[BCMA] Maritime Museum of BC seeks Public Input on Proposed Waterfront Move

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Great News!

I'd urged this location for the MMBC forty years ago before the Wax Museum got its hands on it. ( What a ripoff then!)

But I also swore it would work only as an affiliate of the BCPM (now RBCM).

I still fully believe this.

There's a mutual coincidence of needs here:
  1.. the RBCM can cover-off our maritime, naval, and marine histories without having to expand its own footprint;
  2.. the MMBC can tap into the larger institution's expertise and marketing at levels it can never hope do achieve on its own.
Being neighbours just along the street from one another is the main key to sharing the same visitor pool and common cause.

Dan Gallacher
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  Museum seeks Public Input on Proposed Waterfront Move



  The Maritime Museum of British Columbia, a long-term resident of the old Court House building in Bastion Square, has set its sights on the former CPR Steamship Terminal in Victoria's Inner Harbour.   In response to the Provincial Capital Commission's request for proposal to occupy the building previously tenanted by the Wax Museum, the Maritime Museum of BC has assembled a task force consisting of architects, planners, fundraisers and experienced museum personnel, to put together an attractive and practical submission.


  "We've got only one chance to do this right" says Jamie Webb, the Museum's Foundation president and chair of the task force, "and we need the community to tell us what they want to see in a new on-the-water maritime centre."

  As a result the Maritime Museum of BC is opening its doors to the public free of charge Saturday, February 5th so that its impressive collection of artefacts, paintings and photographs can be viewed first hand.  Visitors and locals alike are being asked to express their views on what to keep and what to change. "We are encouraging the public to visit and share their ideas and experiences", says Webb.  Museum staff and the task force committee will be on hand to answer questions and take suggestions. 


  Date: Saturday, February 5th
  Time: 12:00-4:00 pm free admission
  Place: Maritime Museum of BC, 28 Bastion Square 




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  Mr. Jamie Webb, the Museum's task force team leader is available for media interviews. Please contact Jamie directly at 250-812-7418 or james.webb at forces.gc.ca to schedule a time.










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