Royal BC Museum, Victoria and Vancouver Island
Address 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, BC Map, Tel 250-387-2101 Call, Website
This excellent museum was one of the highlights of our trip to Victoria. Start on the top floor with the First People's exhibit. Models and artifacts help make this part of the exhibit engaging for kids, and even if you're already familiar with the history of the native people living in BC, you'll find it interesting too. Continue on to the modern history exhibits, where displays show what Victoria life was like during the gold rush, and in the era when you were a kid. The hilight here, for my kids, was a chance to sit in a theatre and watch a Charlie Chaplin movie, and to pan for "gold." When your kids' attention span starts to wane, you'll want to head down to the ground floor and watch one the large selection of IMAX movies (check showtimes and buy tickets when you enter).
This museum is stroller friendly, just ask for an elevator pass when you buy your ticket.
