Free Oliver Aviators Flying Kits are available for pickup at the Museum. Build your own wooden plane and learn about local aviation history with this fun take-home kit, suitable for ages 3 and up.
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The new 2021 Lamplighter newsletter is now here! Read all about our most recent news and events, including an update on the 100 X 100 book.
Free craft kits and a live online demo of historic holiday crafts will be offered Saturday, Dec. 4th at 6:30 pm. Join us on our Facebook page to watch live, and don’t forget to pick up your kit in advance.
Join us for a week of activities to commemorate 100 years of the Oliver community and 10,000 years of the Osoyoos Indian Band in our area.
Our guided Downtown Heritage Walking Tours are starting again, just in time for the One Hundred X One Hundred celebration. Tours run every Friday at 10:00 am at the Visitor Centre. Register online!
The ODHS has been recognized by Heritage BC with a BC Heritage Award for Outstanding Work in Conservation. The recognition came as a result of the successful windows restoration project carried out on the Oliver & District Museum, which was completed in 2020.
The 1924 building housing the Oliver & District Museum will be repainted and a collapsing artifact shelter will be repaired, thanks to an infusion of funding from the Province’s Community Economic Recovery Infrastructure Program.
Get outside and get creative this Family Day! We have a photo scavenger hunt that will test your familiarity with local buildings, and a colouring contest that will have you thinking about what family means to you. And both come with chances to win great prizes!
The ODHS is seeking a Volunteer Gardener for the Museum’s Heritage Garden. Honorarium available. Apply today!
A generous grant from the Community Foundation will soon enhance the Museum’s Heritage Garden.
The new issue of our Lamplighter newsletter is now available. Read all about our current news!
The Oliver Museum is now running (at least partly) on sunshine, thanks to a new solar array.
A major Museum windows restoration has now been completed, thanks to funding from Heritage BC.
On June 18th, Heritage Assistants Abby Teigen and Michaela Mills interviewed Jeremy Crowe and Taylor Baptiste, Indigenous Education Advocates at Southern Okanagan Secondary School. They discussed what it means to be part of a band in the 21st century.
The newest issue of our Lamplighter newsletter is now available. Get caught up on our news and events.
After more than 2 months of closure, we are thrilled to announce the Museum and Archives will reopen on June 2nd.
Two new resources are now available to help kids and adults learn and stave off boredom during social distancing.
The Museum and Archives are closed, but we're still hard at work for you.
Always wanted to work in a museum or heritage site? Here’s your chance!
The Oliver & District Heritage Society is hiring positive and enthusiastic full-time Heritage Assistants for the summer months! Enjoy a fun, positive work environment full of variety. View the posting here.
Send winter blues packing with a board game night for grown-ups at the Oliver Museum.