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The Maritime Museum of BC is pleased to present a celebration of the marine art of John Horton. In honour of his 90th birthday, this retrospective will feature work from his days in architecture and design, as well as some of his earliest childhood attempts at marine art.
Join us as we take a look back at a selection of Horton’s incredible body of work – from nine to ninety!
What’s On
Featured Exhibit
Pacific in Peril: Climate Change, the Warming Ocean, and How to Turn the Tide
October 31, 2024–March 30, 2025
Featured Exhibit
No Walk in the Woods: The History of the West Coast Trail
April 11–October 26, 2024
Permanent Exhibit
Detail Beyond Measure: Models from the Maritime Museum of BC’s Collection
Ongoing
Featured Exhibit
Victoria Harbour
November 2, 2023–April 6, 2024
Featured Exhibit
Salmon Tales: How Fishing Shaped BC
April 6–October 28, 2023
Featured Exhibit
Let There Be Light with Woodblock Prints
November 8, 2022–April 1, 2023
Featured Exhibit
Darn It! Our Maritime Make and Mend Culture
November 8, 2022–April 1, 2023
Featured Exhibit
Queer at Sea: Tales from the 2SLGBTQ+ Community
May 17–November 5, 2022
Featured Exhibit
Victoria: City of Circumnavigators
March 1–May 14, 2022
Featured Exhibit
Our Fleet: Small Craft with a Story
November 23, 2021–May 14, 2022
Featured Exhibit
SS Valencia: “A Theatre of Horror”
March 12–September 2, 2021
Featured Exhibit
Protecting Our Coast: The Shifting Role of BC Lighthouses
October 31, 2019–May 14, 2020
Featured Exhibit
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
April 12–October 27, 2019