Pitt Meadows Museum

Name: Pitt Meadows Museum
Address: 12294 Harris Road, Pitt Meadows, BC, V3Y2E9, CA
Telephone: +16044654322
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The Pitt Meadows Heritage & Museum Society is a not-for-profit registered charity. General Store Hours: Wed, Thurs and Sun 11-4

We exist to preserve the past and to educate the future to maintain a sense of identity and pride in Pitt Meadows’ heritage. The Pitt Meadows Museum has two sites, The General Store (1886 c.) site and The Hoffmann & Son Machine Shop (1934) site. We are located just South of the C.P.R. tracks in on Harris Road in Pitt Meadows. Exhibits and programs at both sites relate to the pioneer history of the community. Winter hours are Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday from 1:00 to 4:00 pm with additional hours for school and group tours and research visits by appointment. Twitter: http://twitter.com/pittmeadowsmuse
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10/14/2026

This weeks out of the box artifacts are two plastic dolls.

Every young child remembers their favourite toy. They helped bridge the gap between imagination and reality and created a fun memory for everyone. Most little girls remember their childhood filled with dolls. Dolls have been around for centuries. They have been created out of whatever materials was readily available: rags, yarn, trees, and more recently in the historical timeline plastic. Originally dolls were baby dolls, as most children wanted to emulate a mother figure in their lives and “raise” their own little dolls. It wasn’t until Barbie came around in 1959 that we start to see the shift from baby dolls to more mature dolls. Today you can walk down the toy aisle and see every doll imaginable, its honestly amazing how many little kids can see themselves represented in these dolls now.

What was your favourite toy as a child?

10/13/2026

Museum After Dark returns!

October 21st | October 22nd | October 25th |
October 28th | October 29th | October 31st

Drop by 11 am to 4 pm! Our little ghosties request that you arrive no later than 3:30 if you want to complete the scavenger hunt!

What is Museum After Dark? It is our annual Halloween Program at the Museum. We decorate our exhibits with all the weird and wonderful things we love about Halloween, it becomes a wonderful buildings of Curiosities!

What do you do at the event? We have a fun scavenger hunt available for all our visitors to complete and anyone who does so goes home with a small goodie bag of treats. We set up a craft table for anyone to sit down and make something, this year it's a mask making station and sticker colouring.

Does this event cost anything? This event is entirely free to attend, if you feel compelled to leave a donation for all our hard work we would appreciate it though!

Is it Scary Halloween or Fun Halloween? We try and make this event fun for all ages. Nothing will jump out at you or try to scare you. Some people will argue that our year-round doll display is scarier than anything you will see during the hunt.

If you still have any questions about the event, feel free to reach out to us!

Happy early Halloween!

10/12/2026

Memory Lane Mondays October 12th post is all about the Number One School!

At the Corner of Harris Road and Hammond Road was at one time Pitt Meadows' first school house, the Number One School Pitt Meadows. It opened in September, 1909, five years before the municipality incorporated. It was a one room building and sat on property donated by William R. McMyn, an early settler and farmer. In 1994 a former student of the school, Hazel Anderson, wrote of her early memories of the school as follows: “There was no electricity, running water or inside plumbing, just outhouses. There was a big hand pump on a well outside and a tin cup hung on it for all to use. At the back of the school room was a big wood burning stove that the teacher had to keep burning during the cold weather. Those that sat near it were too hot and up front were cold. There was a small entrance hall with the boys’ coat closet on one side and the girls’ on the other. There were five rows of desks; three were double desks and two rows single. I had to sit with a boy in a double desk so really got teased by the rest of the class… We all carried our lunch in little lard or syrup pails and I guess there was good plain food in them as there was no ice cream, pop, potato chips, etc….”.

In the 1930s, a second building was constructed on the Number One School site to house the senior elementary grades. High school students continued to attend classes in Maple Ridge. Around this time the basement of the Number One School was turned into a manual training shop. In 1953, the Number One School House mysteriously burned down prior to the beginning of the new school year, it was supposed to be used as overflow for the new Pitt Meadows Elementary School.

Much of the Number One school site is now Lion's Park. Nothing remains of the school site but the park is dedicated to children with an abundance of playground equipment.

Do you have a memory of schooling in Pitt Meadows? Share it on our community map https://www.pittmeadowsmuseum.com/community-map

10/08/2026

The Pitt Meadows Heritage and Museum Society wish to extend our heartfelt thanks and gratitude towards Gwen O’Connell for her many years of service as our City Representative at the Museum. Today was her last meeting with us, and we wanted to acknowledge our appreciation for her and all of her hard work and dedication.

