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.
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.
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.
Celebrating 50 Years
On Saturday, May 17th, 2025, the museum is launching its 50th Anniversary Exhibit: A Museum’s Journey, which looks back on how the museum has changed and developed in its 50 years history.
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.
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.
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.
Celebrating 50 Years
On Saturday, May 17th, 2025, the museum is launching its 50th Anniversary Exhibit: A Museum’s Journey, which looks back on how the museum has changed and developed in its 50 years history.

Celebrating 50 Years

This year, the Britannia Mine Museum is celebrating its 50th Anniversary since the museum was founded in 1975, marking five decades of preserving and sharing the rich history of Britannia’s mining past. 

On Saturday, May 17th, 2025, the museum is launching its 50th Anniversary Exhibit: A Museum’s Journey, which looks back on how the museum has changed and developed in its 50 years history. 

A Museum's Journey

Old Town, New Queens

Drag through the Decades

Old Town, New Queens returns to Britannia Mine Museum for two incredible shows and an exciting, expanded performer lineup! An all-star cast of drag queens, drag kings, and drag things will perform fierce lip sync numbers inspired by the museum’s past—from the disco era to today’s viral hits.

Get ready for a dazzling fusion of history and drag! On Saturday, June 14, 2025, Old Town, New Queens returns to Britannia Mine Museum, bringing bold performances to the iconic Mill No. 3

Old Town, New Queens

BC Provincial Mine Rescue and First Aid Competition

Date: Friday June 6th and Saturday June 7th

The Britannia Mine museum is proud to host the 67th B.C. Provincial Mine Rescue and First Aid Competition. 

Admission to view the competition and our lower site exhibits, including our Summer Exhibit, A Museum's Journey, will be complimentary on June 6th and 7th.

Please note there will be no BOOM! show or underground tours available on these days.

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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.

What to see and do

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