Beaty Biodiversity Museum
★ Notable · worth the detour
Natural history museum under a 26 m blue whale skeleton.
Bike parkingWater bottle refillWashroomsPublic rack nearby
Vancouver's natural history museum on the UBC campus, home to a 26-metre-long blue whale skeleton suspended in the atrium and over two million biological specimens. Exhibits span 20,000 square feet covering insects, birds, fossils, mammals, and dinosaur trackways from BC's early Cretaceous period. Operated by UBC Faculty of Science, with an audio tour available for self-guided exploration.
What's here for you
Gathered from publicly available data and OpenStreetMap. Not confirmed by the owner yet.
✓Bike parking
✓Water bottle refill
✓Washrooms
✓Public rack nearby
Not confirmed yet
Showers (drop-in or fee)Café or food on siteWater without admissionLuggage / bag storageVending machinesBike rack visible from insideCovered bike parkingBike allowed inside/on patioDevice chargingWi-FiE-bike chargingPumpDiscount for arriving by bike
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Good to know
Kid-friendly
Time to allow: Half a day
Planning: Walk-up, no booking needed
Hours: Open mornings and afternoons (check website for exact hours and closure days)
Indigenous
This place is in the traditional territory of the Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group, S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Stz’uminus, šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmaɁɬ təməxʷ (Musqueam), and Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla.
Territory data from Native Land Digital, for educational purposes only.
Around here
The closest options for the things touring cyclists actually look for.
🔧 Fix & supply
- Corner Store0.2 km
- Grocery Checkout0.4 km
- UBC Bike KitchenAccredited0.5 km
- More Bikes1.4 km
🍽 Eat nearby
- StarbucksWelcoming0.1 km
🛏 Sleep nearby
- Pacific Spirit Hostel0.6 km
- Capilano RV Park11.0 km
🎭 While you're here
- Pacific Museum of EarthWelcoming0.1 km
- AMS Nest (Student Union Building)Welcoming0.4 km
- AviaryWelcoming0.4 km
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Data: OpenStreetMap · Public data, AI sources with manual review