Museum
Located in the heart of the "Royal City", at 302 Royal Avenue behind Irving House, the New Westminster Museum and Archives is one of the oldest community heritage sites in the province and provides you with an opportunity to explore the history of the province's first capital and the commercial hub of the Lower Mainland. New Westminster is rich in tradition and has a unique story to tell.

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Archives
The New Westminster Archives is home to a diverse array of documentary heritage that tells the story of New Westminster’s evolution from a Royal Engineers' settlement camp to a bustling city centre. Preserved for present and future generations are archival records that document local organizations, businesses, government, families and individuals for over 100 years.
IHP7269 - Provincial Exhibition, Queen’s Park, ca. 1920’s

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Irving House
Located at 302 Royal Avenue, Irving House is an 1865 colonial period house still on its original site and is one of the oldest surviving buildings in the Lower Mainland. The house was built for Captain William Irving, a well known riverboat captain. With 12 foot high ceilings and 14 rooms, it was the grandest house in the city when the City of New Westminster was the Capital of the Colony of British Columbia. The house is furnished with period furniture and costume tour guides will take visitors through the house and explain its fascinating history. The bullet hole in a doorway is just one of the fascinating stories about the house.

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