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The Maritime Museum of B C
Category: Arts & Entertainment Museums Museums [Edit]
28 Bastion SqVictoria, BC V8W 1H9
(250) 385-4222
- Hours:
Mon-Sun 10 am - 5 pm
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
2 reviews for The Maritime Museum of B C
2 reviews in English
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Review from Ian W.
11/23/2008 4 photos
I made a visit to The Maritime Museum of British Columbia which is housed in an old building (1889) and showcases the rich maritime heritage of the Pacific Northwest on three levels. Each level is accessed by the center stairway (quite a climb!) or birdcage elevator, one of the oldest in North America.
Exhibits illustrate exploration, pirates, whaling, fishing, shipwrecks, Royal Navy, BC Ferries, Coast Guard, and others. Displays include artwork, a great collection ship models, tools, equipment, engines, machinery, Naval uniforms, and other artifacts. On the third floor, there's a library and the Vice-Admiralty Court Room which also served as the Supreme Court of BC.
Overall, the exhibits were informative and interesting and complemented my other visit to the larger Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax.(http://www.yelp.ca/biz...)
Allow 1-2 hours. Admission $10 adults/$5 children, paid in the gift shop. Non-flash photography is allowed at the museum.
WEBSITE: http://mmbc.bc.ca/
*3.5 STARS* -
Review from Steve S.
11/10/2011 2 Check-ins Here
Cool museum with a variety of displays on the history of Vancouver Island maritime. It was a great rainy day activity. Three stars because it was what I thought it would be (a static museum) and didn't offer me anything more.
Specialties
The Maritime Museum of BC represents a rich and vast link to the province's legal and nautical roots. Here, among a superb array of artifacts, you will find fascinating displays on Pirates, Heritage Vessels, Shipwrecks and Featured Exhibits. It is also home to three very singular sailboats Dorothy, Trekka and Tilikum each with their own incredible story of adventure and enchantment.
The museum cares for over 35,000 unique artifacts, in excess of 40,000 historical photographs and an internationally recognized chart collection. As well, the museum also runs popular public and school programs featuring such topics as immigration, pirates and privateers, women at sea and fur trade. In addition, the museum provides Pirate School to train young minds to be the best of the worst.
History
Established in 1955
The Maritime Museum of BC first opened its doors to the public in 1955 as a naval museum located on Signal Hill just outside the gates of the HMC Dockyard in Esquimalt. By 1965, the museum had outgrown the original location and found a new home in the former Supreme Court building in Bastion Square the oldest surviving Courthouse in the province and still in operation today!
