The museum preserves and presents to the public information and artifacts related to British Columbia's mining industry.

This 20 storey building, a gravity fed concentrator for ore processing, was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada in 1987 (with a ceremony in 1988).

[citation needed] The Britannia Beach Historical Society was established in 1971 as part of BC's centennial plans.

There are displays concerning the importance of minerals in daily life, and on the history of the Britannia Mine, including its environmental remediation.

Visitors are given a train ride through a historic haulage tunnel, driven in 1914 to transport ore from the original mill buildings to the shore.