The Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre is New Denver's essential stop. During the Second World War, Japanese Canadians were uprooted from the coast and sent inland; New Denver was one of the internment communities, and the centre preserves original shacks, a community hall, photographs, and a memorial garden.
It is not a large museum, but it is powerful because the story is tied to the ground under your feet. Give it time, then walk through the surrounding Orchard area to understand the scale of what happened here.