British Columbia
Capital Regional District
Victoria

Royal British Columbia Museum

The Royal British Columbia Museum, founded in 1886, is a history museum in , , Canada. The "Royal" title was approved by Queen Elizabeth II and bestowed by Prince Philip in 1987, to coincide with a royal tour of that year.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Email: reception@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: “Royal BC museum” and “Royal BC Museum”
  • Address: 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, V8W 9W2

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Helmcken House and Thunderbird Park.

Museum
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is a museum in , located in . It was built in 1852 by Dr. John Sebastian Helmcken, a surgeon with the Hudson's Bay Company and the first doctor in Victoria when he married Cecilia Douglas, daughter of Governor James Douglas.

Park
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is a in next to the Royal British Columbia Museum. The park is home to many totem poles and other First Nation monuments.

Obelisk
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is an 8-metre marble obelisk, installed outside the British Columbia Parliament Buildings in , Canada. The sculpture was erected in 1881 to honour Sir James Douglas, the first Governor of the Colony of British Columbia, and was made by Mortimer & Reid using marble from , . is situated 200 metres northwest of Royal British Columbia Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Victoria and Chinatown.

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is the capital of 's westernmost province; , near the southern tip of . contains a perfect combination of the old and new Canada.

Neighborhood
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The in is the oldest in and the second oldest in North America after . Victoria's had its beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century in the mass influx of miners from California to what is now British Columbia in 1858.

Town
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The Township of is a municipality at the southern tip of , in , Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, , to the south by the , to the west by and… is situated 3½ km west of Royal British Columbia Museum.

Royal British Columbia Museum

Latitude
48.41972° or 48° 25′ 11″ north
Longitude
-123.36793° or 123° 22′ 5″ west
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Levels
4
Open location code
84WRCJ9J+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 105518293
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
12022710
Wiki­data ID
Q1542695
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