The Kilby General Store and Farm museum has been collecting artifacts reflecting commerce and the use of the store for many years. The heyday of the site was during the 1930's when it was owned by Acton Kilby. From the '30's to the 1970's, the Store was a major centre of commerce for the Harrison Mills area at the confluence of the Fraser and Harrison Rivers.

The Collection includes store furnishings and fittings, hotel, post office and farm objects as well as personal family items, First Nations objects and archival material related to the Kilby's and other Fraser Valley families. Some of the objects have provenance to the Kilby Store and the history of the Fraser Valley and some are typical artifacts from the 1930's. The product packaging collection, in particular is excellent, and shows the evolution of packaging, advertising and commercial graphic design over the past 100 years.

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