Some good news for researchers and history buffs in Kamloops – the archives at the Kamloops Museum and Archives are set to reopen next month.

Shut down since September due to a lack of a resident archivist, Museum Supervisor Julia Cyr says the archives are likely to reopen sometime in mid-to-late April. Cyr says they’re able to reopen now that a new archivist from Montreal has arrived.

The Kamloops Museum and Archives includes a wide range of materials that describe, depict, and interpret life in Kamloops through the years, including photographs, books, papers, maps, architectural drawings, and newspapers.

Some of the materials included in the archives date back to the 19th century and the formation of Kamloops as a settlement.