At the Bowen Island Community Museum you will discover Higgens Cabin, a 1948 period logger’s cabin with tools and period rooms. At the Canadian Museum of Flight you’ll find over 25 civilian and military jets, gliders, and helicopters. Victoria’s Craigdarroch Castle welcomes you inside a Victorian-era mansion. And at Fort St. James National Historic Site you’ll travel back in history inside a restored Hudson’s Bay Company post with 1896 living history guides all summer long.
Welcome to British Columbia’s museums and heritage sites. Historic telephones, arts and crafts, regional sports history, and natural history and much more await.
At the Bowen Island Community Museum you will discover Higgens Cabin, a 1948 period logger’s cabin with tools and period rooms. At the Canadian Museum of Flight you’ll find over 25 civilian and military jets, gliders, and helicopters. Victoria’s Craigdarroch Castle welcomes you inside a Victorian-era mansion. And at Fort St. James National Historic Site you’ll travel back in history inside a restored Hudson’s Bay Company post with 1896 living history guides all summer long.
Welcome to British Columbia’s museums and heritage sites. Historic telephones, arts and crafts, regional sports history, and natural history and much more await.
The Audain Art Museum is anchored by the important collection donated by Michael Audain and his wife Yoshiko Karasawa. The collection includes centuries-old Northwest Coast works, two dozen fine Emily Carr works and works by the internationally renowned Vancouver photo-conceptualists of our era. The permanent collection is housed in gallery read more
Billy Barker’s legendary gold strike on Williams Creek in August 1862 triggered a multigenerational, billion-dollar treasure hunt that literally helped to build our province. Today, the extraordinary historic town of Barkerville stands as a living tribute to British Columbia’s golden beginnings. Declared a National Historic Site of Canada in 1924 read more
Britannia Mine Museum opens up a little-seen world that fascinates all ages. Just like miners did, visitors climb aboard a train and rumble into an underground tunnel. Let our quick-witted and knowledgeable tour guides usher you to years gone by. It’s a ride that introduces the joys, noise and stories read more
Britannia Shipyards is an authentic representation of a once thriving community of canneries, boat yards, residences and stores. City of Richmond staff and dedicated volunteers work together to preserve and restore the shipyard and surrounding buildings as an active wooden boat centre and waterfront park. Tour the oldest shipyard buildings in British Columbia, read more
Explore the natural and human history of Smithers and the surrounding Bulkley Valley at the Bulkley Valley Museum. Located in the historic Central Park Building, the Museum features engaging and informative temporary and permanent displays on local history and culture, including Witsuwit’en history, Driftwood Canyon fossils, the mysterious case of read more
Where history comes to life – stroll down the streets of our 1920s community. Our village is a combination of heritage and replica buildings on a 10-acre site. Period costumed townsfolk welcome visitors and give demonstrations in the homes, businesses and shops. Popular stops include the blacksmith, the print shop, read more
