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SUMMARY:Exhibit Closing: No Walk in the Woods: The History of the West Coast Trail
DESCRIPTION:Last chance to see our No Walk in the Woods: The History of the West Coast Trail exhibit. The exhibit closes at 4:30 PM for an exhibit changeover.
URL:https://mmbc.bc.ca/event/exhibit-closing-no-walk-in-the-woods-the-history-of-the-west-coast-trail/
LOCATION:The Maritime Museum of BC\, 744 Douglas Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8W3M6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Classic Boat Festival Artists' Showcase
DESCRIPTION:After a brilliant weekend on the docks during the 45th annual Classic Boat Festival\, four local artists have been working on their interpretations of docks\, boats\, and sea! \n\n\n\nJoin us in the gallery to see artists’ works from the Festival. It’s also a Community Day\, so admission is by donation! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSneak peek: festival work by Christina Morrison. Image courtesy of Christina Morrison. \n\n\n\nFeatured artists: \n\n\n\nLiz Charsley\n\n\n\n\n\nI’ve always been interested in boats and boating. I learned to sail at RVYC at age 12\, and kept a small sailboat there for a couple of years. I’m fortunate to have friends who are involved in the Classic Boat Show and have visited their boats at the show many times over the years.  \n\n\n\nWhen I did my MA in Drawing at Camberwell College of Art\, London\, my subject was the Thames. I took my inflatable kayak onto the upper reaches of the river and photographed some of the boats and boatyards from my kayak\, to get a water-borne perspective. I made a number of drawings of these boats in graphite\, enjoying their muscular practical shapes\, the ropes and rigging\, and their reflections in the water.   \n\n\n\nI moved on to make a series of charcoal drawings of the surface of the river waters\,  and the wild riverside verges.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInstagram\n\n\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRichard Linzey\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGrowing up in Kent\, England\, coastal archaeology and maritime heritage are inescapable; they become part of your DNA. A life-long interest in naval and military history became a career; first as an architect with English Heritage and\, latterly in Canada\, as a heritage planner and building conservator. These days\, I enjoy painting maritime scenes in acrylic and have a growing portfolio of maritime heritage-related subjects.  \n\n\n\n\n\nJanet Moore\n\n\n\n\n\nI am a plein air artist working in oils and I paint on location twice a week with two plein air groups on and around the Victoria area. Although I am inspired by our landscape I am most drawn to the beautiful lines and shapes of a variety of boats. Whether they be classic sailboats\, tugboats\, fishing trollers and even freighters\, if there is a boat of any description in sight it will surely be the focal point of my painting. With the use of colour\, texture and interesting mark making\, my hope is that the vessel in my painting tells a story to the viewer. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSTAGRAM\n\n\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChristina Morrison\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInstagram\n\n\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt is my goal to paint all the tugboats on the West Coast of BC. I came up with the idea 3 years ago. I wanted to raise awareness of the importance and significance of our Nautical History\, as I hoped\, in some way\, this project would do. And it has. I have been totally overwhelmed at the response i have gotten. There are over 550 tugboats working on our coast right now. I have also included many heritage boats. I have completed 80 paintings so far. This project is a collaboration of the many mariners and tugboat photographers who submit their photos for me to use with their permission. It is my dream to one day put a book together with the photos/paintings and stories from all the mariners and marine photographers of BC.  
URL:https://mmbc.bc.ca/event/classic-boat-festival-artists-showcase/
CATEGORIES:Adult Programs,Classic Boat Festival,Community Day,Salty Sundays,Special Event
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SUMMARY:Community Day
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the Classic Boat Festival Artists’ Showcase\, the Maritime Museum of BC will be open with admission by donation all day long.
URL:https://mmbc.bc.ca/event/community-day-3/
CATEGORIES:Community Day,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240727T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240727T163000
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SUMMARY:Community Day
DESCRIPTION:Admission by donation all day long!
URL:https://mmbc.bc.ca/event/community-day-2/
LOCATION:The Maritime Museum of BC\, 744 Douglas Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8W3M6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Adult Programs,Community Day,Special Event,Youth Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240602T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240602T163000
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SUMMARY:Ocean Week Victoria: Community Day
DESCRIPTION:Admission by donation all day long to celebrate Ocean Week Victoria!
URL:https://mmbc.bc.ca/event/ocean-week-victoria-community-day/
LOCATION:The Maritime Museum of BC\, 744 Douglas Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8W3M6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Adult Programs,Community Day,Special Event,Youth Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240519T120000
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SUMMARY:Salty Sunday: Pop-Up Sale
DESCRIPTION:The summer season truly begins on Sunday\, May 19 at the Maritime Museum of BC: not only will we be launching new opening hours\, a seven-days-per-week schedule\, and a summer of new programming for all ages\, but we are starting the season with a Community Day and Pop-Up Sale!  \n\n\n\nFrom 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM\, admission will be by donation\, with the Pop-Up sale running from noon until close.  \n\n\n\nJust like our long-running Massive Marine & Outdoors Garage Sale\, this Pop-Up Sale will include donated marine items at great prices all in the gallery\, with sales supporting the Museum. Everything from rubber boots\, to books\, to furniture\, to a mount for a radar display will be on sale! 
