On February 18, 1965 an avalanche wiped out the Granduc Mine camp, killing 26 men and injuring 17 others . Learn the story of the disaster, and the heroic rescue efforts in this joint presentation with the Stewart Museum and Partners in Motion Inc. Take part in more Heritage Week activities by visiting the Heritage BC webiste.

Get an exclusive sneak peek into the making of the highly anticipated exhibition Orcas: Our Shared Future. Go behind locked doors to see what it takes to build this 10,000-square-foot exhibition. Dr. Gavin Hanke will take you on a tour of how exhibitions are created behind the scenes.

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https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Z7SbGsQWToWaPGSS1mAG1g

Happy Birthday Charles Darwin! 

215 years ago on this day Darwin was born, and over those centuries our understanding of science and connections to the world around us has only accelerated and deepened. From observing and naming diverse species, to helping to shape our knowledge around evolution and natural selection, his work has been foundational.

Railroad Lanterns and Signals with the Bulkley Valley Museum

Railroads connect communities around British Columbia and across Canada. And occasionally, railroads are the very thing that help bring about community.

Every February, Canadians are invited to participate in Black History Month festivities and events that honour the legacy of Black Canadians, past and present. Join us for a conversation with Fran Morrison from the BC Black History Awareness Society about BC's Black pioneers. 

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https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_K3ZoK-METd-54L6ruKJ5-w

Window Flower Making 

Join Museum Learning Team Volunteer Maia Looi and Curator of History Dr. Tzu-I Chung as they learn their way through the art of 'window flower making' - Chinese paper-cutting 101. It is part of the tradition of celebrating the Chinese New Year - decorating windows with 'window flowers' made of red paper.

Supplies needed:

• scissors  
• red paper

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

Museum Field Trip 

New to RBCM @ Home (Kids) - every first Wednesday of the month we'll go on a field trip of sorts to a new part of the Royal BC Museum.

We'll show you back hallways and secret doors, as well as familiar animals and old town dioramas. Each month a new area to explore.

Wherever we end up, we'll sketch that area. So get your curiosity, some paper and a pencil ready.

Supplies needed:

Join Charlayne Thornton-Joe, a third generation Victorian, volunteer and City Councillor for a discussion about the Lunar New Year. 

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https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_R8KZjOY8SfaXf_IHGY7rFw

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Pocket Gallery Exhibition

This display highlights the Royal BC Museum’s role in documenting BC’s natural heritage through the collection of biological specimens in BC Parks.  It also highlights the roles played by our university colleagues collecting digital observations and park visitors contributing submissions to the iNaturalist app.

Many species of ducks winter on BC’s south coast, making this a great time of year to get out looking for them. Join RBCM@ outside host Liz Crocker and curator of vertebrate zoology Dr. Gavin Hanke for a virtual bird walk in Victoria’s Beacon Hill Park. We might catch a glimpse of a species only found here in the winter months, or we might not. Either way we’ll look closely at a pond environment and (hopefully) some of the more common ducks that live here year round. What’s a dabbler? What’s a diver? What are these ducks eating? What is bird-listening? What is a lister?

Create a Shadow Puppet Theatre with the Museum of Anthropology at UBC

Shadows and strings and rods – oh my! The enchanting world of puppetry is at your fingertips.

For this session, join museum educator Amina Chergui to explore the rich collection of puppets held at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC, and get inspired to make your very own shadow puppet theatre.

Supplies needed:

For the shadow puppets

Visit to the IMAX

Lea Silver from IMAX Victoria will give you an insider's view of the operations and a sneak peek at what coming in the year ahead.

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https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_a5Zk3itKSFiaPWg3rFNSAQ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Create an Underwater Forest with the Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea

British Columbia's kelp forests are teeming with life — sea stars, urchins, rockfish and so much more.

For this session of RBCM@Home (Kids), join Aneka from the Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea as she introduces us to some of her favourite kelp forest residents while guiding us through the creation of our own mini habitat.

Supplies needed:

Introduction to the BC Archives

Archivist Genevieve Weber gives us an overview of how to access the BC Archives. Great for first-timers or if you need a refresher.

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https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JxBi-tVeQ6aRYLeOROpr7Q

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Join learning program developer Liz Crocker and curator of archaeology Grant Keddie for a virtual tour of Victoria’s Finlayson Point. Finlayson Point is the location of a thousand year old Indigenous defensive site. We will learn about the archaeological excavations undertaken here and examine the features of the landscape that reveal the hidden past of the people that lived here. 

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https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6WgLK4lLSkeddP2gSeq2Pw

Emily Carr Inspired Art Making with Jeri Engen

To celebrate the exhibition Emily Carr: Fresh Seeing, RBCM @ Home (Kids) will have three sessions over three months that will explore Emily Carr as an artist and her art making through hands-on projects.  

Session #3- Portraits

Looking at Emily Carr’s portrait paintings from the Royal BC Museums’ collection, we will create our own portrait artwork of a friend, someone we love or even ourselves while learning about abstraction and rules of the face.

Emily Carr After France

Join Kiriko Wantanabe, Gail & Stephen A. Jarislowsky Curator of the Audain Art Museum for a discussion about Emily Carr's work after she returned from France. This talk is part of our ongoing programming during the run of Emily Carr: Fresh Seeing - French Modernism and the West Coast on until January 24, 2021.

Join RBCM@ Outside host Liz Crocker and Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary site manager Jay Rastogi for a seasonal virtual walk up Christmas Hill on Vancouver Island.

CANCELLED - In Search of Woo: Monkey, Muse, Mystery

In 1923, Victoria artist Emily Carr went to a Government Street pet shop and traded one of her dogs and $35 cash for a young Javanese macaque. For the next fifteen years, the monkey, named Woo, formed a bond with Carr that proved crucial to her artistic legacy. In a talk based on his 2019 book Woo, The Monkey Who Inspired Emily Carr: A Biography, Grant Hayter-Menzies explores the shared life and legacy of Carr and Woo.