This list of museums in British Columbia, Canada contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.
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Defunct museums
- 83 Mile House Farm Equipment Museum and Historic Site, 70 Mile House, contents auctioned off in 2012
- Bug Lab, New Westminster
- Centre of the Universe - Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Saanich, closed in 2013, public star-gazing events on specified dates
- Granville Island Model Trains Museum, Vancouver, closed in 2008
- Granville Island Sport Fishing Museum, Vancouver
- New Westminster Police Museum, closed in 2015, displays now part of the New Westminster Museum
- The Niagara Falls Museum
- Royal London Wax Museum, Victoria, website, closed in 2010
- Storyeum, Vancouver
See also
- Nature centres in British Columbia
References
- British Columbia Museums Association
