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Exhibits
The White Rock Museum hosts several temporary exhibitions each year in our rotating gallery, which range from local art shows to original exhibitions that explore a chosen facet of White Rock’s varied heritage, history, and contemporary culture.
On Display Now
current exhibitions


Our Living Languages: First Peoples’ Voices in British Columbia
April 27, 2025 - August 4, 2025
Our Living Languages: First Peoples’ Voices in British Columbia invites viewers to learn more about Indigenous languages in BC through this award-winning, interactive exhibition. In honour of the United Nations International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-2032), Our Living Languages provides visitors with the opportunity to learn more about the history of disrupted languages in BC, […]
Our Latest Antiquities
upcoming exhibitions

Community Curators: Selections from the WRMA Collections
August 15, 2025 - October 19, 2025
Who gets to decide what goes on display in the museum? Explore selections from the WRMA Permanent Collection through the eyes of community members. This exhibition highlights favourites and hidden treasures from the collection, selected by community curators to share their knowledge and tell personal stories of White Rock history, everyday life, and treasured moments.

Lest We Forget: White Rock During the War Years
October 31, 2025 - November 11, 2025
The war years of 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 influenced the lives of all Canadians. The White Rock Museum & Archives annual exhibit – Lest We Forget: White Rock During the War Years remembers the people who participated in the war efforts both overseas and at home and looks at how the wars impacted all aspects of […]
A Great History
past exhibitions

Hope Meets Action: Echoes Through the Black Continuum
March 27, 2025 - April 25, 2025
The BC Black History Awareness Society in partnership with the Royal BC Museum presents Hope Meets Action: Echoes Through the Black Continuum, the story of Afro-diasporic “British Columbia” history, past, present and future. Black “British Columbian” history has long been whitewashed in the annals of colonial history. Against the backdrop of white-centring walls, this exhibit daylights […]
