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Alder Grove Heritage Society and Telephone Museum
A volunteer-run Aldergrove museum in a 1910 building that served as the town's telephone office from 1917 to 1951.
- Address
- 3190 271 Street, Aldergrove, BC V4W 3H7
- Phone
- 604-857-0555
- [email protected] (the society's page uses this address for scheduling tours)
- Official website
- aldergroveheritage.ca
- Hours
- Sundays, 12 to 4 pm, according to the society's site. Check the official page or call before you go.
- Admission
- By donation, per the society
- Group tours
- Email the society to arrange one
- Last checked
- October 22, 2026
The Alder Grove Heritage Society runs a small community museum in Aldergrove, in the Township of Langley. Its tagline is “Where History Comes Home”, and the museum is run entirely by volunteers.
The building
The museum lives in a small prefab building made in 1910 by BC Mills for F. J. Hart. According to Historic Places Days, it was first a real estate office and a bank, then from 1917 to 1951 it was the town’s telephone office. In 1951 it was moved to serve as the office of a motel. In 1992 the society saved it from demolition, moved it to its current site and restored it.
The society’s site shows a photo from around 1916 taken inside the building, with the customer service counter where people could pay bills, order service or use the public phone.
What you’ll find
Historic Places Days describes exhibits on Aldergrove’s local history and an archive of family, business and community stories, with audio interviews, photos, documents and objects. The collection also includes about 70 years of local newspapers and vintage telephones. A 2018 Langley Advance Times item described a working switchboard on display. That item dates from 2018, so ask the society if you are making a special trip for it.
The listing mentions parking, parkland nearby and washrooms, and describes it as family-friendly.
Visiting
Regular hours are Sunday afternoons. For a group tour or to confirm a visit, the society asks you to email. It is also on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, all linked from its website.
More about the society
The society acknowledges the traditional and ancestral lands of the Stó:lō, Matsqui, Kwantlen, Katzie and other Coast Salish peoples, and says it has a repatriation, reconciliation and cultural property policy, which you can read on its site. It also thanks the Township of Langley and the Government of Canada for financial support.
For more local history, see the Langley heritage sites and Langley Centennial Museum pages, plus our Aldergrove guide.
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Last checked October 21, 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.