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ROYAL BC MUSEUM

(5.0 Score)
675 Belleville Street,
Victoria, BC V8W 9W2 Directions

Since 1886

Specialty:

✓Curators ✓Search Collections ✓Loan Requests ✓Botany Plants ✓Entomology Insects and Allies ✓Herpetology Reptiles and Amphibians ✓Ichthyology Fish ✓Invertebrate Zoology Invertebrates ✓Mammalogy Mammals ✓Ornithology Birds ✓Paleontology ✓Search Collections ✓BC Archaeology ✓Indigenous Collections ✓Indigenous Audiovisual Collection ✓Modern History

"Royal BC Museum is a valuable cultural institution that started as a museum in 1886 and the archives in 1894. In 2003, they merged to become British Columbia’s leading museum and archives. They collect artifacts, documents, and specimens that show British Columbia’s natural and human history. They protect these items for future generations and share them with people worldwide. Royal BC Museum strives to broaden understanding of its province and inspire curiosity and wonder. They are passionate about sharing British Columbia’s story with the millions of visitors who walk through their doors and explore their website each year. Royal BC Museum includes three permanent galleries Natural History, Becoming BC, and the First Peoples Gallery.

2026 Highlights: The Royal BC Museum offers visitors the opportunity to explore recreated historic settings, Indigenous histories and languages, natural history displays, and changing exhibitions. The museum also includes the BC Archives, the Royal Museum Shop, and the IMAX Victoria theatre, providing visitors with opportunities to learn about history, explore cultural exhibits, and enjoy educational films. Admission to the Royal BC Museum is free for all visitors."

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Price:

Adult (19+): $32
Senior (65+): $22
Youth (6-18): $22
Student (19+ with ID): $19

Contact:

(250) 356-7226 (888) 447-7977

Mon-Sun: 10am - 5pm

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MINIATURE WORLD

(4.9 Score)
649 Humboldt Street,
Victoria, BC V8W 1A7 Directions

Since 1971

Specialty:

✓Tourist Attraction ✓Houses ✓Museum ✓Show on Earth ✓Buckingham Palace ✓Special Effects in Lighting ✓Sound and Animation ✓Field Trip ✓Canadian Pacific Railway ✓Miniature Lumber Mill ✓World in Conflict ✓Circus World ✓Fantasy Land ✓Space 2201 ✓Dollhouses ✓Fairy Tale ✓Historical Events ✓Kids Programs and Adult Programs

"Miniature World's unique lighting, sound, and animation effects make this miniature extravaganza exciting and delightful for the young and the young at heart. You can join the time trip into Space 2201 AD and fly together to distant cosmic shores in the Avian 1 spacecraft. In addition, you can explore the Great Canadian Railway exhibit, which re-creates rail transportation in late 19th-century Canada. Special lighting, sound, and animation effects bring the miniature displays to life, creating an engaging and enjoyable experience for visitors. Miniature World is called Earth's Greatest Little Show. View one of the World’s Largest dollhouses with over 35 rooms housing dolls circa 1880. Experience the Great Canadian Railway at over 100 feet long. It's one of the largest model railways in Canada. Over 85 exciting miniature dioramas and displays.

2026 Highlights: Miniature World has, over the last 40 years in business at their Empress Hotel location, continued to update their miniature themes and depictions so that there are now well over a hundred displays exploring everything from the building of the first Canadian railway, to the world's smallest working sawmill, to futurist worlds and classic fantasies such as the Land of Gulliver and the World of Dickens."

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Price:

Admission
Adult (18 + Yrs): $22.50
Youth (13-17 Yrs): $15.25
Child (5-12 Yrs): $11.25

Contact:

(250) 385-9731

Mon-Sun: 10am - 5:15pm

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VICTORIA BUG ZOO

(4.9 Score)
631 Courtney Street,
Victoria, BC V8W 1B8 Directions

Since 1997

Specialty:

✓Zoos ✓Aquariums ✓Nature and Parks ✓Outdoor Activities ✓Tour Guide ✓Tarantulas ✓Cockroaches ✓Scorpions ✓Walking Sticks ✓Millipedes ✓Praying Mantis ✓Group Visits ✓Self-guided Tours ✓Birthday Parties ✓Party Room ✓Bunch of Bugs ✓Special Activities ✓Gift Shop ✓Educational Programs ✓Adult Programs ✓Summer Camps ✓Insects ✓Arachnids and Myriapoda Species

"Victoria Bug Zoo has awe-inspiring bugs for downtown Victoria tourists. The mini zoo provides an excellent opportunity for visitors worldwide to see and encounter tropical bugs. They have roughly 50 fascinating species, including giant walking sticks, beautiful praying mantises, glow-in-the-dark scorpions, hairy tarantulas, and Canada’s largest ant colony. They aim to provide a unique, hands-on experience for all ages with some of the most under-appreciated animals. They create a safe space for the younger crowd to develop and foster a lifelong passion for insects. The Victoria Bug Zoo offers free admission for children aged 5 years old and older. Victoria Bug Zoo offers gift cards.

