Behind-the-Scenes Collections Tours: Arctic Navigation
January 31, 2025 - 1:00PM - 2:30 PMAbout this experience
Have you ever wondered what’s behind those Staff Only doors at your favourite museums? Now’s your chance to find out. Join us at the Maritime Museum of BC for a look behind the scenes.
This month’s guide is Bill Noon with a look at The MMBC’s collection of navigation artefacts.
About Your Guide:
Bill Noon spent 38-years in the Canadian Coast Guard, which was a career with many significant highlights, including the salvage of cruise ship “Clipper Adventurer” in Canadian Arctic, and as Master of CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier in the searches and subsequent discovery of the Franklin expedition ships Erebus and Terror).
Bill presently chairs the Victoria Classic Boat festival after 35 years of involvement with the festival. He is a long-standing member and past skipper of the Thermopylae Club of Victoria, named after the famous China clipper.
He is a 40-year member of the MMBC, having served previously six years on the board of trustees and is one of the MMBC Beaver Medal recipients for his contribution to maritime heritage on the BC Coast.
Bill is currently working on an ongoing 20-year project of restoring and cruising aboard the 75-year-old mission boat Messenger III.
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Participants should meet in the lobby of 4000 Seymour Place at 1 pm on Friday, Jan. 31st. The tour will take place from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm.
Tours are limited to six participants and must be booked at least 24 hours in advance.
Your Host
The Maritime Museum of BC is on the territories of the Lekwungen speaking peoples who have respected these lands and waters for thousands of years. It's public gallery space is currently located downtown at 744 Douglas Street close to Victoria’s downtown Inner Harbour and the Empress Hotel. Here, you will find exhibits, a nautical-themed gift shop, and research space.