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For personal assistance with planning your trip, call the
Customer Information line at 250-382-6161, and press zero
for a Customer Service Agent.
CFB Esquimalt
Naval & Military Museum, Naden Way (off Admirals).
Located in a 19th century former hospital, the museum offers
a compelling collection of exhibits and displays tracing Western
Canadian military development including re-creations of a
WWII shipboard mess deck, a communications room and a wheelhouse.
It also includes photos, histories of vessels, biographies
of naval personnel, archives and memorabilia.
Details at www.navalandmilitarymuseum.org/
or call 250-363-4312.
From downtown take the #24
or the #25 to Admirals Road
and Naden Way, and then a short walk down Naden Way.
Maltwood
Art Museum & Gallery, University Centre, University of Victoria.
Extensive collection of European Decorative Arts, Northwest
Coast First Nations art, Western Canadian fine & Craft Arts,
contemporary Western artists and Chinese artifacts. The Gallery
stages up to 24 special exhibits each year.
Details at www.maltwood.uvic.ca
or call 250-721-8298.
Take the #4,
#7, #11,
#12, #13,
#14, #26,
#39 or #51
UVic to the University of Victoria.
Maritime
Museum of British Columbia, 28 Bastion Square. Follow View
St Westbound.
This museum is located in the former Provincial Law Courts
building constructed in 1889. Exquisite woodwork and the oldest
working elevator in the country set the stage to showcase
BC's maritime history. Displays focus on the explorations
of Captain Cook through to highlights of BC Ferries.
Details at: www.mmbc.bc.ca
or call 250-385-4222 ext. 104
The museum is within two to
three blocks of all downtown buses.
Royal
British Columbia Museum, 675 Belleville St.
The RBCM is one of North America's most acclaimed museums.
Renowned for its exhibits' stunning impact, the museum explores
the natural splendour and cultural diversity of British Columbia.
It is a place of discovery, where one can travel back in time
10,000 years and come face to face with a giant Woolly Mammoth.
Visitors can walk the cobbled streets of Old Town or sit among
First Nations totem poles, learning stories of triumph, tragedy
and survival. In addition to the permanent galleries, the
museum also features major travelling exhibits of international
standards.
Details at: www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca,
or call 250-356-7226 locally or toll free 1-888-447-7977.
Take the #3,
#27/28, #30/31,
#50, #61,
#70, #71,
#72 and #73.
Royal London
Wax Museum. 470 Belleville Street.
Lifelike replications of British royalty, famous explorers
and literary figures. The Chamber of Horrors illustrates the
grisly methods of middle-ages interrogation. Children will
enjoy Storybook Land where they can go "over the rainbow"
with Dorothy.
Details at: http://www.waxmuseum.bc.ca/,
or call 250-388-4461.
Take the #5,
#27/28, #30/31,
#50, #61,
#70, #71,
#72 and #73..
Sidney
Historical Museum, 2423 Beacon Avenue.
Housed in an old Ferry Customs building, this museum offers
a look at the history of the Sidney and the Saanich Peninsula.
More information at: www.sidneymuseum.ca
or call 250-656-1322.
Take the #70,
#71, #72,
#73, #77,
#79, #81,
#82 and #83
to Fifth & Beacon Avenue and walk east on Beacon..
Sidney
Marine Museum, 9801 Seaport Place, Sidney.
Kids of all ages will enjoy interactive displays models and
skeletons that trace the evolution of the whale. Life-size
murals of the 70-foot Blue Whale and other species decorate
the ceilings of the galleries. Photos and relics of the pioneer
days.
Take the #70,
#71, #72,
#73, #77,
#79, #81,
#82 and #83
to Fifth & Beacon Avenue. Walk east on Beacon to Seaport
Place Square.
Sooke
Regional Museum and Visitors Centre, 2070 Phillips Road.
Walk a nature trail, visit a 1902 pioneer family cottage
and learn how the West Coast temperate rainforest influence
the aboriginal people who first settled here. See exhibits
of logging, early farming and trapping. View the 30-minute
film of All Sooke Day and enjoy the gallery featuring local
artists.
Details at: www.sooke.museum.bc.ca/srm
or call 250-642-6351.
Take the #61.
Disembark at Sooke Road & Philips. (When you get on the bus,
ask the driver to call your stop.)
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