by Maritime Museum | Feb 9, 2022 | Blog, Collections Insights
Maritime Museum of BC, 0072 A naval midshipman’s dirk and scabbard. A dirk is a type of bladed weapon, quite similar to a dagger or sword. It’s kind of in between the two. For a naval midshipman, it would have been more of a ceremonial object. The scabbard...
by Maritime Museum | Jan 7, 2022 | Blog, Collections Insights
Joseph Banks’ Globe This is a beautifully detailed globe from 1807, which was made for the Royal Society in London and dedicated to Sir Joseph Banks, its president. Banks was a botanist on Captain Cook’s first voyage, and we can actually see Cook’s...
by Laura Robin | Nov 20, 2021
Featured Exhibit: SS Valencia: A Theatre of Horror The shipwreck of the SS Valencia is well known as one of the worst maritime disasters in an area along Vancouver Island’s west side known as “The Graveyard of the Pacific”. Its tale lives on in Victoria...
by Laura Robin | Nov 19, 2021
Featured Exhibit: SS Valencia: A Theatre of Horror The shipwreck of the SS Valencia is well known as one of the worst maritime disasters in an area along Vancouver Island’s west side known as “The Graveyard of the Pacific”. Its tale lives on in Victoria...
by Laura Robin | Nov 18, 2021
Featured Exhibit: SS Valencia: A Theatre of Horror The shipwreck of the SS Valencia is well known as one of the worst maritime disasters in an area along Vancouver Island’s west side known as “The Graveyard of the Pacific”. Its tale lives on in Victoria...
