Please note: This event is postponed. We will reschedule- the June 18 Pop-up opera event is still on though.

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. 

Performers:

Join volunteers from the Royal BC Museum at Fisherman's Wharf for World Oceans Day celebrations hosted by Eagle Wing Tours and the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority. This educational, family-friendly event is a great time to learn about all things ocean-related. Look for the Royal BC Museum's tent and giant barnacle interactive and come by and learn all about how barnacles eat.

Meet and hear from the authors, Joe Martin Tla-o-qui-aht canoe-maker and former museum curator Alan Hoover about their collaboration on the book Making A Chaputs: The Teachings and Responsibilities of a Canoe Maker. The book describes the making of a dugout canoe illustrated with graphics and photographs. A short filmed called ƛaʔuukʷiatḥ Dugout Canoe (Tla-o-qui-aht Dugout Canoe) will also be screened.

Join us by the Seashore Dirorama for a family-friendly drop-in program, in partnership with Seaquaria Ocean Education. During this fun and interactive session, we will learn all about our intertidal ecosystem!

Are you a boat brainiac, a marine mammal master or trivia enthusiast? Come join us for a free Campfire Oceans Trivia at SMONEĆTEN Campground co-Hosted by the Royal BC Museum, Seaquaria and Parks Canada. Non-campers are welcome!

If you like to chart your course before setting sail, there will be 30 questions in six categories: Audio Clues, True or False, Literary Trivia, It’s all Latin to Me, General Knowledge and Salish Sea Splash. This will be a drop in event with signs and staff to lead you to the event as you arrive.

Join educators from the Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition and explore the new giant floor map called Ocean, Freshwater and Us. The floor map is a result of a new national ocean literacy strategy for Canada which launched last spring and is part of the national launch and coordination of Oceans Week Canada. 

A great way to start Oceans Week Victoria celebrations!

Visit the Our Living Languages travelling exhibition at the Port Moody Station Museum
June 1 – September 10, 2022
2734 Murray Street, Port Moody, BC V3H 1X2
Open Monday-Sunday, 10:00 am –5:00 pm
Admission by Donation
link:https://portmoodymuseum.org

May 22nd is the International Day for Biodiversity. Our friends at Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants are celebrating all month with their annual #BackyardBio campaign and we're taking part. Join Dr. Cori Lausen, bat biologist and co-author of the new Royal BC Museum Handbook Bats of British Columbia, for this special presentation!

Join Special Bird Service for this special takeover of RBCM@ Outside!

This episode of RBCM@ Outside we’re turning the mic and camera over to our friends at Special Bird Service. Join us for a virtual nature ramble. Special Bird Service members will lead us through a greater Victoria natural area. We’ll definitely have our eyes on the birds, but what else will we discover?

Follow us into the museum.

If you are not able to join us in person for our Museum After Hours: Going Batty, then you can join in through Instagram Live. We'll bring you into the museum from the comfort of your own home, to explore the different activities and displays and meet the special guests- things will get a little batty. 

Join us over at the Royal BC Museum Instagram page. 

After Hours
Join us for a new all-ages series designed to welcome you to the museum, after hours.

We’re excited about our new handbook Bats of British Columbia and want to share our love of these amazing flying mammals with you.

Between 7:00 - 8:30 pm wander through the Natural History gallery, after hours.

The members of the Victoria Centre Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Science Venture, University of Victoria and others as they present amazing astronomical activities for all ages.

Join us for:

Join members of the Royal BC Museum's outreach team for an Easter Scavenger Hunt at Meadow Park Green in Colwood, hosted by the City of Colwood and Royal Bay.

Many of us are in the dark about bats – their survival depends on our enlightenment.

BATS: Out of the Darkness is an exhibit developed by Kelowna Museums, together with community partners, that aims to bring the bats of British Columbia ‘out of the darkness and into our consciousness.’

Learn to write a traditional Ukrainian Easter Egg, "pysanka", under the guidance of Dawn and Olga Lang.

Through instruction, demonstration and printed hand outs, you will make and take home two pysanky along with new skills and knowledge.

Follow us into the galleries.

For our latest Instagram Live, come explore the Natural History gallery and the birds that inhabit it through the eyes of Trenton Franco from Special Bird Service.

Make it a penguin party! 

Bring the whole gang to our 2:00 p.m. 3D IMAX screening of Antarctica on March 26 or 27, and enhance your experience with our penguin party package (priced $7.95).

Penguin party package includes:

Photograph by Femi

Make it a penguin party! 

Bring the whole gang to our 2:00 p.m. 3D IMAX screening of Antarctica on March 26 or 27, and enhance your experience with our penguin party package (priced $7.95).

Penguin party package includes: