Golden Museum
Located one block off Main Street, the Golden Museum features the history of the Golden, CPR, the historic Swiss Guides and their families. Take a walk back to the early days of the area when David Thompson, a surveyor for the North West Company, arrived in the Columbia Valley to set up a trading post, where he could trade with the indigenous people and continue mapping the surrounding area. In the main gallery, you will learn how Baptiste Morigeau, born of a French voyageur and his native wife started a trading post that grew into the community that you see today.
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TripAdvisor® Traveler Reviews
“Back in time”
January 15, 2019, by Denice D
If it happened in or around Golden, the information will be at the museum. A good selection of reference book, and digital information. Very well done displays.
“Tiny, but very absorbing”
October 14, 2018, by lorrief198
I think because it is small, it makes you slow down and take time over each exhibit. At one point they switched the lights out on me (for a school group’s movie) as they’d not realised I was there...
“A REALLY GOOD JOB!”
August 28, 2018, by Warren P
Crisp, clean and credible. A humble exterior leads you to a historical treasure chest...and all you pay is a donation. A little corner here for the barber, the metis store owner, the East Indians...