Step back in time by exploring the Museum exhibits, our Heritage Garden, and the Fairview Jail, one of the last remaining buildings from the mining town of Fairview. The Museum is a heritage building dating to the 1920s (over 100 years old) and was originally the BC Provincial Police Station.

Oliver Museum

Location:  474 School Ave., Oliver BC

Hours:      Fall/Winter/Spring: September - May: Tues. - Sat. 1pm-4pm

Summer: June - August: Tues. - Sat. 10am-4pm

Admission by donation, contact us about private/group tours.

 

Permanent Exhibit Gallery

Deep Roots explores the history of Oliver and its surrounding area. Learn about the unique natural history and ecosystem of the South Okanagan, its settlement during eras of fur trading, mining, ranching and agriculture, and the culture and resilience of the syilx Okanagan people who continue to call it home. This interactive exhibit also takes a contemporary look at Oliver’s growth and demographic change over the years.

Fairview Jail

Explore exhibits inside Historic Fairview Jail and learn about former mining towns Camp McKinney and Fairview.

Temporary exhibit:

Watering the Desert: Oliver’s Transformation from Dry Land to Farmland tells the story behind the development of orchards and vineyards with the construction of the irrigation canal project.

Heritage Garden

Explore our wheelchair-accessible Heritage Garden, which features native plants and information about flora, animals, the landscape and their names in nsyilxcən or the Okanagan language.