Maritime Museum of British Columbia
The Maritime Museum of British Columbia is a museum in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, that engages people with the maritime culture and history of the Pacific Northwest through rotating exhibits, educational and community-based programs, research services, and more.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Commercial building
- Description: maritime museum in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Maritime Museum of BC” and “Old Maritime Museum of BC Building”
- Address: 28 Bastion Square
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Victoria Custom House and Bay Centre.
Old Victoria Custom House
Historic building
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Old Victoria Custom House, also known as the Malahat Building, in Victoria was completed in 1875 and designated as a historic building in 1987. It is a three-storey, mansard-roofed, custom house overlooking Victoria's harbour, symbolizing the era when Victoria was the pre-eminent commercial centre on Canada's West Coast. Old Victoria Custom House is situated 200 metres southwest of Maritime Museum of British Columbia.
Bay Centre
Shopping center
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bay Centre is a shopping mall in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is bounded by Douglas, Government, Fort, and View streets, in the city's historic centre. Bay Centre is situated 190 metres southeast of Maritime Museum of British Columbia.
Burnes House
Building
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Burnes House is an historic building in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is located on Bastion Square, just east of Wharf Street.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and Victoria.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Chinatown in Victoria, British Columbia is the oldest Chinatown in Canada and the second oldest in North America after San Francisco. Victoria's Chinatown had its beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century in the mass influx of miners from California to what is now British Columbia in 1858.
Victoria
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Victoria is the capital of Canada's westernmost province; British Columbia, near the southern tip of Vancouver Island. Victoria contains a perfect combination of the old and new Canada.
Esquimalt
Town
Photo: Kyle Wilson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, Victoria, to the south by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, to the west by Esquimalt Harbour and… Esquimalt is situated 3½ km west of Maritime Museum of British Columbia.
Maritime Museum of British Columbia
- Categories: maritime museum, building, and office
- Location: Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
48.42601° or 48° 25′ 34″ northLongitude
-123.36882° or 123° 22′ 8″ westOpen location code
84WRCJGJ+CFOpenStreetMap ID
way 95036974OpenStreetMap feature
building=commercialWikidata ID
Q6765822
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Highlights include Macdonald Block and Bastion Square.
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