Plan your visit
Britannia offers visitors plenty of things to see and do. From guided underground tours to self-led exploration of the social history of Britannia Beach.
BOOM!
Discover a thrilling light, sound and special effects experience inside the historic Mill. BOOM! brings all 20-storeys back to life sharing the Mill's captivating story and sounds.
Underground Mine Tour
Board our mine train and rumble inside an early haulage tunnel. Learn about Britannia's quest for copper, and experience the mine's working conditions.
What to See and Do
Britannia Mine Museum offers visitors plenty of things to see and do – from guided underground tours to self-led exploration of the social history of Britannia Beach.
Plan your visit
Britannia offers visitors plenty of things to see and do. From guided underground tours to self-led exploration of the social history of Britannia Beach.
BOOM!
Discover a thrilling light, sound and special effects experience inside the historic Mill. BOOM! brings all 20-storeys back to life sharing the Mill's captivating story and sounds.
Underground Mine Tour
Board our mine train and rumble inside an early haulage tunnel. Learn about Britannia's quest for copper, and experience the mine's working conditions.
What to See and Do
Britannia Mine Museum offers visitors plenty of things to see and do – from guided underground tours to self-led exploration of the social history of Britannia Beach.

An Experience like no other

Rumble aboard an underground train, pan for gold, and immerse yourself in the award-winning multi-sensory experience BOOM! at Britannia Mine Museum.

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Celebrating 50 Years

As we look forward to celebrating our 50th anniversary as a museum in 2025, we invite you to share in the memories.

Whether you or someone you know worked at the Britannia Mines or the Museum, we’d love to hear your stories.

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Let’s celebrate our shared history—one story at a time!

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Spring Break at Britannia Mine Museum

Get ready for a hands-on, family-friendly Spring Break at Britannia Mine Museum! Our popular Mini Mud Monsters program returns, offering exciting, interpreter-led activities inside the Terra Lab STEAM learning space, where kids can dig into the world of environmental science.

Plus, we’re launching a brand-new program, "Whatever Happened to Mt. Sheer?"—an engaging look at the historic mining townsite hidden deep in the mountains above Britannia Beach.

Don’t miss out on the fun—book your visit today!

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Testimonials

See what our guests have to say about their experience.

It's must visit... My family is typically not much into museum's and were skeptical regarding ticket price whether it's worth it or not. Some how we made up our minds and visited on Canada Day...

It's actually a real mine .. can say you would feel like you actually working in mine and feel the place in very minute detail how things were that time and how mining community thrive. If you are in Vancouver should visit this place atleast once !!!

Just go..... You won't be disappointed.

Muz

Excellent activity for the whole family. Walked away with a whole new appreciation for what miners did to provide us precious minerals. Guided tour was led by enthusiastic staff - very informative even for your kids.

Elisa Yoo

Came for the X-files location, left with a bunch of knowledge and huge appreciation of the Britannia mining community. Truly can't rate this place highly enough- both the guided copper mine train experience and the 'boom' mill cinematic experience were genuinely world class and incredibly well designed on what I imagine is a much tighter budget than a lot of well known attractions. We are a couple with an older teen daughter, who also loved it- especially panning for gold:)

Danielle Firnigl

Outstanding exhibit with real live display of working mine machinery , underground train ride and the superb Boom show showcasing the Mills operation make this a unique museum experience that makes the Britannia mine come alive. Well done to our tour guide for a superb job. Visitors from New Zealand.

Ken Sheat

This place is pretty cool. The tour is super informative, but also really fun! We were engaged from start to finish. And the BOOM show...pretty rad. Great job, will come again, this time with the kids.

Melanie Benn

What a great experience.
The interpreter/tour guide for the underground tour was amazing. He was so enthusiastic and informative about the mines. We spent a good 2.5 hours here and were entertained the whole time. Worth the drive from Vancouver.

Anthony Young