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.

Join us at 2:00 in the Our Living Languages exhibition (third floor) for an interactive program. Learn about the importance of canoes to the Coast Salish people, handle objects and make your own Coast Salish canoe out of paper.

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.

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.

Feature Length Tour: Join our friendly and informative guides in the lobby and embark on a special one-hour tour of the museum’s natural history and becoming BC galleries. Tours are included 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.

Helmcken House

Helmcken House was built by Dr. John Sebastian Helmcken, a surgeon with the Hudson’s Bay Company. It is one of the oldest houses in British Columbia still on its original site. Dr. Helmcken set up house in Victoria when he married the daughter of Governor James Douglas in 1852. He went on to become a statesman and helped negotiate the entry of British Columbia into Canada, as a province. The good doctor’s original 19th century medical kit is among the interesting items on display.

St. Ann's Schoolhouse

Join us at 2:00 in the Our Living Languages exhibition (third floor) for a cedar-weaving workshop. You will have the opportunity to learn about the different uses of cedar, find out how it is harvested and make your own cedar rose to take home with you.

See for yourself where we keep the documentary heritage of British Columbia, and experience the working environment of our talented researchers and archivists. This tour will focus on the collections of the BC Archives and and how these collections help us to learn about our province.Tours are limited to 10 people. Sign up begins 1 hour prior to the tour start time at the Information Desk.

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.

This tour will focus on our Entomology collection and the wonderful world of insects.

Helmcken House

Helmcken House was built by Dr. John Sebastian Helmcken, a surgeon with the Hudson’s Bay Company. It is one of the oldest houses in British Columbia still on its original site. Dr. Helmcken set up house in Victoria when he married the daughter of Governor James Douglas in 1852. He went on to become a statesman and helped negotiate the entry of British Columbia into Canada, as a province. The good doctor’s original 19th century medical kit is among the interesting items on display.

St. Ann's Schoolhouse

See for yourself where we usually keep those jars, boxes and bins and experience the working environment of our talented researchers and staff. This tour will focus on our vertebrate collection and how these collections help us to learn about our province.Tours are limited to 10 people. Sign up begins 1 hour prior to the tour start time.

Join us at 2:00 in the Our Living Languages exhibition (third floor) for an interactive program. Learn about the importance of canoes to the Coast Salish people, handle objects and make your own Coast Salish canoe out of paper.

Helmcken House

Helmcken House was built by Dr. John Sebastian Helmcken, a surgeon with the Hudson’s Bay Company. It is one of the oldest houses in British Columbia still on its original site. Dr. Helmcken set up house in Victoria when he married the daughter of Governor James Douglas in 1852. He went on to become a statesman and helped negotiate the entry of British Columbia into Canada, as a province. The good doctor’s original 19th century medical kit is among the interesting items on display.

St. Ann's Schoolhouse

Helmcken House

Helmcken House was built by Dr. John Sebastian Helmcken, a surgeon with the Hudson’s Bay Company. It is one of the oldest houses in British Columbia still on its original site. Dr. Helmcken set up house in Victoria when he married the daughter of Governor James Douglas in 1852. He went on to become a statesman and helped negotiate the entry of British Columbia into Canada, as a province. The good doctor’s original 19th century medical kit is among the interesting items on display.

St. Ann's Schoolhouse

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.

Our littlest campers will discover the basics of story-telling in this play-based morning camp. Exploring with word, song, picture and movement, campers will be introduced to story-telling in a fun, creative and supportive environment.

Ages 5-6

Join members of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada: Victoria Centre and safely view the solar eclipse through their telescopes. They will also have a limited number of solar eclipse glasses available to borrow for people viewing the eclipse from our location.  The solar eclipse will start at 9:09 am and achieve 90% coverage by 10:20 am. The eclipse will be over by 11:45 am. The next solar eclipse viewable over North American won't be until 2024 so don't miss this special opportunity