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Bulkley Valley Museum Collecting, preserving & presenting the history & culture of Smithers & the Bulkley Valley.

The BVM is open for regular hours (10am-2pm) on Saturday October 10. We will be closed on Monday October 12. We hope eve...
10/09/2026

The BVM is open for regular hours (10am-2pm) on Saturday October 10. We will be closed on Monday October 12. We hope everyone enjoys the long weekend!

Photo: Interior News advertisement for Thanksgiving dinner at the Bulkley Hotel 70 years ago, October 1956.

Visitors have placed dozens of guesses on our From the Back Room "mystery items" over the summer. Although some folks th...
10/05/2026

Visitors have placed dozens of guesses on our From the Back Room "mystery items" over the summer. Although some folks thought this might be a VERY large syringe of some sort, many correctly guessed that this tool was used to dispense icing, not medicine.

One item is left to be revealed! Drop by and visit From the Back Room to check out weird and wonderful objects from the museum's artifact collection.

Our 12th annual cemetery walk is coming up in two weeks, October 17th and 18th! Join us at 11am either day to hear four ...
10/03/2026

Our 12th annual cemetery walk is coming up in two weeks, October 17th and 18th! Join us at 11am either day to hear four new stories of individuals resting in our local cemetery. The walk is by donation, no registration required. More information on our website: https://bvmuseum.org/cemetery-walk-2026/

The BVM will be open from 10am-2pm on September 30, and invite the community to drop by and visit our Shared Histories e...
09/29/2026

The BVM will be open from 10am-2pm on September 30, and invite the community to drop by and visit our Shared Histories exhibit. 100% of admission donations are shared with the Dze L K'ant Friendship Centre Society in support of their services for local residential school survivors.

The board and staff of the museum are grieving the loss of our long serving board member, the venerable Pat Scott. Mrs. ...
09/02/2026

The board and staff of the museum are grieving the loss of our long serving board member, the venerable Pat Scott. Mrs. Scott was a tireless and outspoken advocate of the museum, serving for decades as a volunteer and board member. She organized fundraisers, facilitated community connections, sat on sub-committees, and kept us entertained at meetings with her recollections of community life in decades past. She was a force to be reckoned with, someone you absolutely wanted on your side. And we were so glad to have her on ours. Our thoughts are with her family at this time.
https://www.schraderfuneralhome.ca/obituary/Patricia-Scott

Mystery #4 stumped many of our "From the Back Room" exhibit viewers, and led to some really creative guesses! Visitors ...
09/01/2026

Mystery #4 stumped many of our "From the Back Room" exhibit viewers, and led to some really creative guesses! Visitors guessed this could be: a telescope, a muffler, a lighting device, a candle holder, a time capsule, a clothes steamer, or something used to blow air into a stove to get it started. This item is ....an egg candler! Egg candlers are used to check whether an egg has been fertilized.

Drop by the museum to check out our artifact guessing game, as well as other weird and wonderful items from our collection in "From the Back Room". We are open Monday-Friday 9am-2pm, and Saturdays from 9am-1pm.

The BV Museum will have slightly adjusted hours on the next two Saturdays (Aug 29 and Sept 5), open 9am-1pm.
08/28/2026

The BV Museum will have slightly adjusted hours on the next two Saturdays (Aug 29 and Sept 5), open 9am-1pm.

Mystery Item #3 in our "From the Back Room" artifact guessing game generated several interesting ideas: wh**ky snifter,...
08/18/2026

Mystery Item #3 in our "From the Back Room" artifact guessing game generated several interesting ideas: wh**ky snifter, tiny egg cup (for tiny eggs!), and a medicine cup. This item is an eye wash cup used to flush the eye with medicine before drops became more common. The contoured top of the glass is shaped perfectly to rest up against the open eye.

Three down, three to go! Drop by and make your guess on items 4, 5, 6 and in our "From the Back Room" exhibit.

A sunny summer weekend calls for a refreshing beverage! North Star Beverages started in Prince Rupert in 1937, expanding...
08/14/2026

A sunny summer weekend calls for a refreshing beverage! North Star Beverages started in Prince Rupert in 1937, expanding to include a Smithers location at the corner of Queen Street and Fourth Avenue in 1954. North Star was an authorized bottler of Coca-Cola and seven other soft drink flavours.

Check out these bottles and more objects from our collection on display as part of our "From the Back Room" exhibit! We are open Saturday 9am-2pm.

Do you have pictures of the North Star Bottling facility in Smithers? We'd love to add one to our collection! Contact the museum at [email protected].

Address

1425 Main Street
Smithers, BC
V0J2N0

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm

Telephone

+12508475322

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