Secwépemc Museum & Heritage Park
Secwépemc Museum and Heritage Park
A museum on Secwépemc First Nations culture, with an outdoor site that preserves a village ruin about 2,000 years old and a reconstructed winter pit house.
The Secwépemc Museum is on the north bank of the Thompson River, within the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Indian Reserve. It presents the history, language and traditional life of the Secwépemc (Shuswap) people. The outdoor Heritage Park includes an archaeological site of a village roughly 2,000 years old, a reconstructed winter pit house and an ethnobotanical garden, and a riverside trail is good for a walk. After years of restoration, the museum reopened in 2026 with a new education theatre and a memorial garden. Visitors can also join a tour of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. According to the official website, it is open Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 15:30 and closed on public holidays.
Opening hours
Mon–Fri 09:00–15:30
Nearby sights
- Kamloops Museum & Archives
- Peterson Creek Nature Park
- Riverside Park
- Kenna Cartwright Nature Park
- Paul Lake Provincial Park
- Lac du Bois Grasslands Protected Area
- BC Wildlife Park
- Lac Le Jeune Provincial Park