17710-56A Avenue, Surrey, BC
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There’s a full schedule of fun activities and exhibits to enjoy at the Surrey Museum! Discover the permanent galleries. Learn a new craft or watch a demonstration in the Textile Centre. Bring your preschooler for some fun and socialization. See a new exhibit with your family. Visit the theatre where there’s always a video or movie playing.



Permanent Exhibitions
The Museum’s permanent galleries tell Surrey’s stories through visuals, sound, film and historic objects. New state of the art exhibitions explore the development of Surrey, from its First Peoples to settler communities, urban development, transportation, businesses, logging, farming, and home life. Watch archival films of the B.C Electric; listen to the sounds of farm animals and the blacksmith in his workshop, or view old Rodeo TV broadcasts. Wherever you look, the gallery will capture your interest!  

Temporary Exhibitions
The temporary exhibition gallery showcases four changing exhibits each year. A broad range of topics and collections related to Canadian, North American or world heritage, nature and cultures are featured. It could be LEGO, the wonders of Ripley’s Believe It or Not, Egyptian artifacts from the Royal Ontario Museum, or bikes from the Canadian Museum of Science and Technology. A world of wonder and fun comes to Surrey each year through the Museum’s temporary, traveling exhibitions.

Find out what's on display now!


Hooser Textile Studio and Library
The bright spaces of the Hooser Textile Studio and Library invite visitors to explore the age-old crafts of spinning, weaving, and fibre arts through demonstrations, hands-on activities, and seasonal programs and lectures.

The Textile Studio is home to several looms owned by Surrey master weaver Honey Hooser, including a rare working Jacquard loom, sometimes called “the first computer”. Volunteers will be happy to share their skills and let visitors of all ages try their hands at spinning, weaving and other fibre arts.

The Textile Library holds an extensive collection of Honey’s books and patterns, all available for browsing. A large collection of her weavings can be studied on the virtual collection computer kiosk.
Library Hours: Tuesday-Thursday, 1:30pm-6:00pm, Saturday, 10:00am-5:00pm

Anderson Cabin
This cabin, built by Eric Anderson in c. 1872, is a typical pioneer log shelter. It is the oldest remaining pioneer-era home in Surrey and is preserved and interpreted as a legacy to all early pioneers. Step inside and travel back in time to the days of sweat and toil when early settlers cleared the forests of Surrey to create a home in the wilderness.


Cenotaph
The original granite WWI Cenotaph base was located in 1921 beside the 1912 Municipal Hall on what is now Highway #10.

During the late 1950s the Cenotaph was moved to a new location on Pacific Highway (176 Street at 60 Avenue). In 2005 the Cenotaph was re-located very close to the original Highway #10 location, in Heritage Square between the new Surrey Museum and the 1912 Municipal Hall, now the Surrey Archives.

During reassembly in 2005 the Cenotaph was refurbished and enhancements completed, including a bronze statue of a soldier, dressed in typical WWI full battle kit, adorned with insignia of the local BC 47th Battalion, and kneeling at a grave. The status is named “Kneeling in Remembrance”. This community project honours and memorializes our war veterans, the role they played in history, and the sacrifices they made to ensure peace for our lives today.