Modernization
Learn more about government’s intention to modernize the museum to protect our historic holdings and provide better access to our collections.
Event hosted by: Friends of the BC Archives
Guest Speaker: Fran Morrison
Introduce grades 8-10 students to the diverse field of ocean science and inspire them about possible future studies and career opportunities. This program is presented in partnership with Ocean Networks Canada and also provides ocean-focused PRO-D for educators as well.
Visit the Our Living Languages travelling exhibition at the Hudson's Hope Museum
September 30, 2022 – March 5, 2023
9510 Beattie Dr, Hudson’s Hope, BC
Join us in the last of a series of evenings to honour and gather together. We will welcome speaker Scott Clark. The Esquimalt dance group will perform. There will be a special screening of the Road Forward at IMAX.
Wawadiťła (Mungo Martin Big House) will be open with a ceremonial fire for prayer and reflection throughout the evening. Cultural support workers will be on hand.
Join us for the third in a series of evenings to honour and gather together. We welcome artist Carey Newman, and his daughter Adelyn Newman-Ting, who will speak about the orange shirts he has created and his making of the Witness Blanket for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. There will be a special screening of Picking up the Pieces: The Making of the Witness Blanket at IMAX.
Join us for an evening to acknowledge the history of residential schools as we honour and gather together. On day two, we will welcome community leader, activist, political leader, residential school Survivor and speaker Guy Louie Senior. There will then be a special screening of We Were Children at IMAX.
Due to the sensitive topic, Wawadiťła (Mungo Martin House) will be open with a ceremonial fire for prayer and reflection throughout the evening. Cultural support workers will be available onsite as needed.
Grades 7-8 | Royal BC Museum presents First Peoples Innovations - Sep 27, 2022 9:10am Pacific Time
Try a digital program! Register for free here: https://streamablelearning.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CmOzVH0uTnC1HsQi…
Join us for the first in a series of evening to acknowledge the history of residential schools, where we learn about the past, honour the present, and bring hope for the future as we gather together.
Join the artist and participants for a conversation about creating and participating in "Between Us", Adad Hannah's Social Distancing Portraits, on now at the Royal BC Museum.
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6S9_UFHyQEqZPpk9ouGknw
Beautiful Badgers, in collaboration with the Greater Victoria Public Library
Depending on where you live in BC, you might have never seen a badger in person. Badgers live in the grasslands and dry forests of the interior of BC, and like to move around at night. So they are kind of hard to spot.
But easier to spot if you are reading kid’s books. From Wind in the Willows to the Frances the Badger books, our stripy-faced friends make for good characters.
Sharks are some of the most fascinating, most ecologically important, most threatened, and most misunderstood animals on Earth. While many people are afraid of sharks, you should be afraid for sharks, as many species face extinction.
Join marine biologist and author Dr. David Shiffman for an engaging talk full of mind-blowing facts, adventures from a career studying sharks, and important information about these animals that desperately need our help.
A trip to IMAX Victoria to see Tom Cruise's largest grossing movie ever, Top Gun: Maverick, just took to new heights!
On Saturday July 30 2022, from 5:30pm until the screening starts at 7:15pm, movie-goers will be treated to a unique aeronautical experience. Join us for a free event where former fighter pilots Norm MacSween, Dan Dempsey, Ken Lett, Bob Saunders and Greg Matte will be on hand for a meet and greet to chat about their air force experiences.
Backyard Biodiversity, in collaboration with the Greater Victoria Public Library
While looking at our backyards, it might all seem calm and uneventful. But if we look a little closer, we start to see an environment teeming with life. Under the ground and up in the trees (and everywhere in between), animals and plants are crawling, hopping, slithering, flying, hovering, absorbing the suns rays and doing all they can to survive.
Join us in Clifford Carl Hall, on the ground floor of the Museum, on Saturday July 23 from 1:00 - 6:00pm, as Indigenous artists share their works.
The travelling exhibition, Our Living Languages: First Peoples' Voices in BC, is also on display and available to explore.
Among the talented Indigenous artists attending is Laxiya, Dave Bodaly, a cedar weaver from Snuneymuxw First Nation. His work is featured in the image above, and he kindly shared some words on his heritage and his craft with us:
Langley Senior A Ukulele Ensemble Recital
Stop by to enjoy music by the Langley Ukulele Association. The Langley Senior A Ukulele Ensemble consists of seventeen members, ranging from ages thirteen to eighteen years old. The ensemble has enjoyed performing in front of live audiences, while extending their productions online to share some presentations across the province, country, and world.
Adad Hannah creates epochal, serial artworks in installation, video and photography. In March 2020, while Canadians retreated to their homes, Hannah took to the streets to capture this moment in time. Over the course of a year, Hannah created 237 video portraits showcasing the rapid evolution of our everyday lives.
As the day draws to a close, it is a magical time to be outside. The daytime creatures are preparing for a night of rest and the nighttime creatures are starting to stir. Join us for an evening exploration of bat habitats with a CRD Regional Parks naturalist at Elk/Beaver Regional Park. We can’t guarantee it, but we might see bats swoop through the air to feed. Did you know they can eat up to 1000 flying insects in an hour?
In honour of National Indigenous People's day all are welcome to attend a free screening of SGAAWAAYK'UUNA (Edge of the Knife) by Hluugitagaa Gwaai Edenshaw, Jaada Gyaahlangnaay and Helen Haig-Brown
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In honour of National Indigenous People's day all are welcome to attend a free screening of SGAAWAAYK'UUNA (Edge of the Knife) by Hluugitagaa Gwaai Edenshaw, Jaada Gyaahlangnaay and Helen Haig-Brown
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You never know when you'll hear some opera.
Join Pacific Opera Victoria as they take over the Royal BC Museum, both inside and out. You'll find Rebecca Gray and Mike Fan in unexpected spaces, sharing with us the joy of opera.
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