May is Asian Heritage month. Join us for this FREE livestream with BC artist Chrystal Phan. 

Between 1979 and 1982 more than 60,000 refugees from South East Asia resettled in Canada. Almost 75% were from Vietnam. Artist Chrystal Phan’s family arrived from Vietnam in the fall of 1980. Join Chrystal for a virtual visit where we’ll look at her family’s story, examine some of her paintings and do a drawing activity together. Bring paper and pencil.

To celebrate Asian Heritage Month, this Live at Lunch event will share the work being done by Dr. Tzu-I Chung, Curator of History, and Yuxwelupton Qwalqaxala, Director of Culture Transformation and UNDRIP Implementation. They will talk about how they are preserving diverse community cultural heritage, considering the practices around the world and how they think about protecting cultural heritage through facilitating community expressions.

May is Asian Heritage month. Join us for this FREE livestream with BC artist Chrystal Phan. 

Between 1979 and 1982 more than 60,000 refugees from South East Asia resettled in Canada. Almost 75% were from Vietnam. Artist Chrystal Phan’s family arrived from Vietnam in the fall of 1980.

Join Chrystal for a virtual visit where we’ll look at her family’s story, examine some of her paintings and do a drawing activity together.

Join one of our educators on a guided walking tour of our Native Plant Garden! Learn about our plant neighbors here on the BC coast and Indigenous uses. About 8 different plants will be highlighted.

Meet at the bottom of the escalator in the main lobby. Note that this tour takes place outside rain or shine, please prepare for the weather accordingly.

Join us for a 30-minute guided tour and uncover some of the highlights and hidden gems of the Natural History Gallery. 

Join Pacific Opera Victoria as they take over the Royal BC Museum galleries. You'll find Camila Montefusco and Nicole Ross in unexpected spaces, sharing with us the joy of opera. 

Schedule:

10:30AM & 11:30AM  Stonehenge exhibition gallery

10:50AM & 11:50AM Natural History Gallery

11:10AM & 12:10PM Old Town

Performance time is approximately 10 minutes in each location. 

Thanks to ground-breaking advances in science and archaeology, we now know a lot about Stonehenge and the ancient people who built it. Archaeologist Mike Parker Pearson will share how we can now see Stonehenge as part of a wider prehistoric landscape and what we know about the remarkable Neolithic builders.

Cardiff Miller Art Warehouse
507 Granville Avenue, Enderby, BC

Join us for a community conversation to explore the future of the Royal BC Museum. Together, we will discuss how the museum can be responsive, representative, welcoming, and inclusive for all visitors.

RBCM@Home is back. And back on the road.

For this session, we travel to Enderby BC. The Cardiff Miller Art Warehouse exhibits several large-scale sound/ light/ and robotic installations by Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller. These artworks are installed in the 18,000 sq. ft museum, situated next to the Shuswap River and North Okanagan Rail Trail.

RBCM@Home is back. And back on the road.

For this session, we travel way back in time (over 50 million years ago) to the McAbee Fossil Beds. The McAbee Fossil Beds were formed during the Eocene Epoch and is remarkable for it's diversity of fossil specimens, including insect, plant, and fish fossils. Renowned worldwide, this fossil site offers a spectacular glimpse into the Eocene's biodiversity and ecosystems.

Sensory-sensitive screening of Jane Goodall - Reasons for Hope intended for guests who find the immersive IMAX® experience prohibitive. In addition to low lighting and low volume throughout, doors will be left open and movement and discussion during the film will not be restricted. This film is in 2D, no special glasses required. Theatre capacity will be reduced to 80 seats. 

About the film:

Explore the different ways dinosaurs used their bodies to survive in their habitats millions of years ago. Through the inspection of plant and dinosaur fossils, students will discover how dinosaurs found food and interacted with their environment. They’ll even learn how animals on earth now give us clues about how dinosaurs looked and behaved.

Grades K-2

This is a free, 30-40 minutes livestream, but you must register. 

If you are in Nelson, please stop our community engagement table at the Nelson Public Library. The Community Engagement team will be on hand to answer questions and listen to ideas about the future of the Royal BC Museum. We will also have fun objects and specimens to look at.

British Columbia is Canada’s most mountainous province. How do plants survive and thrive in extreme alpine environments? Curator of Botany Dr. Ken Marr works in remote, high altitude places documenting and learning about the plants that live there. Join Dr. Marr for an online visit to some of those places and learn about the wide diversity of plant species in BC alpine habitats and how those plants adapt to the extreme conditions they call home. 

Largely celebrated as a martyr in Canada's Sikh and South Asian communities, Mewa Singh was executed in BC in 1915 for the assassination of Immigration Inspector William C. Hopkinson. This presentation examines Mewa Singh's story and the wider context of the time using primary sources, including documents from the BC Archives. 

About the Speaker:

Sensory-sensitive screening of Blue Whales: Return of the Giants intended for guests who find the immersive IMAX® experience prohibitive. In addition to low lighting and low volume throughout, doors will be left open and movement and discussion during the film will not be restricted. This film is in 2D, no special glasses required. Theatre capacity will be reduced to 80 seats.

April is Sikh Heritage Month. Join a celebration of Sikh culture through art, music and martial arts. A collection of prints and art exploring Sikhi will be on display both days.

Saturday, April 6:

• 11 am – Welcome
• 12 pm – Live Kirtan music
• 1 pm – Gatka martial art

Sunday, April 7:

• Art display – Sikhi Through Art

Join us for a 30–40 minute walking tour to dive deeper into the key theme of buildings, spaces and facilities and the various options for the physical downtown museum site. During this interactive tour we will go behind the scenes, answer any clarifying questions, and discuss the infrastructure challenges and opportunities facing the provincial museum. This tour takes place both indoors and doors so please dress accordingly. Note that this tour goes behind-the-scenes and may be challenging for those with accessibility needs. Please let us know at sign-up so we can answer any questions.

Join us for a 30–40 minute walking tour to dive deeper into the key theme of buildings, spaces and facilities and the various options for the physical downtown museum site. During this interactive tour we will go behind the scenes, answer any clarifying questions, and discuss the infrastructure challenges and opportunities facing the provincial museum. This tour takes place both indoors and doors so please dress accordingly. Note that this tour goes behind-the-scenes and may be challenging for those with accessibility needs. Please let us know at sign-up so we can answer any questions.

Build Your Museum

Join us for a journey through the Climate Change gallery, peek behind the curtains of our featured exhibit space, and venture into the vibrant world of our exhibit arts studio. As we explore, we will brainstorm and share our visions for the museum's future in playful and imaginative ways!