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Museums Granville Island Museums - Sport Fishing - Model Trains - Model Ships
http://www.modeltrainsmuseum.ca/
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Outline: The Granville Island Model Trains Museum is home of the world's largest collection of model and toy trains on public display.
The Granville Island Museum houses many collectable trains, including: The Royal Hudson, Lionel Trains, "O" Gauge, "G" Gauge, Standard Gauge, Steam Locomotives and Tender, Transcontinental trains, Brass Locomotives and many more toy trains.
The Granville Island Model Ships Museum is home to an impressive international collection of submarines, battleships, and toy boats.
The products in our store basically cover all three collections, but you won't find many of these unique collectibles anywhere else in the world.
All prices are in Canadian dollars, which means that if something is priced at $10 Canadian, it is only costing you just over $6 American.


Vancouver Police Centennial Museum (Canada) - Home Page
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/police/museum/
Vancouver, HISTORY, Vancouver Police, City, Vancouver Police Department, registered charity, non-profit organization, Police Historical Society, location map.
Outline: 240 East Cordova Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6A 1L3, in the heart of downtown Vancouver near the Main St. police station.
The Vancouver Police Historical Society is a non-profit organization and registered charity.

Welcome to the Vancouver Museum
http://www.museumofvancouver.ca/
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Outline: Thanks to a $1.7 million donation by Ken Walley and his family- the largest such cash donation the museum has ever received - a new addition inspired by the vision of Joyce Walley and her work as an education docent and museum trustee has been made possible.
The Joyce Wally Learning Centre will have 5200 square feet of exhibit and programming space equipped with the latest in technological features.
Yuquot: The Centre of Our World has closed to make way for Honouring Our Basket Makers Opening in October This exhibition, subtitled Woven Lives of the Musqueam, Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw, and Tsleil-Waututh, is a collaboration of the Vancouver Museum and three local First Nations.

Welcome to the Vancouver Maritime Museum

Museum, Labour, Victoria, parking, Vancouver, Ogden Avenue, Vanier Park, Members, Seniors.
Outline: Group rates available for 10 or more when booked in advance.
The Museum is located in Vanier Park, at 1905 Ogden Avenue.
The Vancouver Museum and the HR MacMillan Space Centre are also in Vanier Park, and we're just a short stroll from Granville Island.
We are easily reached by bus or car, and we have a parking lot (please allow two hours' parking).
False Creek Ferries stop just outside our door.
Opening Hours: From Victoria Day (the fourth Monday in May) until Labour Day (the first Monday in September) the Museum is open daily from 10 am to 5 pm.

Mission Museum
http://www.missionmuseum.com/

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The Mission Museum is located in Mission, BC, Canada, and is dedicated to upholding the goals of the Mission District Historical Society: "Recording our History, Educating the Community, Preserving our Heritage."

Operated by the Society, the Mission Museum exists for the purpose of preserving the history of Mission by way of the collection, preservation, documentation, research and interpretation of three-dimensional objects related to our community's history, making it available to all people through exhibits, events and public programming.

Check out our booth in the "Heart of the Market" for kids' colouring and ring toss!

Learn a bit about Mission's history and take part in fun activities related to the topic including a take-home project!

Created and presented by the Royal BC Museum, this exhibit is focused on local species and the threats to their existence.

The Creston Museum, Creston BC - Celebrating Creston Valley History Every Day
http://www.creston.museum.bc.ca/

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The Creston Valley is a historically unique geological region of southern British Columbia, Canada.

Agriculture, forestry and mining became its principal industries by the early twentieth century as the Dewdney trail and the Canadian Pacific Railway provided a transportation network east and west, and the stagecoach and sternwheeler from Spokane to Kootenay Lake and the vibrant mining communities north to Revelstoke.

Now the home of the Creston Valley Wildlife Centre, a famous Ramsar site, the valley is natureâ¬(TM)s paradise sporting a wide variety of outdoor and indoor activities, crafts and businesses.

The Creston & District Historical and Museum Society, the custodian of â¬oeone of the best small museums anywhere⬠displays proudly a cornucopia of outdoor and indoor artefacts that reflect the history of the valley and its peoples.

Welcome to the Chilliwack Museum and Archives - Discover your Heritage!
http://www.chilliwack.museum.bc.ca/

Concepts: Museum, Archives, Chilliwack Museum, floor, Hall, access historic artifacts.

Located in historic Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, the Chilliwack Museum and Archives are operated by the Chilliwack Museum and Historical Society. Since its inception in 1958, the Museum and Archives have developed one of the largest and most important archival and object collections in the Fraser Valley.

The Museum is housed in a historic building near Chilliwack's downtown - the 1912 former City Hall - where you can view historic exhibits on the main floor and contemporary art shows on the second floor.

The Archives, located in Evergreen Hall a few blocks from the Museum, is the place where visitors can access historic artifacts and records.