital | Maritime | |
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 | Greater Vancouver | First Nations | Native American culture and artifacts |
Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology | Burnaby | Greater 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 | Greater 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 | |
Nanaimo Museum | Nanaimo | Nanaimo | History | website, local history |
Naramata Heritage Museum | Naramata | Okanagan-Similkameen | History | information, local history |
National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre | Burnaby | Greater 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 | Greater Vancouver | History | website, local history |
New Westminster Police Museum | New Westminster | Greater 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 | 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 | Greater 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 | Greater 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 | 67 acres, desert ecology, habitat restoration and conservation of endangered ecosystems in the South Okanagan |
Osoyoos Desert Model Railroad | Osoyoos | Okanagan-Similkameen | Railroad | website, model railroad layouts |
Pacific Museum of the Earth | Vancouver | Greater 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 | Greater 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 | Greater 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 Forestry Museum | Powell River | Sunshine Coast | History | website, local logging and railway history |
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 | Includes historic buildings, locomotives and rolling stock, logging machinery, communication devices and fire department equipment |
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 | Greater 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 | Greater Vancouver | Art | website |
Richmond Museum | Richmond | Greater 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 | Greater Vancouver | Historic house | 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 | Greater Vancouver | Military | |
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 | Greater Vancouver | Science | |
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum and Archives | Vancouver | Greater Vancouver | Military | |
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 | 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 | Greater Vancouver | Art | website, part of Simon Fraser University |
Simon Fraser University Gallery | Vancouver | Greater 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 |
Sncəwips Heritage Museum | Westbank | Central Okanagan | First Nations | website, Representing the cultural heritage of Westbank First Nation and the greater Okanagan Nation |
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 | Hydroelectricity and the dam |
Stewart Historical Museum | Stewart | Stikine | History | information, local history |
Steveston Museum | Richmond | Greater Vancouver | History | 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 | Greater 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 | Greater 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 | Greater Vancouver | Art | Collections include major works by Emily Carr, the Group of Seven and Marc Chagall |
Vancouver Holocaust Education Center | Vancouver | Greater Vancouver | Holocaust | website |
Vancouver Island Military Museum | Nanaimo | Nanaimo | Military | website |
Vancouver Maritime Museum | Vancouver | Greater Vancouver | Maritime | |
Vancouver Police Museum | Vancouver | Greater Vancouver | Law enforcement | |
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 | |
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 | Greater Vancouver | Art | website |
Westbank Museum | Westbank | Central Okanagan | History | website, local history |
The Whale Centre | Tofino | 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 | |
Yale Museum | Yale | Fraser Valley | History | information, local history |
Zeballos Heritage Museum | Zeballos | Strathcona | History | information, local history |