The Road To Yesterday Museum/ Christopher Pratt Gallery

07/31/2026

The Road to Yesterday Museum & Christopher Pratt Gallery will be open on Monday, August 3rd, for Bay Roberts Day! Looking for something to do on the last day of Klondyke Days? Come visit us at 321 Water St., Bay Roberts and have a tour anytime from 11am to 5pm!

In the meantime, enjoy this photograph taken of 'Mr. Bruce' in October 1918 in front of the Cable Building. He was the inventor of a new type of cable relay. Interested in learning more? We are open daily!

Museum Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Bay Roberts Community News

07/29/2026

Our Open House is officially open! Anytime until 5:00pm you are invited to stop on by the Road to Yesterday Museum & Christopher Pratt Gallery to explore Bay Roberts history and some artwork, and enjoy some free food and drinks while you do.

Homemade fudge and lemonade, fruit, tea, and cookies are available for anyone who comes by!

07/26/2026

Please note that the Road to Yesterday Museum & Christopher Pratt Gallery will be closed today (July 26th) as our students and staff head over to Heart's Content to celebrate our cable connections!

We will return to our usual hours (11-5, daily) tomorrow!

Provincial Historic Sites - Newfoundland and Labrador

07/25/2026

This weekend the Pigeon Inlet Quilters' Guild is putting off their Seams Like Yesterday Quilt Show & Sale! From 10am to 5pm today, visit their largest quilt show ever at the Bay Arena in Bay Roberts.

Looking for the Guild's 'Lest We Forget' quilt? Visit the Christopher Pratt Gallery at 321 Water St. anytime before 5pm today to see it! Admission is by voluntary donation.

We are a group of 65 ladies, some old, some young, some well experienced, others just beginning this lovely craft. We all share the love of quilting.

07/23/2026

Yesterday the Bay Roberts Heritage Society was represented for the 29th year in a row at the Klondyke Days Parade. If you're looking for something to do (and looking to get out of the heat), stop by the Road to Yesterday Museum at 321 Water Street, Bay Roberts, anytime from 10am and 5pm, daily.

We still have our temporary display all about Coley's Point available for viewing, so please enjoy if you do stop by!

We are wishing everyone a happy Klondyke Days!

07/22/2026

For Klondyke Days we have expanded our Coley's Point exhibit! Interested in Coley's Point and its history? Come visit the Road to Yesterday Museum at 321 Water St., Bay Roberts to read all about Coley's Point and enjoy flipping through archival photographs taken throughout the last 100 years.

07/11/2026

Our temporary exhibit is now open in celebration of communications history and Coley's Point! Pay us a visit anytime from 11:00am to 5:00pm, daily, to learn of how a message in a bottle survived the North Atlantic and where it ended up after it was thrown into the waters off Coley's Point.

National Trust for Canada / Fiducie nationale du Canada Museum Association of Newfoundland and Labrador ANLA

07/09/2026

In celebration of Museum Day NL & the start of Historic Places Days, the Road to Yesterday Museum is presenting a new temporary exhibit! Featuring some never before seen archival materials, and a story of a unique form of cross-Atlantic communication, we welcome you to visit us at 321 Water St., Bay Roberts, this Saturday (July 11th) for the unveiling at noon.



Museum Association of Newfoundland and Labrador ANLA Parks Canada National Trust for Canada / Fiducie nationale du Canada

07/07/2026

Alongside the Road to Yesterday Museum, the Christopher Pratt Gallery is now open daily from 11am to 5pm!

Interested in seeing not only the work of Christ Pratt, but also the likes of David Blackwood, Mary Pratt, and Clifford George? We invite you to come to 321 Water St., Bay Roberts and visit our summer tour guide, Callie. She is a soon to be 4th year Visual Art Student and would love to tell you about some of her favourite paintings!