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Miniature World

Miniature World is an attraction in Victoria, BC, part of the Vancouver guide. Cost: under $25.

649 Humboldt Street · Victoria, BC

Why you should go…

Miniature World is a walk-through attraction on the north side of the Fairmont Empress Hotel, a few steps from Victoria's Inner Harbour and the BC Legislature. Visitors move through more than 85 dioramas with lighting, sound and animation: one of the world's largest model railways crossing a miniature Canada, two 1880s dollhouses with over 50 rooms, circus and castle scenes, and a working miniature sawmill. It has operated for about 50 years and is open daily year-round, with hours that vary by season.

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  • #model trains
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  • #indoor
  • #inner harbour

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