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5 Human & Natural History Museums in Thompson Okanagan
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The BC Orchard Industry Museum is housed in the historic Laurel Packinghouse and explores the Okanagan's roots in the tree fruit industry. The Laurel Packinghouse was built over the winter of 1917/1918 and is Kelowna's first designated heritage building. It operated as a fruit packinghouse until the 1970s, and today it is home to the BC Orchard Industry Museum and the BC Wine Museum & VQA Wine Shop. Features engaging displays on irrigation, fruit picking, packing and more. Includes a 15 m (50 ft) working model railroad. Call (250) 868-4836 for information on booking a guided tour.
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Visit Kamloops' premier history museum. The Kamloops Museum features 3 floors of local natural, First Nations & cultural history. See the new New BC Fly Fishing Gallery, Geology Cave, Children's Museum & First Peoples Secwepemc exhibits in 2009. Guided Heritage Tours upon request.
Featured among our many displays are the four corner stones of our development: mining, ranching, logging & the railway. Pioneers, First Nations, James Teit & The Cowboy Judge Henry Castillou are also part of our historic collection portraying the way we were.
Visit the Okanagan Heritage Museum & experience its engaging permanent Exhibition Gallery & Natural History Gallery. The Museum's special Exhibition Gallery provides a home to new & exciting exhibitions curated by the Museum. Learn about the social & natural histories of the region at the Okanagan Heritage Museum, just one of the four Kelowna Museums. Also visit: BC Orchard Industry Museum, BC Wine Museum & VQA Wine Shop, & the Okanagan Military Museum. All four museums are located downtown in Kelowna's Cultural District in a two block radius. For information on guided tours, please call our toll-free number.
Stop by the Summerland Museum, where the spirit of our pioneers comes alive! Starting with the days of the Okanagan First Nations, to first contact with the fur traders along the Brigade Trail, Summerland's history goes back to BC's beginnings over 150 years ago. Discover Summerland's early settlement days when the Development Company under Sir Thomas Shaughnessy enticed optimistic fruit ranchers to the Okanagan Valley. Visit a tent house, the first home of many Summerlanders. Trace the history of the Kettle Valley Railway & Dominion Experimental Farm as the town grew through two townsites & blossomed into a charming community.