We are a not-for-profit foundation dedicated to maritime history and conservation, marine research and nautical education. We hold a quarter of a million maritime and nautical documents, books, images, charts, magazines, journals and ship plans and our databases provide comprehensive marine and nautical research capability.

Nelson and HMS Victory

"100 Years of Our Navy" - our celebration of the Centennial of the Canadian Navy opens at 2pm on Saturday the 3rd of July and runs to 8th August, with paintings by members of the Canadian Society of Marine Artists paintings, photographs, models, memorabilia and more.

Victory Kids summer programme for young people.

The 27th Annual Exhibition of the Canadian Society of Marine Artists; view some of the works in this slide show.

Take a virtual tour of our new premises "The Victory" with this slide show.

"Documentary heritage reflects the diversity of languages, peoples and cultures. It is the mirror of the world and its memory. But this memory is fragile. Every day, irreplaceable parts of this memory disappear for ever." UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.

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