Sooke Spooke
Saturday 26 October 2024 5pm-7:30pm
free admission | family friendly | food sales
Join us, if you dare!
Stories inspired by local history, brought to life by Sooke Harbour Players. Roam the museum grounds outside and hear tales from the past. Wear your costume!
Shipwrecks, mysterious happenings at Moss Cottage, and a mad lighthouse keeper….. its all so Sooky! (hmmm….spooky)
Did you know that 24-31 October is International Bat Week? This week celebrates the role of bats in nature. To mark the occasion H.A.T. (Habitat Acquisition Trust) will have a display at Sooke Spook to share information about local bats.
Lots happening locally for bat week – learn more here.
Food available for purchase:
spider hot dogs or chili – $5
hot apple cider or hot chocolate – $3
dessert – $3
or $10 for meal
Winter Market and Moss Cottage Christmas
Saturday December 7, 2024 11am-4pm
The popular Winter Market and Moss Cottage Christmas returns on December 7, 2024. Aunt Tilly will lead tours of Moss Cottage, decorated for the season in 1902 style. The Winter Market features local Sooke artisans. All products sold at the Winter Market are made, baked, raised, caught, and wild harvested or 100% grown by the vendor. Vendors include the return of some familiar faces from the Summer Night Market as well as new vendors. To support and foster creativity and entrepreneurship in the next generation, one area of the market is dedicated to local young artisans selling their handmade goods.
Family Day Event
Free tours of Moss Cottage and Triangle Island Lighthouse
Saturday Feb 15, 2025: 11am-3pm
Tours begin approximately every 20 minutes
Built in 1869, Moss Cottage is the oldest standing pioneer home west of Victoria. In 1977, the owner donated the historic cottage to the Sooke Region Historical Society, who relocated the building to our museum grounds. For Family Day Weekend, visitors to the cottage will be welcomed inside by our interpretive guide in the character of Matilda “Aunt Tilly” Gordon who is raising her two children on her own, in 1902. Household tasks of the turn of the century are demonstrated by Aunt Tilly as she chats with visitors.
The lighthouse was built on Triangle Island in 1910. Lightkeepers and their families lived at this remote outpost under the most dreadful conditions. Historian Lanny Seaton will welcome visitors on Family Day Weekend to share his stories of life at the lighthouses of Vancouver Island as well as the saga of the journey of this lighthouse from Triangle Island (off Cape Scott, on the northern tip of Vancouver Island) to the Sooke Region Museum.
Open House and Salmon Barbecue
Sunday June 23, 2024
12pm – 3pm
free admission to event and exhibits
food menu and prices below
Each year we invite you to get a behind the scenes glimpse into what goes on at your community museum AND enjoy barbecued salmon on the 4th Sunday in June. This is an opportunity for old friends and newcomers to come together, see what’s happening at the museum, check out new exhibits, and feast on barbecued salmon.