Victoria, BC; Canada
Recommended visit time required: minimum of 2 hours (not including the time it takes to purchase your tickets)
Photography Allowed? Yes; no flash
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Royal BC Museum has a collection of items that are specific to the province of British Columbia, giving you a good insight and understanding of its history. My favorite part of the Museum was Old Town on the third floor. The Old Town exhibit is a mock-up of a Victorian street where you peer into the windows of shops and buildings staged in intricate detail that would have existed in that era. The Museum is extremely kid-friendly. Aside from the kids' area in the Ocean Station exhibit on the second floor, there are sketch stations located throughout Old Town.
Second Floor: Natural History Gallery
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| Ice-Age Mammoth |
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| Seashore exhibit |
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| Seashore exhibit |
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| Ocean Station exhibit |
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| Ocean Station exhibit |
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| Ocean Station exhibit |
Third Floor: First Peoples Gallery
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| Totem Poles |
Third Floor: History Gallery
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| Century Hall |
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| Vehicle in Old Town |
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| Old Town exhibit |
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| Lobby of the Grand Hotel; Old Town |
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| Kitchen of the Grand Hotel; Old Town |
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| Pharmacist in Chinatown; Old Town |
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| Gold Rush exhibit |
Outside the Museum
Thunderbird Park
Thunderbird Park is a small park situated just east of the museum. It is known for the several totem poles located here.
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| Mungo Martin House in Thunderbird Park |
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| Totem poles of Thunderbird Park |
Helmcken House
Dr. John Sebastian Helmcken was a surgeon with the Hudson's Bay Company who later became a statesman who helped negotiate the entry of British Columbia into Canada as a province. His home is the oldest building in British Columbia, which still stands on its original site. It is open to the public only between June and September from noon - 4PM, included with your museum admission.
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| Helmcken House |
