Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives

Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives History of the Sunshine Coast comes alive! We strive to preserve, promote and reflect the unique histories of the region, guided by our mandate to:

SPARK!

The Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives is an innovative and community-driven heritage destination located on the beautiful Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. Your Imagination...

INSPIRE! Heritage Action, Research and Volunteerism...

REFLECT! The needs of our Communities...

and

CELEBRATE! Our Unique Histories with Events, Workshops, Film Screenings...

You will see us hosting and collaboratin

g on workshops, film screenings and events related to our exhibits and to community issues. You might notice that we are welcoming and excited professionals passionate about the histories of the Sunshine Coast and we want you to be involved:

This is Your Museum!

❤️ Thanks to 🌊🐝🌊📻 On the Coast for great conversation about our latest exhibit Spirit Rising! Our curators Miyuki Shinka...
06/02/2026

❤️ Thanks to 🌊🐝🌊📻 On the Coast for great conversation about our latest exhibit Spirit Rising! Our curators Miyuki Shinkai and Matthew Lovegrove spoke about the exhibit development process and our amazing project team who made it happen. Head over to our website to hear the full interview - https://www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/

❤️ Thanks to On the Coast for a great conversation about our latest exhibit Spirit Rising! Our curators Miyuki Shinkai a...
06/02/2026

❤️ Thanks to On the Coast for a great conversation about our latest exhibit Spirit Rising! Our curators Miyuki Shinkai and Matthew Lovegrove spoke about the exhibit development process, and our amazing project team who made it happen.
Listen here ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/mpan8d8j

❤️ Thanks to CBC radio for a great conversation about our latest exhibit Spirit Rising! Our curators Miyuki Shinkai and ...
06/02/2026

❤️ Thanks to CBC radio for a great conversation about our latest exhibit Spirit Rising! Our curators Miyuki Shinkai and Matthew Lovegrove spoke about the exhibit development process, and our amazing project team who made it happen.
Listen here ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/mpan8d8j

❤️ Thanks to CBC radio for a great conversation about our latest exhibit Spirit Rising! Our curators Miyuki Shinkai and...
06/02/2026

❤️ Thanks to CBC radio for a great conversation about our latest exhibit Spirit Rising! Our curators Miyuki Shinkai and Matthew Lovegrove spoke about the exhibit development process, and our amazing project team who made it happen.
Listen here ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/mpan8d8j

Come to Molly's Lane to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Molly's Reach building! We have a Museum booth set up rig...
05/30/2026

Come to Molly's Lane to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Molly's Reach building! We have a Museum booth set up right next to Jackson Davies (Constable Constable).

Thanks to Coralie Swaney for her great photograph of Jake's model!

05/28/2026

💛 Welcome Back! Come down to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Molly's Reach building this Saturday, May 30 from 10am-4pm. The street party will take place in Molly's Lane, and we will have a Museum table set-up. Come say hello! The Town of Gibsons will also be unveiling the restored Persephone . Check out this fantastic model of Molly's Reach, loaned to the Museum by Jake Swaney to celebrate this special anniversary!

Look who dropped by!Tomorrow Frank Nakashima will be giving a talk at the opening of Pender Harbour Living Heritage Soci...
05/22/2026

Look who dropped by!

Tomorrow Frank Nakashima will be giving a talk at the opening of Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society's new exhibit. He is an amazing storyteller! Visit Sarah Wray Hall for the opening to hear his family's story and those of the other local Japanese Canadians that lived in kalpilin Pender Harbour.

Supported by the

This Saturday, May 23, the Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society is launching their part of the Japanese Canadian Commu...
05/20/2026

This Saturday, May 23, the Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society is launching their part of the Japanese Canadian Community Histories exhibit series!

Visit their location at Sarah Wray Hall to explore the histories of early Japanese Canadians from kalpilin Pender Harbour, including stories of the Ikeda, Kayahara, and Kawasaki families who lived here before 1942.

Thank you to the Sunshine Coast Foundation for their support of this project!

Address

716 Winn Road, PO Box 766
Gibsons, BC
V0N1V0

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 10:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 10:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 10:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday 10:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+16048868232

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