URL:https://mmbc.bc.ca/event/salty-sunday/
LOCATION:The Maritime Museum of BC\, 744 Douglas Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8W3M6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Adult Programs,Fundraising Campaigns,Salty Sundays,Special Event
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SUMMARY:Community Day
DESCRIPTION:Admission by donation all day long to celebrate our start to the summer season!
URL:https://mmbc.bc.ca/event/community-day/
LOCATION:The Maritime Museum of BC\, 744 Douglas Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8W3M6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Adult Programs,Community Day,Special Event,Youth Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240418T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240418T170000
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SUMMARY:MMBC's Birthday
DESCRIPTION:The Maritime Museum of BC is turning 69 this year—celebrate our birthday with us on 18 April 2024. \n\n\n\nAdmission is by donation all day long\, there will be treats\, and our new exhibit No Walk in the Woods: The History of the West Coast Trail will be open!  \n\n\n\nWe first opened our doors on April 18\, 1955 on Signal Hill\, just outside the gates of the HMC Dockyard in Esquimalt. Since then\, the Museum has moved to Bastion Square\, Humboldt Street\, and finally\, our current 744 Douglas Street storefront location.
URL:https://mmbc.bc.ca/event/2024-anniversary/
LOCATION:The Maritime Museum of BC\, 744 Douglas Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8W3M6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240405T153000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Michael Hadley (Boxing the Compass: A Life of Seafaring\, Music\, and Pilgrimage)
DESCRIPTION:An award-winning historian and mariner takes readers on an engrossinginternational journey of self-discovery that explores timely themes of humanconflict\, ethics\, and reconciliation. \n\n\n\nIncluded in admission to the Maritime Museum of BC\, this event will run in the museum gallery. There will be a Q&A period and a book signing\, with copies available in the museum gift shop. \n\n\n\nWalk-ins are welcome\, but registering ahead ensures you get a spot! \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\nA member of the so-called Silent Generation\, Michael Hadley has a great deal to say in his twilight years. Opening with his Depression-era childhood on a lonely lighthouse on the west coast of Vancouver Island\, this remarkably nuanced memoir spans decades\, countries\, and oceans. \n\n\n\nHadley’s reflections move through his years growing up in wartime Vancouver in the 1940s\, his concert tours on the British vaudeville stage in the 1950s\, and his early teaching career in Manitoba in the 1960s. He shares his naval service on both coasts and on the Great Lakes\, and his professional experience in Germany\, where unexpected friendships with former submariners trigger an interest in how countries deal with difficult wartime pasts. \n\n\n\nHuman conflict\, ethics\, and multi-faith engagement in criminal justice reform and Restorative Justice shape Hadley’s understandings of reconciliation\, taking him on prison visits across Canada\, the UK\, and Uganda. Whether examining ancient historical sites and battlegrounds\, navigating at sea\, or riding camels in the desert\, he seeks universal patterns of human experience. At once a deeply personal chronicle of a fascinating life and a measured\, mature reflection on some of the most cataclysmic events of the past century\, Boxing the Compass is an unforgettable journey that will leave readers reflecting on the experiences that affect us all. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\n\nMichael Hadley is an award-winning writer\, scholar\, yachtsman\, retired naval officer\, international traveller\, and lecturer. He is the author and editor of several books on naval and maritime history\, including Spindrift: A Canadian Book of the Sea (co-edited with Anita Hadley) and Citizen Sailors: Chronicles of Canada’s Naval Reserve\, 1910–2010 (co-edited with Richard H. Gimlett)\, and his work has won such prestigious awards as the John Lyman Prize of the North American Society for Oceanic History and the Keith Matthews Award of the Canadian Nautical Research Society. He is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Victoria\, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada\, and was awarded the Lieutenant-Governor’s Award for Maritime Achievement in 2023.
