The Fort Nelson Historical Society

Operating the fort nelson heritage museum. Communicating the fort nelson and alaska highway area history and natural history to the public. Supporting heritage activities in the fort nelson area. Acquiring and maintaining artifacts pictures and documents to relevant to the area and the period of the construction of the alaska highway. Every year in february we host heritage days and for two days we offer free admission to the public and a variety of events. Since opening our addition we have been able to host several traveling exhibits which have been well-received in the community. We are more disability-friendly and are able to offer meeting and event space to other community organizations. We have already hosted one traveling exhibit this year and have more coming. We are also able to offer more child and youth programming. We are also offering limited winter hours to the public instead of closing between mid-september and mid-may.