Historical museum located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Given title "Royal" upon visit by Queen Elizabeth II. The arms of Victoria. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages English Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 36 6 Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 5th 944,735 km² 2. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor), born 21 April 1926, is the Queen regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda...

The museum is one of the centrepieces of Victoria's tourist industry as well as a favourite of many locals, both children and adults. It includes numerous native artifacts, such as totem poles, clothing, and masks; an IMAX theatre; life-sized models of local wildlife in their respective environments (such as a towering wooly mammoth); and a simulated journey to the depths of the ocean. In addition it also often hosts touring exhibits from around the world. In recent years these exhibits have included Leonardo da Vinci, dinosaurs and Genghis Khan. An IMAX dome in Guayaquil, Ecuador IMAX (for Image Maximum) is a film projection system that has the capacity to display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film display systems. ...

The third floor takes visitors on a journey backwards through time, beginning with paraphenalia from recent decades, then through a replica of a cobblestone early 20th-century town (complete with silent movie theatre, a hotel, and old automobiles), through a tour of early forestry, fishing, and mining industries (including a mine shaft and water wheel), and then a history of exploration (which includes a model of the original Fort Victoria and a model ship which you can walk through). Fort Victoria was a single tier battery with defensible barracks west of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England, built in the 1850s, later used as a submarine mining centre and training area for military purposes. ...

The journey back in time continues with a large First Nations exhibit, including a longhouse and descriptions of the experience of indigenous people when they encountered Europeans. Life-like visual displays complete with sounds give the impression visitors are walking through the various scenes as they existed; numerous films throughout the museum complement this experience. Visitors can walk through a town, typical of the early 20th century, complete with a movie theatre (where silent movies are shown), a train station, a hotel, an alley (based on Fan Tan Alley in Victoria's Chinatown) and more. Carved mask in Vancouver First Nations is a term for ethnicity used in Canada to replace the word Indian. It refers to the Indigenous peoples of North America located in what is now Canada, and their descendants, who are not Inuit or Métis. ...

A favourite with tourists and locals alike, the museum is located in Victoria's Inner Harbour, between the Empress Hotel and the Legislature Buildings.

See also

List of Canadian organizations with royal patronage // Civilian King George III 1801: Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning Queen Victoria 1854: Royal Canadian Yacht Club 1862: Royal Halifax Yacht Club - superseded by the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron 1880: Royal Canadian Academy of Arts 1882: Royal Society of Canada 1884: Royal Montreal Golf Club 1887: Royal...

External Link

• Royal B.C. Museum Web Site