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.

Free noon-hour talks on the first Wednesday of the month

The Origins of Black History Month and BC Black Pioneers and Notable Black Citizens

This month we turn to the written word. From diaries to text messages, words shape our understanding of ourselves and our connection to the world around us. Using archival documents, we’ll explore ways of communicating—and even write a letter or two.

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 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.

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.

This month we turn to the written word. From diaries to text messages, words shape our understanding of ourselves and our connection to the world around us. Using archival documents, we’ll explore ways of communicating—and even write a letter or two.

A village is saved or a love is lost because of a simple message told true or falsely, understood or mislaid. Experience the power of story in the cosy parlour of Helmcken House.

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.

Learn more

A village is saved or a love is lost because of a simple message told true or falsely, understood or mislaid. Experience the power of story in the cosy parlour of Helmcken House.

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.

Learn more

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. 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.

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 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.

Saanich Archives presents the powerful story of the 1917 Saanich Honour Roll and how a municipal archives created one of the most comprehensive First World War commemorative projects in British Columbia.

Learn how the rediscovery of a forgotten artifact led to new historical findings, collections and important community connections.

Kerri Ward, Archives Specialist with Saanich Municipal Archives, and Ray Travers, a volunteer with the Saanich Remembers World War One project, will co-present.

This month we turn to the written word. From diaries to text messages, words shape our understanding of ourselves and our connection to the world around us. Using archival documents, we’ll explore ways of communicating—and even write a letter or two.

It’s not just garbage - explore the shoreline with Natural History Curators Dr. Henry Choong and Dr. Joel Gibson and see – explore how natural and human created marine debris interact with life in the marine and coastal environment.

Meet at Clover Point parking lot on Dallas Road

Ground surface varies. Wear sturdy footwear. Inaccessible for wheelchairs and walkers. Suitable for children ages 5 and up, accompanied with an adult.

Optional: bring gloves and garbage bag to help clean up the beach as we walk.

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.