CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum is located at Naden on Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt, in the city of Victoria, which is situated on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, province of British Columbia, Canada.

The museum's goal is to collect, preserve, interpret and display the history and heritage of the naval presence on Canada’s West Coast and of the military on Southern Vancouver Island.

Select museum information to learn about:

• Visiting the museum including
  - opening hours & admission
  - how to get to the museum
  - contact numbers
• History of the museum, including its buildings, and the surrounding military base
• Museum Services, including archival research and photo reproduction services & facility rentals. The museum also has a Gift Shop. Here's a link - Gift Shop Catalogue online
• How to get involved in the museum.

Choose the articles & projects section to read brief items about:

• local heroes
• ship histories
• local vignettes
• outstanding women
• characters & controversies
• facets of a sailor’s life
• defending the west coast

In this section you can learn about - perhaps get involved with - some of the museum projects aimed at gaining more insight into Naval & Military history

July 31, 1922 - The Royal Naval College of Canada at Esquimalt closes down. Their schooner HMCS Naden is paid off, and all personnel are then borne on the books of HMCS Guelph, the Halifax depot.

July 31, 1940 - HMCS Prince Robert is commissioned at Esquimalt as an Armed Merchant Cruiser.

July 31, 1942 - HMCS Skeena and HMCS Wetaskin sink U-588 in the North Atlantic.

CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum's project to gather information about women who served in the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS) during World War II has just reached a milestone:

1000+ WRCNS names and service numbers now on record

To find our more about this project, visit:
The Wren Registry

To learn more about the custom of using ships' bells for christenings aboard Canadian naval vessels, visit:
Christening Bells Project

The museum is open Monday through Friday, 10:00 am - 3:30 pm., excepting statutory holidays.

Starting the weekend of 5-6 June 2010 until 28-29 August 2010, the museum will be open for visitors seven days a week (except for statutory holidays, and Sat. 14 August) - 10:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

For group bookings and tours information, contact 250-363-4312.
Please note: there is a $75 standard fee for guided tours of the Museum for members of the public ($50 for seniors' groups).