Events

Our Museum is now open for visitors as of April 1st 2025 until September 30th 2025

Please call 604-888-2273 to check on dates and if the event is happening this year.

(Here are some important dates to mark on your calendar for things to do with the whole family)!

  • Feb 17th – BC Family Day – Our free, community Family Day activity is being Supported by the Province of British Columbia.
  • Mar 30th – Potluck Dinner – volunteers kick off the regular season with a social time.
  • Mar 22nd – Museum Cleanup morning –  you are invited along with our volunteers to bring a bucket and cloths or a shop vacuum and help clean up the winter’s dust in preparation for the museum opening.
  • April 1st – Museum Opening Day –museum opens for the regular season – daily from 10 am to 4:00 pm
  • May – Oct Langley Farmers Market
  • May 19th – Fort Langley May Day Parade
  • July 1st  – Canada Day Celebration –  Check out the poster above, then while you’re here, collecting your stamp, take time for a walk through BC’s largest display of pioneer artifacts. A scavenger hunt where you will learn some interesting tidbits around the museum is always fun – everyone wins a prize! We have lots of photo opportunities for you and your family to share. So make sure to make time for a visit.
Funded by the 
Government of Canada 
 
  • July 17th – 20th – Aldergrove Fair Days. We are a major exhibitor.
  • August 4th –  BC Day Celebration –  Visit the BC Farm Museum for a fascinating learning experience. Among other activities enjoy the Model Railroad Club’s working display of scale model trains.
  • September 1st – Labour Day – regular day for the Museum.
  • September 30th – close for the regular season – reservations for group tours during the off season can be made by calling the office and leaving a message any time.
  • November – Members Fall Dinner
  • Saturday, December – AGM  at Milner Hall – We have the hall available (to be confirmed)

Each year we start with our opening on April 1st, followed by a large entry in the very popular May Day Parade in Fort Langley.

————Past Events———————-

  • June 2017  – Unveiling and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony – 2 pm at the museum front door.  This special event included the unveiling of the MURALS and the ribbon cutting on the renovated Woodworking and Mechanical Workshops!   Refreshments were served.
  • April 13th – Fred Pepin and Jim Mair were invited by Greater Vancouver Parks to a return engagement speaking at Campbell Valley Park which was on April 13. The specific site was the Annand/Rowlatt Farmstead which included the nearby Lochiel Schoolhouse. Greater Vancouver Parks were hosting Parks from all over BC so this was an excellent exposure and promotion of both Langley Historical Society and BC Farm Museum.
  • September 2019 – The Farm Museum dedication day, covering the Opening of the Harness Shop (David Reid), Pump Organ dedication and Wall Clock unveiling (Francois Freyvogel). Refreshments were served. The video and other BC Farm Museum videos can be seen on You Tube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7XPajndGWJMgdBi4sa9N7g/videos
  • June 15th 2024 – Unveiling of the Worlds Largest Sculpted Anvil.
  • Sept 23 2022 Bruce Coughlan “Songsmith Bruce Coughlan has a gift for pinpointing compelling characters from B.C.’s past. Whether it’s the last of the Royal Engineers, a grizzled tugboat captain or Victoria Cross winner, his songs help us walk in their footsteps. Bruce has now created a multi-media tribute to Samuel Robertson, a transplanted Orkney Islander who crafted boats for the Hudson’s Bay Company, married a Sto:lo Chief’s daughter, struck it rich in the Cariboo — and carved out the first farm at Maple Ridge.

Robertson, who was born in Scotland in 1823 and later migrated to Fort Langley in 1843, was the first European to settle and farm in Maple Ridge, according to the Maple Ridge Museum. He was also responsible for planting the first fruit trees in Maple Ridge not owned by the Hudson Bay Company, which can still be found along Kanaka Creek.

Coughlan explains that the project includes a virtual tour that takes viewers through various historic locations, all while Coughlan provides a voice-over to explain the significance of each area in relation to Robertson’s life.

The project also has several pieces of original music created by Coughlan’s band Tiller’s Folly, including a new music video for their song “A Simply Extraordinary Life”.

Coughlan referred to the project as a “fast-paced magazine-style documentary look at how one-man’s life transitioned the most pivotal time in Western Canadian History.”

To raise money for the project, a fundraising concert was put on at the Fort Langley Community Hall by the BC Farm Museum, SOCAN Foundation and Creative Compass Society, where the song  “A Simply Extraordinary Life” was debuted. A Simply Extraordinary Life – Google Search

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