Collections
The SCMA has recently purchased database software that will allow our online visitors to search our extensive collection, including items that are currently in storage. The museum has a vast collection: thousands of artifacts, oral histories and archival materials including newspapers, manuscripts, and albums. We are currently in the transition phase of preparing our records for this future transfer. We expect to have a "search the collection" feature on the website once the transfer has taken place.
Research
If you are interested in conducting research or viewing certain parts of the collection that are not currently on display, please contact the museum to make an appointment well in advance. Museum staff can provide the first half hour of research free of charge, after which the charge is $25.00/hour.
Gaining access to the collection
Thanks to a grant from the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, our archived newspaper collection can be viewed online and is freely accessible to the public. Learn more>
Research
If you are interested in conducting research or viewing certain parts of the collection that are not currently on display, please contact the museum to make an appointment well in advance. Museum staff can provide the first half hour of research free of charge, after which the charge is $25.00/hour.
Gaining access to the collection
- Library: Available by appointment. Books cannot be loaned out of the museum.
- Archives: Available by appointment. Not digitized.
- Telephone Directories: Available by appointment. Not digitized.
- Photographs: Available by appointment. The majority of this collection has been digitized. Descriptions and photo numbers are located on the research version of the museum database, and staff will assist you to browse through the database. Depending on the intended use of the photograph, a copyright release form may have to be signed.
- Collections Database: Please book ahead of time to view the research version of the database and be prepared for staff to locate the item.
Thanks to a grant from the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, our archived newspaper collection can be viewed online and is freely accessible to the public. Learn more>
Exhibits
West Howe Sound Regatta
The Museum exhibits cover many wide-ranging topics. The main floor features our temporary exhibit space, along with exhibits co-curated by the Squamish Nation, and various exhibits regarding the area's maritime history, including the Hubert Evans handliner and Union Steamships.
The upper floor exhibits include artifacts from early logging and early agriculture, materials from early settler families, a Beachcombers exhibit, as well as Natural History including an extraordinary butterfly collection.
The upper floor exhibits include artifacts from early logging and early agriculture, materials from early settler families, a Beachcombers exhibit, as well as Natural History including an extraordinary butterfly collection.
Current Exhibits
- First Peoples
- Fishing for a Living
- Marine Transportation
- Telecommunications
- George William Gibson
- Helen McCall - Pioneer Photographer
- Beachcombers Relics
- Farrell Family
- Early Logging
- Early Agriculture
- Inglis and Wordsworth Families
- Howe Sound Cooperative Cannery
- From Tree to Sea - our online exhibit about Sunshine Coast boat building at virtualmuseum.ca
