Welcome!
The Cortes Museum & Archives is a community-led museum, offering year-round exhibitions and programs that explore the social, cultural and natural history of Cortes Island and the surrounding region.
We invite visitors to reflect on this rich history, imagine past and future days, and celebrate this beautiful place we call home.
Admission is free with donations much appreciated.
Search our Online Archives, home to more than 4,000 digitized historical photos!
Book Your Guided Misty Isles Cruise
Book your spot for Misty Isles historic cruise. All cruises are guided by a historian from our Museum.
What's On
Join us for the opening of our new exhibition, From the Ground Up: Cortes Island dwellings and their histories. Exhibition opening Sunday, May 5, from 1 to 4 p.m. This...
Cortes Wild! Partnership announces its Earth Day opening at Wild Cortes!!! Earth Day, Monday, April 22, 2024 7:00 – 9:00 pm @ Linnaea Education Centre Spring punch & dessert delights...
Taxidermy A unique collection of taxidermy created by our curator Laurel Bohart. Part of Wild Cortes Natural History Centre. — curated by Laurel Bohart
News & Events
- April 26, 2024
Spring Migration Birding Event, Saturday, May 4 – 9 a.m. at the Museum or 9:30...
- April 23, 2024
Join us for the opening of our new exhibition, From the Ground Up: Cortes Island...
- April 22, 2024
Mitlenatch Island Provincial Park Thursday, May 30, 2024 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., departing from...
- April 22, 2024
GARDEN AND STUDIO TOUR Saturday, June 22, 10 am – 4 pm Cortes Island Museum...
- April 21, 2024
Cortes Wild! Partnership announces its Earth Day opening at Wild Cortes!!! Earth Day, Monday, April...
- April 3, 2024
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society Annual General Meeting Manson’s Hall, Sunday, April 21, 2024...
