Free noon-hour talks on the first Wednesday of the month feature curators and researchers working at the Royal BC Museum. Please note for January, the talk is featured on the second Wednesday of the month.

BC Beaches: Life on the Shoreline

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.

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.

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.

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.

The New Year is a great time to make a resolution to slow down and what better way to do that than to put away your Smartphone, sit down and write a letter at our letter writing booth. We provide the paper, pens, envelopes and even the stamps. Who knows, the letter you write could one day become part of our future archives.

On the last day of 2016 and the last day of our exhibition Mammoth: Giants of the Ice Age, join us for a going away party for the ages. This family friendly event will involve food, games and art making to keep everyone’s trunks and tusks active. The evening will conclude with fireworks across the street as part of Victoria’s First Night evening, to kick off Canada's 150th birthday celebration.

What we have planned:

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 in the lobby 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.