2026 Highlights: Victoria Bug Zoo features a variety of insects and other small creatures, along with a gift shop and educational activities for families and school groups."

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License #BC0988968

Price:

Adult (18-64): Ca $18
Senior (65+): Ca $12
Student With Valid ID: Ca $12
Youth (5-17): Ca $8
Annual Pass: Ca $36

Discount:

Get 15% Off on General Admission for Indigenous Visitors

Get 10% Off on Outreach Programs and Private Tours for Indigenous Groups

Contact:

(250) 384-2847

Mon-Fri: 11am - 4pm
Sat & Sun: 10am - 4pm

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ROYAL BC MUSEUM REVIEWS

It's one of our favorite places to come to when we're in Victoria. This time Stone hedge was the main exhibit. We can in time for a guided tour. The tour guide was good at explaining the three phases of Stone hedge. The Old Town and the Natural exhibits were exceptional. You need to walk the way it was during the gold rush time and the forest and other nature exhibits. You feel like you are living through it yourselves. You will feel it, too!.

I really enjoyed spending time at the Royal BC museum. The stone hinge exhibition was incredibly informative and interactive. It was to the point where i forgot totake pictures. The old town exhibition is another favorite of my as well. I remember it used to be bigger tho. Fantastic place, will comeback.

Impressive exhibits. Educational, well laid out, the staffs were friendly and helpful, the washrooms were clean, the natural history exhibits was awesome, the Stonehenge exhibit was amazing...don't miss a visit when you're in Victoria B.C.

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MINIATURE WORLD REVIEWS

This was a cute and fun place to visit and great for people of all ages. The displays were wonderful and very detailed. I don't know anything about miniature scales, but there were different types and sizes of the displays. The history displays were super tiny, whereas the dollhouse displays varied in size. My favorites were the storybook displays. I definitely enjoyed myself and would recommend this place.

So much fun! It was a bit busy, but I’m glad people are enjoying it! Some of the buttons to move the miniatures were broken, but the lighting and quality were amazing. I had so much fun! Wish they had a gift shop for shirts or snow gloves, maybe minis. I love it!.

It's a really nice fun thing to do when you're in victoria, we took our time and looked at all the fun little miniatures, the day and night cycles were especially cool to experience and I really liked the old frontier settings. For sure fun to bring kids to see. Or adults nerds.

VICTORIA BUG ZOO REVIEWS

Visited this hidden gem recently and was amazed by the quality engaged educators, service, and family fun this place offers! We were allowed to hold stick bugs, millipedes, horney devils, touch beetles and more. The content was age appropriate and entertaining. We witnessed a rare sight when a cockroach was seen giving live birth. Right next to another one that was freshly molted. The ant display was neatly organized along the walls. They had spiders and praying mantis. A good place to bring your children. It's a small (mini) zoo but they can spend time reading and learning.

So much fun! Crowded for a Monday, but it looked like it may have been a school trip. The staff were helpful and very well-versed, the bugs were plentiful, and the gift shop was snazzy. Big fan! You can also get a hand stamp to come back later if you’d like to stop by at a less busy time or just come back for more!!!.

Wonderful experience yesterday taking my 3 year old son here for the first time. The girls giving the tour were informative, enthusiastic and respectful of both the children and the insects. I highly recommend Bug Zoo and really can't say enough good things about the staff. Easily a 5 star experience. Well done ladies!.

TBR® Inspection Score Report

ROYAL BC MUSEUM Total Inspection Points: 119/120
Acknowledgments: 9
Business Hours: 10
Business Images: 10
Complete Info: 10
Contact Info: 10
Current Evaluation: 10
Exact Services: 10
Experience: 10
Legitimate Ratings: 10
Location Proximity: 10
Pricing: 10
Videos: 10

TBR® Inspection Score Report

MINIATURE WORLD Total Inspection Points: 118/120
Acknowledgments: 9
Reviews Accuracy of 5.3K: 9
Business Hours: 10
Business Images: 10
Complete Info: 10
Contact Info: 10
Current Evaluation: 10
Exact Services: 10
Experience: 10
Legitimate Ratings: 10
Location Proximity: 10
Pricing: 10

TBR® Inspection Score Report

VICTORIA BUG ZOO Total Inspection Points: 117/120
Reviews Accuracy of 3.9K: 8
Acknowledgments: 9
Business Hours: 10
Business Images: 10
Complete Info: 10
Contact Info: 10
Current Evaluation: 10
Exact Services: 10
Experience: 10
Legitimate Ratings: 10
Location Proximity: 10
Videos: 10

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