This event is part of the Stories at Helmcken House series, where experienced tellers delight audiences of all ages with folktales, myths, legends and personal stories from around the world.

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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.

Drink, eat, meet and explore. Join us after work on select Thursdays for themed happy hours in one of our core galleries.

Do you mind? 
The Natural History gallery is a perfect place to slow down and reconnect mindfully. Learn to be more present and connected to the space and people around you, through yoga, meditation and more.

Presenters:

Join our friendly and informative guides near the top of the escalators on the third floor 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 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.

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.

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. 

Why We Are Here! is Nightswimming Theatre's (Toronto, ON) portable pop-up choir that places audience at the centre of an exhilarating choral adventure in which the audience are the singers.

Featuring one of Victoria's top choral leaders, WWAH! is an interactive singing experience through the museum galleries that brings friends and strangers together to create and experience an invigorating theatrical event about right here and right now.

Everyone has a family, including all creatures of the animal kingdom. Learn various animal parenting skills and engage in taxonomy - the classification of animals based on the characteristics they share with their relatives. There is no right or wrong way to raise a family.

Snapshot Tour: Join our friendly and informative guides in the lobby and embark on a special thirty-minute tour in the museum’s Gold Rush gallery. Tours are included with same-day admission or membership.

Snapshot Tour: Join our friendly and informative guides in the lobby and embark on a special thirty-minute tour in the museum’s Gold Rush gallery. Tours are included with same-day admission or membership.

The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup empowers all Canadians to take action for healthy waterways by taking part in shoreline cleanups. Presented by Loblaw Companies Limited, the Shoreline Cleanup is a national program of the Vancouver Aquarium and WWF-Canada. Cleanups can take place any time of year, anywhere land connects to water, including rivers, lakes, streams and beaches.

A Canada 150 Signature Initiative

The Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre’s award-winning AquaVan is making a splash at the Royal BC Museum with live marine animals from British Columbia’s coast! AquaVan Educators will facilitate learning through hands-on exploration of aquatic life from around the world. Touch a sea star, examine a hermit crab and discover the connections between our aquatic life, the environment, and ourselves.

Drink, eat, meet and explore. Join us after work on select Thursdays for themed happy hours in one of our core galleries.

Teacher's Lounge 
Bring your report cards and do your marking in the galleries or celebrate being done. You don’t need to be a teacher to come—you just need a love of learning and a desire to have fun!

What you can expect:

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

Everyone has a family, including all creatures of the animal kingdom. Learn various animal parenting skills and engage in taxonomy - the classification of animals based on the characteristics they share with their relatives. There is no right or wrong way to raise a family.

Join our friendly and informative guides near the top of the escalators on the third floor 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 in the museum’s permanent galleries. Tours are included with same-day admission or membership.

Find out what's happening at the museum and archives in these monthly talks featuring curators, staff and researchers. 

The Rapid Spread of the European Wall Lizard
Gavin Hanke, Curator of Vertebrate Zoology

This month we celebrate the ways that culture gets expressed across BC. It is through our rich diversity of traditions, and sharing across traditions, that we can better cultivate empathy and understanding. This month marks the beginning of the Chinese New Year, Black History month and International Mother Languages Day.