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.

Glenn Parfitt, BC music historian and heritage advocate, will describe how he created an online archives – the Royal City Music Project. He’ll recall Victoria’s ‘Golden Age of Rock & Roll’ during the 1950s and 1960s. He’ll evoke Victoria’s ‘Summer of Love,’ when the capital city thrilled to a ‘battle of the bands’ in July 1967.  The winner had the honour of being the opening act at a concert at Memorial Arena. The concert (advertised as a ‘love in’) featured the Painted Ship and the Collectors from Vancouver and the Doors from Los Angeles.

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.

Take a closer look at the First Peoples’ Cultural Council and the Royal BC Museum’s Our Living Languages exhibition examining the diversity of First Nations languages in British Columbia with special activities and presentations.

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.

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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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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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.

Get a sneak peek at our hands-on interactives for the upcoming Family: Bonds and Belonging exhibition and share your own story of what family means to you.

In addition to these activities, we are proud to partner with pop-up events by the Greater Victoria Public Library and Pacific Opera Victoria.

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.

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.

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.

Whether you are deeply in love or on the lookout for a little lust in the lead-up to Cupid’s favourite holiday, the Royal BC Museum’s adult-only event has you covered. Strike a pose with your bae in our photo booth, shake your tail feather to live music, get your heart racing with a scavenger hunt, show your love at our craft station, enjoy the nectar of the gods served up by Truffles, and more.

Check out our Facebook Event for updates, photo galleries and to invite your friends.

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19+ only. Valid ID required for entry.

Don’t miss the Royal Museum Shop’s 13th Annual Mammoth Sale! Enjoy storewide savings 20-75% off, Feb 10 – 20, 2017.

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.

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.

Look for more themes in the spring.

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.

British Columbia is home to 15 of the 16 species of owls that occur in Canada, and many occur here in the Capital Region. Join Royal BC Museum biologists Darren Copley and Claudia Copley on an owl prowl to a local natural area. We will search for some of the common wintering species in our region, and even try to call one (or more) in to view in a spotting scope. You’ll learn to identify the different species by sight and sound, as well as information on their natural history. Please wear quiet clothing and bring along a flashlight.

Suitable for ages 12 and up