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The Stone House Museum
Considered one of the best small museums in Canada. The walls here are one third of a metre thick, and there is a collection of over 5,000 pioneer and aboriginal artifacts. It is possible to visit a one-room school and a trapper's cabin. You can also enjoy a picnic in the gazebo tea house.
Address: 219 Devon Street Creston BC V0B 1G3
 Send an Email  1 250 428-9262
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Mining Museum
The Mining Museum in Kaslo features artifacts, photographs and documents about the mining industry in the Kaslo area. Featured items include an assimilated mine tunnel and a mineral and mine lamp display.
Address: 402 Front Street Kaslo BC Canada
Send an Email (3) 1 250 353-2115
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Castlegar Museum
Housed in a railway station that is over ninety-nine years old, the Castlegar Museum showcases life in the area from the early 1900's. Visitors are also able to peruse the museums extensive newspaper archives.
Address: 400 - 13th Ave Castlegar BC Canada V1N 1G2
Send an Email (7) 1 250 365-6440
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Silver Ledge Hotel Museum
The original hotel was destoyed by a fire, and in 1896 the Silver Ledge Hotel was rebuilt. This is the bulding that houses the Silver Ledge Hotel Museum, which is still furnished as it was during it's heyday of the thirties and fourties. An impressive collection of photographs is also present here.
Address: . Ainsworth BC
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Boundary Museum
Join a guided tour, or take your time browsing the exhibits, including a history of ghost mining town Phoenix (on display year 2000). Help is available for researching family geneology in the archives. Admission, $2; students and seniors, $1; under 12, free. Open Jul. 1-Aug. 31, daily; Sep. 1-Jun. 30, weekdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Address: 7370, 5th St. Grand Forks. Grand Forks BC
1 250 442-3737
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The Nelson Museum
The Nelson Museum has several exhibits showcasing the history of the area. There are community history exhibits, art exhibits, and a pleasure boats and memorabilia area, featuring the legendary Ladybird Speedboat. The Ladybird was raced for over 25 years, and in 1933 established a record speed of 68 miles per hour. The Nelson Archives and Historical Society are also located here.
Address: 402 Anderson Street Nelson BC V1L 3Y3
Send an Email (6) 1 250 352-9813
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Doukhobor Discovery Centre
Over 1,000 artifacts showcase the early 1900's Doukhobor culture at the Doukhobor Village Museum. Set on the banks of the Columbia River, the museum's collection includes arts and crafts, tools and implements, and an audio visual gallery.
Address: 112 Heritage Way Castlegar BC V1N 4M5
1 250 365-6622
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Mountainview Doukhobor Museum
Get a taste of the Doukhobor history while visiting this old communal home turned musuem. From May - September, it is open daily from 10am - 5pm.
Address: 3655 Hardy Mountain Grand Forks BC V0H 1H2
1 250 442-8855
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Creston Museum
Exhibits featuring agriculture, pioneer life, forestry and the railway are all located at the Creston Museum. It is also the home of the unique Kootenay Canoe. The museum is open daily from May through September.
Address: 219 Devon Street Creston BC
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Rossland Historical Museum & LeRoi Mine
A 45 minute underground walking tour of the mine is offered at Rossland Historical Museum & LeRoi Mine. This museum showcases the Gold Rush past of the BC Rockies, and visitors can try their hands at gold panning, and look through the extensive collection of artifacts.
Address: Highway Junction 22 & 3B Rossland BC
Send an Email (11) 1 250 362-7722
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Chamber of Mines of Eastern BC Museum and Resource Center
The Nelson Mining Museum has an extensive collection of rare rocks and minerals as well as fossils from Nelson and area as well as around the world. Also an extensive library that has mining reports and mineral maps from around the Kootenays. Lots of Mining pictures and historical artifacts.
Address: 215 Hall St. Nelson BC Canada V1L 5X4
Send an Email 1 250 352-5242
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Greenwood Museum
The Greenwood Museum has exhibits that highlight the area's past. Featured displays include early mining and smelting history, logging, forestry, and Japanese history in the area.
Address: PO Box 399 Greenwood BC V0H 1J0
Send an Email (3) 1 250 445-6355
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Kootenay Star Museum
Relics celebrating the area's vast mining heritage are on display at Kootenay Star Museum. These items depict the many dangers and hardships of both the industry and the era. A gift shop is also on the premises.
Address: Front Street Kaslo BC
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White Goat Gallery
Showcasing the sculpture works of Rick Taylor and C.A. Danyluk.
1 250 353-7735
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The Sports Hall of Fame
Trail has a long history of producing numerous successful athletes, and The Sports Hall of Fame pays tribute to them. From hockey players to Olympic athletes, most sports are covered in the displays here.
Address: 1051 Victoria Street Trail BC
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Nakusp Museum
The Nakusp Museum features collections highlighting the local history of the area. These exhibits display the logging industry, the Arrow Lakes sternwheelers, and aboriginal and early settlements.
Address: 92 - 6th Avenue NW Nakusp BC
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Salmo Museum
Salmo Museum features many exhibits pertaining to the area. Displays on mining, featuring artifacts and photographs, as well as photos and maps of the Dewdney Trail are shown here.
Address: . Salmo BC
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Silvery Slocan Museum
Many unique artifacts are on display at Silvery Slocan Museum. Exhibits featuring transportation, business machines and memoribilia from the New Market Hotel, a rare brick bank vault, a Victorian kitchen and sitting room, and a display dedicated to the area's Japanese Canadians are all housed here.
Address: 202 - 6th Avenue New Denver BC
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