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Random Acts of Kindness Day

The Maritime Museum of BC 744 Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Spread a little kindness today! A treat for you: the gallery is open by donation during opening hours.

Free

Where the Wind Meets the Tide

The Maritime Museum of BC 744 Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

From fishing boats to ferries, a diverse group of mariners share their tales of lives on the water off northern Vancouver Island.

$18

Community Week

The Maritime Museum of BC 744 Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Admission by donation all week long to celebrate our 2024 Float the Boat fundraising campaign. All donations will count towards the milestone counts in our boat tank.

Free

Nautical Nights: The Coffin Ship: Superstition and Incompetence in the S.S. Clallam Tragedy

The Maritime Museum of BC 744 Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

One-hundred-and-twenty years after one of the worst maritime disasters in the Pacific Northwest, historian Erik Kosick joins our Nautical Nights Speaker Series to delve into the history of The Coffin Ship: Superstition and Incompetence in the S.S. Clallam Tragedy.

$18

Book Launch: Michael Hadley (Boxing the Compass: A Life of Seafaring, Music, and Pilgrimage)

The Maritime Museum of BC 744 Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

An award-winning historian and mariner takes readers on an engrossinginternational journey of self-discovery that explores timely themes of humanconflict, ethics, and reconciliation. Included in admission to the Maritime Museum of BC, this event will run in the museum gallery. There will be a Q&A period and a book signing, with copies available in the museum … Continued

MMBC’s Birthday

The Maritime Museum of BC 744 Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Admission is by donation all day long, there will be treats, and our new exhibit No Walk in the Woods: The History of the West Coast Trail will be open!

Free

Salty Sunday

The Maritime Museum of BC 744 Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Our first Sunday open, to begin our new opening hours: 7 days per week, 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM.

$10

Book Launch: Eric Jamieson (Arctic Patrol: Canada’s Fight for Arctic Sovereignty)

The Maritime Museum of BC 744 Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Included in admission or membership to the Maritime Museum of BC, this event will run in the museum gallery. There will be a Q&A period and a book signing, with copies available in the museum gift shop. Walk-ins welcome, but registering ahead ensures you get a spot! In the 1920s, Canada’s claim on the Arctic … Continued