Plan Your Visit
Location
The Sidney Museum is located at 2434 Beacon Avenue in the Lower Level of the Olde Post Office Building, between Fourth and Fifth Streets. There are two entrances to the Museum. Our front door is down a staircase off Beacon Avenue. The rear door with elevator access is around the back of the Olde Post Office Building at level “B”.
Hours
The Sidney Museum is open 7 days a week from 10:00am – 4:00pm.
The Museum is closed December 25th, December 26th, and January 1st.
Parking
The nearest three-hour parking is located in the lot on the corner of Fourth Street and Sidney Avenue or in the lot on the corner of Third Street and Bevan Avenue. There are also free 2 hour street parking along Beacon Avenue and Bevan Avenue.
When is the LEGO® brick exhibit?
The next LEGO® brick exhibit will run from December 20, 2024 – March 30, 2025
Throughout the year, the Sidney Museum features a LEGO® train table that showcases a village made from LEGO® bricks, complete with an interactive electric train.
Item Donations
Due to space limitations in the Museum’s storage, we are not able to accept items that are simply dropped off at the Museum. If you are interested in donating item(s) to the Sidney Museum or Archives, please email [email protected] with a description of the item including photots and a detailed history and how it relates to Sidney, North Saanich or the Saanich Peninsula. Museum staff will then be in contact to see if the item(s) fit within our collecting mandate.
Accessibility
The main entrance to the Sidney Museum is in the Olde Post Office building (2423 Beacon Ave), down two short flights of stairs off Beacon Avenue.
For elevator access, enter through the rear of the building off Fourth Street, near the Dental Hygiene Office and REUZ Room. The automatic door opener is on the right and the door opens outward.
Inside, follow signs to the elevator through a door on the right. It does not have an automatic opener and opens inwards. Inside the elevator, press “B” to reach the reception area of the Museum.
To go to the lower level of the Sidney Museum, notify the Front Desk Volunteer, who will open the doors for you to access the elevator to level LB.
If you need assistance, please call us at (250-655-6355) or email [email protected].