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Maritime Museum – The centerpiece of the museum, literally, is
the St. Roch, a two-masted wooden schooner used for arctic
exploration by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the 1940's. Take a tour
of the ship, shimmy up the ladder to the bridge, peer into the officer's
cabins (very short bunks), poke your nose into a tent on deck, home to an
Inuit family, and walk around the hull of this gallant ship that toughed
out icy arctic waters. |
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Model ships – The museum also has a good collection
of model ships – sailing ships, steamers, ocean liners, and a workshop
where you can watch people building ships models. |
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Children's Maritime Discovery Centre features hand-on
exhibits (and is a great place to spend time when the weather is bad). Take
the wheel in a full-scale tugboat wheelhouse, control an underwater robot,
look through a telescope at the boats coming and going in Burrard Inlet.
Would-be pirates, don't miss the "Pirate Cove" exhibit (dress
up as a pirate and learn about a life on the high seas). |
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Down at Heritage Harbour (where the water ferry docks),
there's always a bunch of old boats floating in the water. |
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H.R.
MacMillan Space Centre (Pacific Space Centre) – Attached to
the Planetarium and Observatory, the Centre lets kids and adults blast through
space and time a dozen different ways. There are virtual reality shows including
"The Ultimate Roller Coaster," and "comet Impact," multimedia
shows, laser shows and great interactive exhibits. |
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The
grassy park area around the museums is a great place to run around or fly kites. On walk on the sandy beach, littered with driftwood, or dabble
your toes in the water if the weather's nice. |
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Tip: Take the little blue water ferry from the
Aquatic Center and Granville Island to the Maritime Museum. |
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Kitsilano Beach – Kitsilano Beach has
long stretches of flat sand and scenic views of English Bay and the North
Shore. Kitsilano Beach Pool, a public outdoor swimming pool, is perfect
for everyone, from toddlers to teens. |
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University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology – MOA, founded in 1949, has the world's finest collection of works
by Haida artist Bill Reid and Northwest Coast First Nations art, housed
in an award-winning building designed by Arthur Erickson
overlooking mountains and sea. Special programs throughout the year. Much
of this is art in the huge scale kids seem to love, in a
spectacular setting. 20 scenic minutes from downtown and on bus
routes. Look at some of the artwork at MOA online. |
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Totem
poles to color, cut out, and assemble, one from Totem Park at the
University of British Columbia, the other, over 10 feet long, is
a scale version of the tallest totem pole in the world. Plus how
totem poles are carved, clan emblems and colors to use. (Oversize
coloring book)
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Colorfully
illustrated, five tales from the Coast Salish – Seagull steals
the Sun, Grandma goes fishing, a magic whale hunter, the raven and
the raccoon, dinner falls into the fire. (Chapter book, illustrations)
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