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Vanier Park – | ||
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 Vancouver
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. | |||
| 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). | |||
| 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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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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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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