It takes a lot to listen and provide helpful guidance while not overstepping and Gwen knows how to do that with grace. She has brought a wonderful voice to our discussions at board meetings and has helped with countless items behind the scenes. We are eternally grateful that she chose to be our City Representative for years. She has served on Council for 26 years, showcasing her devotion to our small community.

Staff and Board Members want to give a large thank you to Gwen and wish her the best in her retirement (although we hope we will still see her around!).

Pitt Meadows is Pitt Meadows because of the people that are here, and Gwen is one of those people that make our community special.

Thank you Gwen.

10/07/2026

This weeks out of the box artifact is a mug from the Pitt Meadows Soccer Club Oktoberfest 1978.

Today, the club is known as the Ridge Meadows Soccer Club, but we weren’t always a unified group. From the 1960s, Pitt Meadows had its own Soccer Club. It wasn’t until the 2012-2013 season that the Pitt Meadows Soccer club merged with the Golden Ears United Soccer Club.

Do you have memories of playing Soccer in Pitt Meadows?

10/06/2026

As we gear up for another election season, we here at the Museum wanted to think about the history of the buildings that house our local government.

To read all about Muncipal Hall now known as Heritage Hall, check out this months blogpost: https://www.pittmeadowsmuseum.com/muse-news/history-of-municipal-hall

Don't forget to vote on October 17th!

Good luck to all the candidates (and can we just give a round of applause for all the candidates too, it takes a lot to campaign and run and we are lucky that we have so many people willing to serve our community!).

10/05/2026

Memory Lane Mondays October 5th post is all about the Women’s Institute!

In February 7th 1921 the Pitt Meadows Women’s Institute was duly incorporated with the purpose of bringing culture and education to residents of the community. Mary Jane Harris, one of the first settlers in the Pitt Meadows area, is credited as being the woman who spearheaded the establishment of the group with the application for incorporation being signed by herself and 41 other women – no small feat for a community with a population of less than 500 at the time. The first order of business for the ladies of the Institute was the establishment of a library in the community. A library Committee was established with representatives from the Institute as well as from the Farmer’s Institute, the Board of Trade, the King’s Daughters, the Ladies Aid and the school principal and by 1929 they had a collection of 93 books and an exchange program with both Haney and Port Kells. Two years later the first library van call was made on February 6, 1931, at 10:00 a.m. at the hall grounds. In 1932 the first donation (of $25.00) was given towards the establishment of a permanent library facility in Pitt Meadows. This fund grew and as there was no library building yet conceived when the Institute disbanded in 1965, the funds were given to the School Board to be used for purchasing reference books for the new Pitt Meadows Secondary School.

Other responsibilities of the Institute were the running of the Hall until 1948 and the sitting on the Hall Board after its formation in that same year. This included the task of fundraising to equip and then raise the ceiling on the first hall and to equip the second hall (the first one having burnt to the ground in December 1929) with everything from a furnace to a piano to the dishes in the kitchen. All of this was done with dances and other events and accomplished during the dark days of the great depression. During the War the Institute made quilts for the Red Cross and before there was a doctor in town or a hospital in the area, they hosted well baby and other clinics. They hosted speakers on a variety of topics, and they organized numerous community events including a fall fair and early Pitt Meadows Days. Their members worked round the clock during the 1948 flood to ensure the army and local flood fighters were fed, bedded down and generally looked after. One final project of the group was the financing of the community history book “Through a Century of Progress: The Historical Story of Pitt Meadows” by Edith McDermott. The group disbanded in 1965.

Are you part of a social organization in Pitt Meadows? Which one?

10/04/2026

Today is the last day to join us for our Culture Days "Roll the Dice"! During our open hours from 11 am to 4 pm, join us to play some fun board games and learn all about their history!

Don't forget its also the last day that you can enter to win our Board Game prize pack. Winner will be drawn tomorrow, October 5th!

Culture Days 2026.

10/03/2026

Are you ready to investigate one of the oldest buildings in Pitt Meadows?

October 31st, 2026 | Halloween Night | Tickets $35.00

Skeptics and Believers alike, join us for a frightfully fun evening with Haunted History BC. Join Haunted History BC and the Pitt Meadows Museum as we partake in a fun paranormal investigation. Do you ever wonder if the Museum is haunted? Take part in this evenings fun to see what you can find out.

Choose from one of three sessions: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm | 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm (SOLD OUT).
Location: Pitt Meadows Museum 12294 Harris Road, Pitt Meadows V3Y 2E9

Pre-registration is required and can be done with Haunted History BC through their Instagram () or [email protected].

Address

12294 Harris Road
Pitt Meadows, BC
V3Y2E9

Telephone

+16044654322

Website

http://www.pittmeadowsmuseum.com/

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