Museum of Surrey

Walk into the Museum of Surrey and you step into a neighbourhood living room: bright, bustling and unapologetically local. Kids colonize the interactive play area and a LEGO feature draws everyone into tiny, obsessive detail; upstairs the Surrey Stories gallery and a compact Indigenous Hall lay out the city’s tangled past with artifacts like an old fire truck and a pioneer-era cabin. Staff circulate like good hosts, guiding school groups, textile enthusiasts and families toward hands-on stations where you can try a loom or pretend to play hockey. The building is humble but intentional: community-curated displays, rotating special exhibitions and practical touches such as a breastfeeding nook keep it human. Locals treat it as an anchor — a place to connect across generations and diasporas — while visitors get a concentrated, candid portrait of suburban Vancouver life. Free entry keeps it accessible; the joy here is in the small discoveries, the tangible connections between history and the diverse people who call Surrey home.