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Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
East of downtown, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria houses one of Canada's best Emily Carr collections, in a restored and extended heritage mansion. Carr's paintings, writings and photos are regularly rotated to keep the displays fresh but there's also an important collection of Asian artworks on permanent display. Regular temporary exhibitions color the seven gallery spaces and there's a hopping calendar of lectures and presentations if you want to rub shoulders with local arty types.
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Maritime Museum
The Maritime Museum explores the region's salty past and present. Exhibits include 400 model ships dating back to 1810; displays on piracy, shipwrecks and navigation; and the Tilikum, a converted dugout canoe in which John Voss sailed almost completely around the world from 1901 to 1904.
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Royal British Columbia Museum
The region's best museum, the Royal British Columbia Museum is the first stop for many Victoria visitors. Fans of natural history should make for the 2nd floor and some surprisingly realistic dioramas, including the museum's iconic woolly mammoth. Even better is a stroll through a re-created rainforest, where deer and grizzly bears eye you from between the trees.
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