Please join us as we embark on a Phase 1 of this important community engagement journey across the province that will help shape the modernization of the Royal BC Museum.

Light refreshments will be served.

Please sign-up at your earliest convenience; space is limited. RSVP is required to attend dialogue sessions.

Please join us as we embark on a Phase 1 of this important community engagement journey across the province that will help shape the modernization of the Royal BC Museum.

Light refreshments will be served.

Please sign-up at your earliest convenience; space is limited. RSVP is required to attend dialogue sessions.

Live at Lunch is a monthly series where you can hear directly from curators, archivists, staff and researchers at the Royal BC Museum as well as fascinating community members and guests. 

Let it Bee: Creating a Landscape that Welcomes Native Pollinators

For this Wonder Weekend, join us at the seashore diorama area in the Natural History Gallery to learn about what is there and make a Zine about what you see. Zines are do-it-yourself magazine that you create in response to something you are interested in.

This drop-in session will be led by arts educator, Jeri Engen. 

A Royal BC Museum and University of Victoria Partnership

Design justice is a commitment to deliberative democracy in practice. Healthy, vibrant, flourishing democracies mean that citizens influence decision-making and that their voices are heard. Design justice is an innovative, interactive and imaginative approach to designing artistic, research and policy initiatives. It takes seriously the stories and lived experiences of those most directly affected by the pressing policy challenges of our times.

Please join us as we embark on a Phase 1 of this important community engagement journey across the province that will help shape the modernization of the Royal BC Museum.

Light refreshments will be served.

Please sign-up at your earliest convenience; space is limited. RSVP is required to attend dialogue sessions.

Join trumpeter Eldar Talipov and saxophonist Anton Serdiuk for a musical performance in Clifford Carl Hall. Eldar and Anton will play an eclectic mix of Ukrainian songs and jazz classics with a fresh, contemporary twist.

This artistic duo is sure to get your toes tapping this Family Day!

The BC Archives is the provincial repository for records relating to British Columbia. The archives provides access to the vital events (birth, marriage and death) registrations. This is often the starting point for building a family tree, but did you know that there are many other records in our holdings that can unlock the mysteries of your family history?

Enjoy a phenomenal flamenco performance from two of BC's premier flamenco musicians, Gareth Owen and Veronica Maguire, in Clifford Carl Hall on the ground floor of the museum this Family Day. 

Gareth Owen “El Cobre” - guitaris

Beside the museum gallery building is a tower filled with objects, specimens, and belongings. It is said that there are seven million things within the Royal BC Museum collection- so let's go see what is there.

Beside the museum gallery building is a tower filled with objects, specimens, and belongings. It is said that there are seven million things within the Royal BC Museum collection- so let's go see what is there.

Ok...truth be told, we won't look at all seven million objects, but we will see a lot of different things that are behind the scenes in the collection areas. From the basement and beyond, come explore with us as we follow our curiosity and uncover some extraordinary objects that help us better understand who we are and where we live.

Join the BC Fiddle Orchestra live in Clifford Carl Hall on the ground floor of the museum this Family Day for a fantastic free live performance.

Beside the museum gallery building is a tower filled with objects, specimens, and belongings. It is said that there are seven million things within the Royal BC Museum collection- so let's go see what is there.

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.

The BC Archives is the provincial repository for records relating to British Columbia. The archives provides access to the vital events (birth, marriage and death) registrations. This is often the starting point for building a family tree, but did you know that there are many other records in our holdings that can unlock the mysteries of your family history?

Event Hosted by: Friends of the BC Archives

Guest speakers: Haley Healey & Kimiko Fraser

• Online: Zoom attendees are required to register  

For this Wonder Weekend, join us in the Wildlife Photography of the Year exhibition to try out making blackout poetry as a response to the wildlife photographs. 

Blackout poetry is a fun and easy way of making a poem where you start with an existing text and then 'blackout' words on the page to create a new meaning. There will be pages of old encyclopedias to get you started, and the wildlife photographs around you to provide inspiration.

Please join us as we embark on a Phase 1 of this important community engagement journey across the province that will help shape the modernization of the Royal BC Museum.

Light refreshments will be served.

Please sign-up at your earliest convenience; space is limited. RSVP is required to attend dialogue sessions.

Celebrate Black History Month at the Royal BC Museum with a dynamic display of booths from local organizations, hosted by the BC Black History Awareness Society. Heritage Day is an opportunity to meet and talk with direct descendants about their stories and family history. The exhibits include images, artifacts and archival documents.

Live music by The Noedy HD Trio - with Noedy Hechavarria Duharte on saxophone, Phil Albert on Bass, and Miles Fuller on Drums. 

Exhibits include:

For this Wonder Weekend, join us at the mammoth diorama area in the Natural History Gallery to learn about and draw the star of the museum- Wooly. 

This drop-in session will be led by arts educator, Jeri Engen.