See for yourself where we usually keep those jars, boxes and bins, and experience the working environment of our talented researchers and staff. Tours are limited to 10 people. Sign up begins one hour prior to the tour start time at the Information Desk on the main floor.

This tour will focus on our vertebrate collection and the wonderful world of mammals.

Save up to 50% on selected merchandise. Your purchases support the Royal BC Museum.

Royal BC Museum members and IMAX pass holders receive 20% off all purchases during this sale.

Contact: 250-356-0505

Save up to 50% on selected merchandise. Your purchases support the Royal BC Museum.

Royal BC Museum members and IMAX pass holders receive 20% off all purchases during this sale.

Contact: 250-356-0505

Join our friendly and informative guides and embark on a special sixty-minute tour in the museum’s modern history galleries. Tours are free with same-day admission or membership.

Join our friendly and informative guides and embark on a special sixty-minute tour in the museum’s modern history galleries. Tours are free with same-day admission or membership.

Home Learners Workshop Series

This four-week workshop will be an opportunity to investigate the lives of historical and forgotten Victoria residents, up close and personal. Who were they? How did they live? What motivated them?

This social history workshop will consider these questions and more, examining clues found in photographs, documents and artifacts within the museum’s collections and archives. 

Save up to 50% on selected merchandise. Your purchases support the Royal BC Museum.

Royal BC Museum members and IMAX pass holders receive 20% off all purchases during this sale.

Contact: 250-356-0505

Sometimes the smallest creatures can have the biggest impact. Dive into the world of teeny tiny plankton and other micro-organisms to learn how their existence is crucial to our own lives and the lives of other land and marine animals.

Join our friendly and informative guides and embark on a special sixty-minute tour in the museum’s modern history galleries. Tours are free with same-day admission or membership.

Save up to 50% on selected merchandise. Your purchases support the Royal BC Museum.

Royal BC Museum members and IMAX pass holders receive 20% off all purchases during this sale.

Contact: 250-356-0505

The Victoria Children's Choir

12:30—1:00 pm
Clifford Carl Hall

Save up to 50% on selected merchandise. Your purchases support the Royal BC Museum.

Royal BC Museum members and IMAX pass holders receive 20% off all purchases during this sale.

Contact: 250-356-0505

Join our friendly and informative guides and embark on a special sixty-minute tour in the museum’s modern history galleries. Tours are free with same-day admission or membership.

Save up to 50% on selected merchandise. Your purchases support the Royal BC Museum.

Royal BC Museum members and IMAX pass holders receive 20% off all purchases during this sale.

Contact: 250-356-0505

On a late summer day, many years ago, a young man set out on a voyage through the mountains. He never reached his destination. When his remains were discovered by three British Columbia hunters, roughly three hundred years after he was caught by a storm or other accident and became frozen in a glacier, his story had faded from even the long memory of the region’s people. First Nations elders decided to call the discovery Kwädąy Dän Ts’ìnchį—Long Ago Person Found. 

Our format for November is inspired by pub quizzes. The November 9 event will combine general museum trivia and a focus on our natural history collection.  Maximum team size is six people and there will be a prize for the winning team. 

Drinks and light fare available for purchase. The event will be held in the Natural History gallery. 

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Our popular storytelling series continues, presenting stories about this land we live on told in its own indigenous languages. Tales passed down through thousands of years, current stories and open-hearted sharing from local indigenous storytellers of all ages.

Join our friendly and informative guides and embark on a special sixty-minute tour in the museum’s modern history galleries. Tours are free with same-day admission or membership.

Join our friendly and informative guides and embark on a special sixty-minute tour in the museum’s modern history galleries. Tours are free with same-day admission or membership.

Sometimes the smallest creatures can have the biggest impact. Dive into the world of teeny tiny plankton and other micro-organisms to learn how their existence is crucial to our own lives and the lives of other land and marine animals.