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Welcome to the Quesnel Museum

With over 30,415 artifacts and archival items professionally preserved and present in 11,000 square feet of ground level display space, we are repeatedly proclaimed BC's best community museum by residents and visitors alike.

Popular attractions include one of the most significant collections of rare Chinese artifacts in North America. The young imagine whilst the old reminisce over our Cariboo Home exhibit complete with boudoir, parlour, laundry and kitchen. Our Village Street faithfully reflects pioneer life at a general store, an old time school-room, a barber shop, the dentist's office and the hospital, complete with Dr. G.R. Baker's medical instruments.

Our reputable accessions policies have yielded large inventories of high quality artifacts and archives exclusive to the Quesnel and District Museum and Archives.

Hours of Operation

Summer Hours
May 23 to September 5
Daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Winter Hours
Labour Day (first Monday in September) to Victoria Day (mid-May)
9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday

Volunteer at the Museum

Have you thought about volunteering at the museum?  It's a great opportunity to meet people from all over the world.

Contact Elizabeth Hunter, Museum and Heritage Manager, or Leslie Middleton at 250-992-9580.

A proposed new facility

The design work for a new museum and visitor centre is complete. For a look at the proposal, click here.

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We have free public wireless Internet access available in the lobby of the Museum and Visitor Information Centre.

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