Modernization
Learn more about government’s intention to modernize the museum to protect our historic holdings and provide better access to our collections.
In 1954, His Royal Highness Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, stopped in Victoria during a trip to Vancouver, where he was to open the British Empire Games (the forerunner of the modern Commonwealth Games). It was at these games that Roger Bannister and John Landy made sporting history by running a mile in under four minutes.