Beaty Biodiversity Museum
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- 2212 Main Mall
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Lonely Planet review for Beaty Biodiversity Museum
Only open for public preview visits at the time of research, University of British Columbia’s newest attraction showcases the university’s wealth of natural history exhibits, including two million specimens that have never before been available for public viewing. Fossil, fish and herbarium galleries are included but the museum’s main draw is the 25m blue whale skeleton, artfully displayed in a two-story glass gallery. The whale washed ashore on Canada’s eastern coastline and was trucked across the country – to much media curiosity – in 2009.








