Many visitors, both regional and international, have already called into the museum whilst on their travels. Even if you live in Hudson's Hope, stop by and have a look around the "Trapper's Cabin" where we have an array of animal traps and examples of local wildlife. Walk through the "Peck House" and see what kitchen utensils were in use 50 years ago. There's also the machinery display including a Donkey engine and part of the conveyor belt used in the construction of the WAC Bennett Dam. And of course there is our own Hudsonelpidia dinosaur fossil.

The Museum building is the Hudson's Bay Store of 1942 and was in use as such until 1954.  The mandate of the governing body is that all artifacts have a local history.

Collection:  Fossils include rare ichthyosaurs, prehistoric turtle carapace, hadrosaur tracks and skull castings, mammoth teeth and bones, prehistoric bison skull and horns, ammonites and star fish.  Displays include an aboriginal collection, North West and Hudson's Bay Company artifacts, North West Mounted Police , trapping, coal mining, gold mining, pioneer, logging, World War memorabilia and a photographic history of the building of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam.  Buildings include a stilted fur cache, trapper's cabin and pioneer home.  St. Peter's Church is also available for viewing.  Machinery displays feature a 1951 International fire truck in working order.

For more information please visit their website at www.hudsonshopemuseum.com

Archives:  Include diaries, post office records, newspapers, maps, North West Mounted Police records, photographs and oral histories.  Reference books and archives are made available for research.