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Vancouver Maritime Museum
Opening hours
- Monday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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Museum charting the story of Pacific & Arctic waterways, with exhibits & an Arctic exploration ship.via Google
Features the historic St. Roch, the first vessel to traverse the Northwest Passage from west to east.
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- Great for families and maritime history enthusiasts; takes about two hours.
Reviews from Google
An out-of-the-way but fabulous collection of maritime history everyone should see, especially significant to Vancouver. Well worth a few hours and days if you want to read everything. The obvious highlight is the actual restored ST. ROCH RCMP schooner inside the museum. I would seriously suggest to make sure you sign up for a timed entrance to it as soon as you pay your admission. Although this is mostly an adult attraction they have provided a "maritime play area" at the back of the museum.
Came here with some out of town family and expected truly not much at all, but it was so fun and interesting! Loved being able to board the boat and see how they used to travel, loved all of the history, and my four year old LOVED the recently renovated kids play area! 100% recommend this place on a rainy day if your kids just need to play somewhere different! She still talks about it ♡
The Vancouver Maritime Museum is located in one of Vancouver’s most beautiful and upscale neighborhoods, making it a great place to spend a day exploring. One of the best features is their “Pay What You Can” admission on the first Sunday of every month, which makes the museum accessible to everyone. The visit begins with a nice gift shop at the entrance, and the museum itself is packed with fascinating information about maritime history. The exhibits are well organized and informative, covering the rich maritime heritage of the region. The highlight for me was being able to board and explore the historic ship on display. Walking through the actual vessel and seeing what life was like inside was a unique and memorable experience. Overall, it’s an enjoyable and educational attraction that’s well worth a visit.
A museum dedicated to seafaring equipment and life of soldiers or seamen. It includes a whole police (RCMP) patrolling boat named St. Roch deployed in active sea for 20 years, built in 1928 at Vancouver and having many firsts like circumnavigation around north america through panama canal and navigating the northwest passage in a single season in both directions along with being first to travel the northern deep water route. It has been declared national historical site. Apart from this, the museum houses numerous items of navigation and marine travel to give a glimpse of yesteryears as well modern times. Worth visiting, there is small setup to sell icecream and beverage inside. The ticket prices however are not justified, on Sundays you can enter on donation basis which could be cheaper.
This would be my favourite museum out of the 3 in the that location. There was a lot more to see than I expected. Going onboard the St. Roch boat was really cool. If you like scale model boats you’ll be in heaven. They are incredible. Lots of things to interact with. Plenty of history to read. Absolutely loved it.