Burnaby Village Museum...

Today we visited an attraction that had free admission. After paying an average of $35+ or so each for admission to other attractions we expected this one to not have much to look at. We could not have been more wrong! Burnaby Village Museum is exceptional; it's well looked after, it has many exhibits and lots of activities for families with children. It recreates a village of the 1920s.

First up...a photo opportunity with moustaches...lol. The cylinder on the far right held a selection of moustaches to choose from. 

Then we walked up the hill to the 'farmhouse'.

It had a lovely garden at the side...

In the main bedroom the bed was covered with a vintage quilt...

The kitchen had a washing machine...the copper cylinder.

While I was taking a closer look at items on display, these 2 were relaxing on the front porch...

Our next stop was in the garden to admire some 'livestock' and some 'wildlife'...

A bit closer to see the plants...

Then there was a rather large veggie garden that was thriving...

Then it off to the Vorce Tram Station and then to the tram shed...

I then walked on a bit ahead to take photos at the little wooden church...

A street of shops...

The General Store was so jammed packed with goods...

The gadget on the bottom left is a cheese wedge cutter...

The Apothecary shop...

The Garage...

Some more shops...

The Blacksmith's Shop

The Carousel 

These 2 got a ride; I was the photographer.

We went into the old movie theatre where I was entranced by a silent movie starring Charlie Chaplin.

I just had to stay to find out whether Charlie's character ended up with Georgia, the girl he lusted after even though he was a 'tramp' as usual. He did win her in the end! I was surprised how much I enjoyed the movie! Lol.

We toured the old schoolhouse and chatted to the docent on duty there to answer questions etc.

I think there at least 45 seats and we found out that it was a one teacher school in the early part of the 20th century...imagine all that marking and preparation! As I was there, I gave a small lesson on handwriting...:-). The writing and printing styles were very similar to the old Queensland printing and cursive. 

We also checked out a musical exhibit...a player piano...

Old record players including ones that played the cylindrical records...

In the old bank I tried to use by Visa Debit Card to get some Canadian money...

The bank had this big old safe/vault...open and not a cent inside!

We also looked through a grand old house called Elworth...this is an impressive front verandah!

The rooms and furnishings were lovely...

The kitchen in Elworth was dominated by this large wood burning range...

Perhaps one of the mist interesting places in the village was the newspaper office...we got to see one of the old letterpress printing presses working as it printed book marks. The woman 'manning' this exhibit was very informative and interesting. 

And this is the place where we relaxed with a cup of coffee and DH and I shared a scone.

So we had all this fun for free! I highly recommend it if you are visiting Vancouver.