Irving House

Captain William Irving had this house built in New Westminster in 1865, when the city was still the capital of the mainland colony of British Columbia, and furnished it with the best that could be shipped to the West Coast. It’s been lovingly maintained, and looks as if the Captain had just moved out. (One odd feature: a crack in the wall caused by a 1946 earthquake.)

Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation

The Canadian Museum of Flight is a non-profit, registered charity dedicated to the recovery, restoration and preservation of and education in Canada’s aviation history. After years in Crescent Beach, it now has a hangar of its own. Volunteers don’t come much more enthusiastic than those who have donated, restored and even flown “artifacts” in from across Canada. 

G.I. Sport Fishing, Model Ships & Trains Museum

Granville Island Sport Fishing, Model Ships and Trains Museum features exceptionally detailed, really big models of the ships and trains of the early 1900s. You’ll get a sense of what it was like to live on and work on these wonderful boats and machines. You’ll also see more flies than you could imagine tying and the world’s largest salmon.

Vancouver Police Museum

Discover mystery, history, crime and intrigue at the only police museum in Canada. Unravel crime scenes, see the coroner’s court and pretend to be a forensic scientist. See fake money, weapons and police uniforms from around the world. Sit in a cop car, turn on the lights and chase down your friends.

Vancouver Museum

For over 100 years the Vancouver Museum has been the City’s keeper and interpreter of this area’s heritage. Through permanent and international traveling exhibits, the Museum provides opportunities to explore the natural world, cultural traditions, issues of other lands, and history as it continues to unfold.

Britannia Heritage Shipyards

The Britannia Heritage Shipyards is the place to see proud old fishing boats, go on a scavenger hunt and learn about the history of fishing in Steveston. This is the oldest remaining structure on the Fraser River, the former Britannia Cannery and Shipyard has been recognized as a National Historic Site. The Shipyard is an eight-acre historic park with nine colorful heritage buildings.

Roedde House Museum

This little charmer is set in a West End block (bounded by Barclay, Nicola, Haro and Broughton Streets) called Barclay Heritage Square and featuring nine historic houses built between 1890 and 1908. Roedde House, built in 1893 for Vancouver’s first bookbinder, Gustav Roedde, has been owned by the city since 1966.

Vancouver Museum of Anthropology

Located on the Point Grey cliffs, on the campus of the University of British Columbia, the Museum of Anthropology houses one of the world’s finest displays of Northwest Coast First Nations art in a spectacular building overlooking mountains and sea. See poles, feast dishes, and canoes of the Kwakwaka’wakw, Nisga’a, Gitksan, Haida, Coast Salish, and other Northwest Coast peoples inside the soaring glass and concrete structure of the museum’s Great Hall.

Museum of the Royal Westminster Regiment

Military artifacts: weapons, uniforms, medals, awards, trophies, photos, documents and memorabilia of The Royal Westminster Regimentand its antecedents. The museum is housed in the old gun room (c. 1895) of The Armouries.