Surrey Museum

While away travelling, I often stop in at the local museum if there's time. I have visited a few museums in the past years. These have included Harrison Mills, and Kamloops and several trips to historical cemeteries including Wells and Quesnel. I have even dragged my husband through Fort Langley on more than one occasion. I like visiting new places and find museums can be a great source of information.

However, I am a little embarrassed to admit this, I have never visited Surrey's museum. I work in Surrey, have lived in Surrey, have gone to school in Surrey and one of my favourite places to walk is also in Surrey etc. So today's challenge was to visit Surrey's Museum.

The admission to the museum is by donation this year. What better time to go?

I walked in to the museum and immediately gained a sense of just how massive Surrey really is. I learned:

-Surrey is the vegetable capital of BC
-Surrey became a city in 1993
-Cloverdale is named after the unique smell of Clover
-There were 5 original townsites in Surrey: Cloverdale, Fleetwood, Newton, Guildford and Port Kells, or at least that's what I can remember
-White Rock is no longer a part of Surrey

The display of facts and artifacts is rather dynamic. There were lots of things to touch, read and listen to. There was a clothing exhibit as well that is rather well put together. I also got the opportunity to see some weavings being completed in the textile room and discuss the designs with some volunteers. It was a rather interesting and worthwhile visit. I would recommend anyone who would like to find out more about Surrey to visit this site.

Next challenge: An interesting Lobsterfest and finishing Sun Tzu's 'The Art of War'

Thanks for reading

Lynn