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Nanaimo Museum6 hr 17 min by bus · 92 km
✓ Fits your group
A guide talks to a group of about a dozen adults standing on a paved plaza outside a lit building entrance at dusk.
Cost
$75 per class
$4.69 a child for 16
Ages & size
Grades K to 2
Capacity not published
Duration
1.5 hours
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct, Nov
Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Book by
Not published
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What it actually looks like

Photos from Nanaimo Museum's website
Our note
The fee is for the whole class, not for each child, so a full class is the cheapest way to do it. Sessions only run Tuesday to Friday, so a Monday outing is not an option.

What the children do

A 90 minute guided program at the museum for kindergarten to grade 2. Children learn about seasonal migration patterns and see how tools were made and used to create homes, art and prepare food. Each child receives their own mini loom for the weaving part. The price is $75 per class. Sessions run Tuesday to Friday, morning or afternoon.

Take part in hands on activities with a museum educator, look at how tools were made and used for homes, art and food, and weave on a small loom of their own.

Good to know

The museum is wheelchair accessible and the session is entirely indoors. Washrooms, somewhere to eat lunch and how many adults you need are not on the site, so it is worth a call before you book.

Sources disagree. Their main school pages give this year's field trip dates, but the Petroglyphs page still shows last year's, which have already finished. Take the newer dates and confirm Petroglyphs is still on the menu when you enquire.
Sources disagree. Two sets of opening hours are floating around their site. The table on the page says Tuesday to Saturday, 10 to 4, while an older line still says Monday to Saturday, 10 to 5, and that older one is what shows up in search results. Go with Tuesday to Saturday, 10 to 4, and check the banner at the top of their home page on the day.
Sources disagree. Their pages give two different age ranges for the Bastion tour. The card on the school programs list says kindergarten to grade 7, while the tour's own page and their booking form both say kindergarten to grade 12. Either way it takes in the youngest grades, so it only matters if you are booking older students.
Washrooms
Needs confirmation
Lunch space
Needs confirmation
Rain backup
Needs confirmation
Strollers
Needs confirmation
Wheelchair access
The museum is wheelchair accessible. Unfortunately the Bastion is not wheelchair accessible.
Bus parking
Needs confirmation
Nearby park
Piper's Park, about a five minute walk from the museum, where the historical miner's cottage stands
Restrictions
The Lantern Tour takes 90 minutes and is not suitable for anyone under the age of 12

Getting there

100 Museum Way, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, V9R 5J8

On foot
19 hr 59 min
too far with this group
By bus
6 hr 17 min
includes a 9 min wait
Driving
2 hr 56 min

The dark pin is Victoria.

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Details checked on 2026-09-07 against the venue’s own pages. Something wrong? , it takes one tap. · Venue page · 1-250-753-1821