Mandate, Facilities & Services
In Richmond, the City provides and maintains a number of cultural and heritage facilities. They include the Cultural Centre which is home to our City's Main Library, Museum, Arts Centre, Art Gallery, and Archives, the Gateway Theatre, and several other library branches. In addition, art programs are offered in all of our community centres.Publicly supported heritage facilities include the Britannia Heritage Shipyard Park, London Farm, Minoru Chapel, Steveston Museum, and the Steveston Interurban Tram. (The Gulf of Georgia Cannery is a Federal Government facility.) (There are also privately owned heritage sites see can be found in Planning in the Online Heritage Inventory.)
The responsibility for daily operation and programming of these facilities is shared with City staff and local volunteer organizations.
Through the Planning & Development Department, the City also maintains an online heritage inventory of privately owned properties that have been designated as official heritage sites.
In addition, the City sponsors and supports an active Public Art Program which fosters the development of visual and performance art in our community.
Publicly owned culture and heritage facilities are managed by the Arts Heritage and Diversity Department of the Parks Recreation and Culture Division. The Public Art Program and the Heritage Inventory have been developed with the support of the Policy Planning Department in the Urban Development Division.
For locations of our facilities download a copy of our map:
Museum and Heritage Strategy
To make Richmond the most livable, appealing and well-managed community in Canada, Richmond Museum and Heritage Services is seeking the public’s input to develop a strategy to ensure the community’s museum and heritage needs are being met with a range of places, spaces, programs and services, provided both directly and in partnership with a variety of different organizations.
At this time, resources are being used to coordinate and prioritize museum and heritage planning, capital projects and operations within the City, including the need for expanded museum space and services.
Members from the Heritage Commission and Richmond Museum Society have been working with various groups, including community members, consultants, City staff, Tourism Richmond and the Chamber of Commerce, to ensure resources within the City and the development and operations of museum and heritage facilities are maximized to their fullest potential.
The Museum and Heritage Strategy provides an effective and realistic strategic framework that will direct the next steps in Richmond's development of its museum and heritage policies. Below are the Museum and Heritage Strategy display boards. These display boards are used as a reference to the 2006 Museum & Heritage Strategy Feedback Form, which can be submitted online..
Museum and Heritage Strategy
Museum and Heritage Strategy Display Boards
Arts Strategy
To learn about future plans for culture and heritage in our community please download our Arts Strategy information:
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