URL:https://mmbc.bc.ca/event/book-launch-michael-hadley-boxing-the-compass-a-life-of-seafaring-music-and-pilgrimage/
LOCATION:The Maritime Museum of BC\, 744 Douglas Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8W3M6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Adult Programs,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240329T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240329T200000
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SUMMARY:Nautical Nights: The Coffin Ship: Superstition and Incompetence in the S.S. Clallam Tragedy
DESCRIPTION:One-hundred-and-twenty years after one of the worst maritime disasters in the Pacific Northwest\, historian Erik Kosick joins our Nautical Nights Speaker Series to delve into the history of The Coffin Ship: Superstition and Incompetence in the S.S. Clallam Tragedy. \n\n\n\nIn January 1904\, the 6-month-old steamer Clallam foundered in the Strait on Juan de Fuca\, with the loss of at least 54 lives\, the worst maritime disaster in the Pacific Northwest since the wreck of the Pacific in 1875. Struggling in a gale\, the steamer had fallen into distress only three miles from Victoria’s harbour\, well within sight of onlookers ashore. Launched in fear of an immediate sinking\, her lifeboats became deathtraps in the Strait\, drowning all that entered them. The steamer remained afloat for several more hours. When the Clallam finally slid below the waves of the Strait\, only fourteen of her passengers survived; every woman and child was lost\, while nearly all the crew survived. Victoria was hit particularly hard by the tragedy\, as many of the victims came from the city. Rumblings of ill omens surrounded Clallam’s launch and final voyage and was posthumously labeled as the ‘Hoodoo Ship’. \n\n\n\nDespite unbroken champagne bottles and nervous bellwether sheep\, the causes of Clallam’s wreck were not supernatural. In fact\, she had been well-liked by the traveling public and had passed all inspections. As Canadian and American investigations in the wreck revealed a culture of incompetence and corruption inside the steamboat industry\, grief turned to anger in an explosive scandal that sowed Canadian wariness of American steamships. On the American side\, the inquiries were a source of local and national contention; the Clallam would be an ignored warning for worse maritime disasters soon to come. 120 years after the tragedy\, through rarely seen photographs and objects\, writer and historian Erik Kosick will take you aboard the final voyage of the Clallam\, exploring the stories of her passengers and crew\, and how this almost forgotten shipwreck drastically altered the course of the maritime industry in the Salish Sea. \n\n\n\nThe Speaker – Erik Kosick\n\n\n\nErik Kosick graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History from Pacific Lutheran University in 2016\, and currently works for the Washington State Historical Society in Tacoma. Erik has a strong interest in Pacific Northwest history\, particularly in maritime history. In 2020\, he consulted and donated artifacts for the Society’s exhibit Unforgiving Waters: Shipwrecks of the Pacific Northwest. Erik was a historical consultant and presenter for the 2023 documentary Death is With Me\, on the 1937 ‘Lady of the Lake’ murder case at Lake Crescent\, Washington. \n\n\n\nHe also writes for the Washington State Historical Society’s magazine COLUMBIA under the feature Maps and Legends. The Clallam disaster is a fascination of his and has been researching the shipwreck since 2009. He also presented a lecture on the shipwreck for the Pacific Northwest History Conference in October 2020 and a corresponding feature article for COLUMBIA. He is also nearing completion of a book concerning the tragedy.
URL:https://mmbc.bc.ca/event/nautical-nights-the-coffin-ship-superstition-and-incompetence-in-the-s-s-clallam-tragedy/
LOCATION:The Maritime Museum of BC\, 744 Douglas Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8W3M6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Adult Programs,Special Event
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SUMMARY:Community Week
DESCRIPTION:Admission by donation all week long to celebrate our 2024 Float the Boat fundraising campaign. All donations will count towards the milestone counts in our boat tank. \n\n\n\n\nDOnate Now
URL:https://mmbc.bc.ca/event/community-week/
LOCATION:The Maritime Museum of BC\, 744 Douglas Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8W3M6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Where the Wind Meets the Tide
DESCRIPTION:From fishing boats to ferries\, a diverse group of mariners share their tales of lives on the water off northern Vancouver Island. \n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker – Suzanne Jolly\, Director and Producer\n\n\n\nSuzanne Jolly crafts stories as a means of exploring the world and creating connection. With a graduate degree in Education and a Bachelors in Communications\, she has spent the last two decades as a professional writer\, instructor\, multimedia strategist\, and administrator in higher education. She has a love of people and their fantastic tales\, as well as dogs and their wagging tails. If you find her not chatting with someone or teaching yoga\, you’ll likely not be able to find her at all: she’s often riding on her adventure motorbike in the backcountry or paddling with her husband in their ocean kayaks. She loves being on the ocean and is the stepdaughter of a tugboat captain. She lives in Campbell River\, BC where she met many who work on the water\, as she previously ran marine safety training at North Island College.
URL:https://mmbc.bc.ca/event/where-the-wind-meets-the-tide/
LOCATION:The Maritime Museum of BC\, 744 Douglas Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8W3M6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Random Acts of Kindness Day
DESCRIPTION:Spread a little kindness today! A treat for you: the gallery is open by donation during opening hours.
URL:https://mmbc.bc.ca/event/random-acts-of-kindness-day-2024/
LOCATION:The Maritime Museum of BC\, 744 Douglas Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8W3M6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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