The Vancouver Maritime Museum has a collection of more than 170,000 objects including 35,000 artifacts, 20,000 books, 262 original paintings/artwork and 114,000 photographs This online collection gives you access to just a few of our hidden and not so hidden treasures.

 

Category Index > Category: Instruments and Equipment
Instruments and Equipment
Air Speed Indicator from MAUD
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen carried this air speed indicator (and a pl...
Aneroid Barometer from EMPRESS OF JAPAN (1)
A barometer measures atmospheric pressure and is used in weather forecasting...
Arnold 176 Chronometer
This chronometer was made to keep accurate time at sea. It was one of five ...
Barber's Straight Razor from EMPRESS OF JAPAN (1)
This brass and steel straight razor (sometimes called a "cutthroat" razor) i...
Bearing from BEAVER's Engine
This bronze bearing from BEAVER's engines (manufactured by the British firm ...
Bell from the Union Steamship CATALA
The premiere steamship of the Union's northern run, CATALA, built in 1929, e...
Boat Building Tools used to build MABEL BROWN
These tools; a caulking mallet, maul, and slick, were used by Vancouver ship...
Box for Captain Sir Edward Belcher's Telescope
This small wooden box carried the telescope; the stand and other fittings fo...
Box Sextant
Related to its nautical cousin, the box sextant is a late 18th century Briti...
Builder's Plaque for B.C. Marine Railways Vessel
B.C. Marine Engineers & Shipbuilders, later B.C. Marine Railways, opened in ...
Bulkhead Clock from HMS RESOLUTE
HMS RESOLUTE is a ship made famous not for her loss in the Arctic but rather...
Cabin Key for Cabin #51 from YUKON STAR
Tourism to Alaska began to boom after the Second World War, and by the early...
Chronometer of EMPRESS OF JAPAN (1)
A two-day marine chronometer supplied by Joseph Sewill of Liverpoool but wit...
Clock from Empress of Japan (1)
This bulkhead mounted clock is one of the original fittings from the First C...
Compass
This small, hand held compass dates to the late eighteenth or early nineteen...
Dinner Chimes from AORANGI (II)
The ship's stewards as they walked through the public lounges rang these by ...
Diver's Helmet
Diver's helmet and corselet. Manufactured by the Morse Diving Company, Inc. ...
Equatorial Telescope
This rare 19th century equatorial telescope is the same type used by Captain...
Fog Bell from Prospect Point Light Station
The wood lighthouse at Prospect Point marking First Narrows or Lions Gate, t...
Harpoon Head
Well engineered harpoon head from a hand held wood lance used in whale hunti...
Inuit Snow Goggles
These inuit snow goggles were collected by Henry Larsen while aboard RCMP ST...
Joseph Baker's Telescope
This long telescope is a typical instrument of its time, the late 18th centu...
Key Tag for Engine Room Key to NORTH VANCOUVER FERRY NO. 3
The population of Vancouver and its immediate environs quadrupled between 19...
Navigation Light
This ornate brass lantern was suspended on the port side of a ship's bridge ...
Neptune's Barber Kit from a Crossing the Line Ceremony
Sailors have long suffered from (and at times enjoyed) a hazing ritual in wh...
Newtsuit
This unique diving suit is a local invention that has become world famous. ...
Octant, 18th Century
Hadley Octant or Quadrant -- the forerunner to the sextant. Devised around t...
Plaque from Benson Brothers/Star Shipyards Vessel
This plaque, taken from an unidentified vessel, is from one of BC most famou...
Pocket Barometer
A barometer measures atmospheric pressure and is used in weather forecasting...
Protractor of Captain, (later Admiral) Sir Edward Belcher
Listed as "prominent in the important but routine survey work undertaken by ...
Royal Navy Duck Bag
This Royal Navy "duck bag" was used to safely carry gunpowder in silk bags o...
ST ROCH's Port Wheel House Key
This tag and key are from the ship's original (1928) wheelhouse, demolished ...
Steam Gauge from the HBC Sidewheeler ENTERPRISE
Built at San Francisco in 1861 for service on California's Sacramento River,...
Tag for Easthope Marine Engines
They were perhaps the most famous marine engines of the first half of the 20...
Thermometer from Western Marine Supply
An old Fahrenheit thermometer carrying the name of a marine supply store.
Traditional Northwest Coast Halibut Hook
These hooks are a fine example of the First Nation west coast technology. T...
Trotman Patent Anchor
Patented in 1852 by John Trotman and based on earlier and now improved desig...
Universal Equatorial Ring Sundial
This exquisite eighteenth century brass instrument is the most accurate time...
Weigh Scales Used to Build PX-15 BEN FRANKLIN
During the design and construction of the research submersible PX-15 BEN FRA...