Orpheum Theatre

Wallinger Avenue and Spokane Street,
Kimberley, BC V1A

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PortElmsley
PortElmsley on October 29, 2013 at 12:15 pm

The “current Orpheum” is nothing more than a small building hosting mining artifacts and displays in the parking lot of a narrow-gauge tourist railway. It is tiny and has windows in it and was NEVER a theatre. Somebody at one time must have figured it would be nostalgic to attach a small “Orpheum Theatre” sign on the building, for lack of a better idea.

bookgirl99
bookgirl99 on June 11, 2009 at 2:29 pm

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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on February 5, 2008 at 10:24 am

The information tell us that the theater we see in the picture is a re-creation of the original Orpheum. Subsequently the status should be closed/demolished. I wouldn’t list the function as museum since the original theater was never used for that purpose. Thanks for clearing that up.