- "showcases artifacts, archival material and historic sites in the Province of British Columbia"

- includes "government documents and records; private historical manuscripts and papers; maps, charts and architectural plans; photographs; paintings, drawings and prints; audio and video tapes; film; newspapers; and an extensive library of publications with a strong emphasis on the social and political history of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest"

- information related to human origins
- includes a timeline of discovery

- deals with cultural property issues