The Heritage Museum, located in a former church constructed in the 1800s, is an opportunity for the whole family to see the changes that time has created in our lives, all with your own tour guide.
The family friendly ‘TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGING EXHIBIT’, features over a dozen hand crafted life size figures that bring history to life and offer an intriguing look into the past. A sure way to bring back memories and create new ones.
Each display in the exhibit showcases changes through the eras. Step back in time and relive Rock and Roll, The 50’s Diner, a rotary phone, the school strap and don’t forget the ‘Out House’. Imagine driving the Malahat Highway in the early 1900s when everyone drove on the left side of the road and there were no guardrails.
The ‘THEN AND NOW DISPLAY’ features a look at what is here today and what was there before. Brentwood College was once the Queen Alexandra Solarium, the Mill Bay Ferry used to be an old tramp steamer that sank at the dock.
See the 500 pound steel door, once part of a hidden basement vault and hear how it was rumored to house illegal liquor during Mill Bay’s rum running days.
See beauty treatments of the past that took 6 hours and consisted of cow urine and caustic soda.
SO MUCH MORE TO DO.
Listen and watch interviews of relatives of the area’s pioneer families as they tell stories of the past.
Try guessing the Mystery Artifacts. Children and adults alike can play the ‘GUESS THE OBJECT GAME’, and win prizes.
Admission is FREE and the museum is wheelchair accessible so bring the whole family. (Private weekday tours are available by contacting h_pool@shaw.ca)
Open Sundays 11-3
THE HERITAGE MUSEUM
2851 CHURCH WAY,
MILL BAY, B.C. V8H1E1
