As of 2021, the museum receives 88,000 visitors each year and has an operating budget of approximately $1.2 million.

[1] After several moves in its early days, it acquired the building of the former Riverview Public School in 1982 with a grant from the Richard Ivey Foundation.

[1] In 2014 it sold the Wharncliffe Road building to a London developer, but will remain a tenant until at least 2021.

[1] In 2018, the museum hired an Oakland, California company to design the exhibits in the new building.

[4] These include eight "immersive and interactive areas for children and their families", among them a garden patio, a main street-themed exhibit, a river-themed exhibit, and a room dedicated to archaeological discovery.