In 1926, a young couple set off into the British Columbia backcountry in search of a route to a mountain now known as Mount Waddington, the highest and perhaps most daunting peak on Canada’s Pacific Coast. A century later, a group of would-be-adventurers tries to retrace their steps. And they’re determined to do it using only period equipment, similar to what was used by the Munday expedition in 1926, without any modern technology whatsoever. They soon find they’ve bitten off more than they can chew and it will take everything they’ve got to avoid disaster.

DIY Halloween Decorations with Megan Anderson

Join Royal BC Museum exhibit artist Megan Anderson for this spooky session where we create Do It Yourself Halloween Decorations.  

What you find in your home, in your craft box or your recycling bin, can be just the thing you need to decorate your front porch/ kitchen/ bedroom for the season. 

Gather up whatever you can find, and get ready for some spooky and creative fun.

Supplies recommended, but not required:

Scary (Not So Scary) Old Town Tour

The Old Town section of the Royal BC Museum is filled with objects and stories of lives lived long ago. As we get closer to Halloween, things are getting spooky, and Old Town is no different. Let's imagine that ghosts and goblins travel up and down street and throughout the stores.

Scary (Not So Scary) Old Town Tour

The Old Town section of the Royal BC Museum is filled with objects and stories of lives lived long ago. As we get closer to Halloween, things are getting spooky, and Old Town is no different. Let's imagine that ghosts and goblins travel up and down street and throughout the stores.

Join us live on the Royal BC Museum's Facebook page for a celebration of the launch of the videos from the 2021 Living Cultures Indigenous Artists program. Learn about the featured artists, take part in a Q&A and hear from our guest speaker Lorilee Wastasecoot, Curator of Indigenous Art and Engagement at the Legacy Art Gallery.

Scary (Not So Scary) Old Town Tour

The Old Town section of the Royal BC Museum is filled with objects and stories of lives lived long ago. As we get closer to Halloween, things are getting spooky, and Old Town is no different. Let's imagine that ghosts and goblins travel up and down street and throughout the stores.

Scary (Not So Scary) Old Town Tour

The Old Town section of the Royal BC Museum is filled with objects and stories of lives lived long ago. As we get closer to Halloween, things are getting spooky, and Old Town is no different. Let's imagine that ghosts and goblins travel up and down street and throughout the stores.

Are you interested in collaborating with Indigenous artists? Join educator Hannah Morales for a discussion about a new, upcoming guide to provide you with resources to find success in your project and to collaborate in a way that fosters mutual respect and understanding. Living Cultures: an Empathy Building Toolkit will launch October 23, 2021, on the Royal BC Museum website.

Register in advance for this webinar:

Have you ever noticed a tangle of seaweed or plant matter washed up on a beach? Biologists call these clumps wrack. Specifically, on the south coast of Vancouver Island we often see algae and eelgrass wrack scattered across a beach. To some a wrack might look messy, but they are important food sources for insects, birds and other animals that eat the insects. Energy is transferred from the marine system to a semi-terrestrial, or terrestrial system (the beach!) through wrack, like a moveable feast. Join educator Liz Crocker and Royal BC Museum curators Dr. Henry Choong and Dr.

Adventure at Sea with the Maritime Museum of BC

The Maritime Museum of BC celebrates the nautical culture of British Columbia, through exhibits, collections and programs. And recently they've moved to a new location.

For this session of RBCM @ Home (Kids) we'll meet with our friends there and learn about their new space and do an activity that will make it seem like we are on the open ocean. 

Materials needed:

• Rope or string

RBCM @ Home (Kids) is hosted by Chris O'Connor. 

Visit the Our Living Languages travelling exhibition at the Trail Museum and Archives - 1505 Bay Ave, Trail, BC V1R 4B2

On Saturday, September 25, the Royal BC Museum will visit Colwood, BC—the future home of the museum’s collections and research building—to meet members of the community and share information about the museum’s programs, collections, research and exhibitions. The Learning Team will be onsite to set up hands-on, family-friendly activities, and there will also be prize giveaways!

Outreach Event

On Saturday, September 25, the Royal BC Museum will visit Colwood, BC—the future home of the museum’s collections and research building—to meet members of the community and share information about the museum’s programs, collections, research and exhibitions. The Learning Team will be onsite to set up hands-on, family-friendly activities, and there will also be prize giveaways!

Come and meet the museum, Colwood! We can’t wait to meet you.

Juan de Fuca Library Parking Lot
10:00–11:00 am

Ocean Boulevard/ Esquimalt Lagoon
12:00–1:00 pm

Last century it was a working mine. Now, its an award-winning Museum and Canadian Signature Experience, turning out awe-inspiring sights and memorable family experiences. Join us for a virtual tour and learn more about the Britannia Mine Museum's relevant, innovative, engaging and adventuresome learning opportunities.

Register in advance:

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5ev3TKNMST-O8Lwv1-CssQ

Pocket Gallery Exhibition

The BC Black History Awareness Society in partnership with the Royal BC Museum presents Hope Meets Action: Echoes Through the Black Continuum, the story of Afro-diasporic “British Columbia” history, past, present and future. Black “British Columbian” history has long been whitewashed in the annals of colonial history. Against the backdrop of white-centring walls, this exhibit daylights the living and ongoing history of Black belonging, told in this manner by the Black community for the first time.

Hello History (Part 2) with the Parliamentary Players  

For this week we go across the street (to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia) and back in time to meet some important historical figures. Thanks to the Parliamentary Players, during this session we'll meet both Laura Jamieson and Thomas Uphill. After we hear some interesting stories, we'll be able to ask them questions. Oh, hello there history- how have you been?

Hope Meets Action with curator Joshua Robertson 

For this special session of RBCM @ Home (Summer), we are partnering with NatureKids BC to celebrate all things Orcas. We'll explore the many different ways museums try to understand this amazing animal, while wondering about the many different parts of the world they roam. Hint- it's a lot of ways, and a lot of parts of the world.

Join the Learning Team at the Royal BC Museum for adventures in the galleries, behind the scenes, and even further than that. 

Play Dough Play

For this session of RBCM @ Home (Summer), we are again joined by educator Anu Shant. Where last month we made slime, this time we'll be making play dough. 

Continuing with the theme of sensory play, this session will give suggestions on what to do with the play dough you make and ways to engage the imagination.

Be ready to get your hands messy!

Materials needed:

What's That? Mystery Object with the Greater Victoria Public Library

The Royal BC Museum is filled with fascinating and unusual human history objects- things we still use but look at look different now, and things that haven’t been used since your grandparents were little kids (a long time ago).