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.

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

Feature Length Tour: Join our friendly and informative guides in the lobby and embark on a special one-hour tour in the museum’s natural history galleries. Tours are included with same-day admission or membership.

Come and listen to the music of the Calgary Fiddlers and Coastline, two of the finest youth fiddle groups in Canada.

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

Please join us and pull up a guest chair at the family table as contributors to the Royal BC Museum’s new book The Language of Family: Stories of Bonds and Belonging read excerpts from their stories, essays and poems and talk about family. 

What is family? Is it defined by blood and birth? Or can we invite whomever we want into that intimate embrace?

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.

See for yourself where we keep the documentary heritage of British Columbia, s 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.

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.

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.

To celebrate the Asian Heritage Month in Canada 150, come join the Honourable Dr. Vivienne Poy for a special feature talk, The Asian Heritage Month and Chinese Diaspora. Dr. Poy will draw on her research in the book Heroes & Gamblers: Tales of Survival and Good Fortune of the Poy Family to provide a panoramic view of the Chinese diaspora, and zooms in on one family in the 19th and 20th centuries in Australia and North America.

Is DNA the only thing that makes up families? Become a geneticist and learn about our genetic codes and hereditary traits. Share your family stories and learn what makes people related to one another.

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

Seniors, this one-hour facilitated session is for you. Drop in , discuss, share and learn using objects from the Royal BC Museum's education collection. This program can also be booked for groups by contacting our booking office. 

Make a personal connection with a museum object and gain insight into a life question. A guide trained in the creative Museum Sage experience will help you use non-visual senses to find your piece. 

Tours begin at 3:00 pm and last approximately 30 minutes. 

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