Reconciling with Water

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You are kindly invited to Reconciling with Water, a World Water Day gathering by artists and policy makers to share their knowledge and relations with water amid the climate crisis.

This event will take place at the Royal BC Museum between 1:00-3:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 16, 2024. It will include viewing water from various perspectives and providing insights with stories, discussions, and artistic work including poetry.

Co-hosts & Facilitators:

Re-imagining Your Museum Interactive Tours: Buildings and Spaces

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Join us for a 30–40 minute walking tour to dive deeper into the key theme of buildings, spaces and facilities and the various options for the physical downtown museum site. During this interactive tour we will go behind the scenes, answer any clarifying questions, and discuss the infrastructure challenges and opportunities facing the provincial museum. This tour takes place both indoors and doors so please dress accordingly. Note that this tour goes behind-the-scenes and may be challenging for those with accessibility needs. Please let us know at sign-up so we can answer any questions.

Re-imagining Your Museum Interactive Tours: Buildings and Spaces

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Join us for a 30–40 minute walking tour to dive deeper into the key theme of buildings, spaces and facilities and the various options for the physical downtown museum site. During this interactive tour we will go behind the scenes, answer any clarifying questions, and discuss the infrastructure challenges and opportunities facing the provincial museum. This tour takes place both indoors and doors so please dress accordingly. Note that this tour goes behind-the-scenes and may be challenging for those with accessibility needs. Please let us know at sign-up so we can answer any questions.

Community Conversation – Virtual

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Join us for a virtual community conversation to explore the future of the Royal BC Museum. Together, we will discuss how the museum can be responsive, representative, welcoming, and inclusive for all visitors.

Through a collaborative process, we will dive deeper into the themes that were emphasized in earlier dialogue. Our intention is to engage actively, welcome feedback, build meaningful relationships, and hear from diverse voices and perspectives.

A confirmation email will be sent to you with a zoom link to participate once you register.

Community Conversation – Victoria

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Join us for a community conversation to explore the future of the Royal BC Museum. Together, we will discuss how the museum can be responsive, representative, welcoming, and inclusive for all visitors.

Through a collaborative process, we will dive deeper into the themes that were emphasized in earlier dialogue. Our intention is to engage actively, welcome feedback, build meaningful relationships, and hear from diverse voices and perspectives.

Light refreshments will be served.

Dialogue Sessions - BC Archives - Virtual

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Please join staff for an interactive Dialogue Session about the future of the BC Archives. In this session we will explore four key themes including access, services, learning and engagement, and Indigenous reconciliation and UNDRIP Implementation. Your participation, feedback, ideas, and thoughts in these sessions are crucial to our success. We hope to see you there!

 

Kids' Art Class: 3D Animals

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Using the taxidermy animals from the Royal BC Museum’s handling collection as inspiration, participants will explore diverse artistic mediums to craft their own three-dimensional pieces. Kids can opt between working with polymer clay or cardboard box paper to sculpt their unique 3D animals.

For kids ages 9-12

About the instructor:

Re-imagining Your Museum Interactive Tours: Buildings and Spaces

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Join us for a 30–40 minute walking tour to dive deeper into the key theme of buildings, spaces and facilities and the various options for the physical downtown museum site. During this interactive tour we will go behind the scenes, answer any clarifying questions, and discuss the infrastructure challenges and opportunities facing the provincial museum. This tour takes place both indoors and doors so please dress accordingly. Note that this tour goes behind-the-scenes and may be challenging for those with accessibility needs. Please let us know at sign-up so we can answer any questions.

Re-imagining Your Museum Interactive Tours: Buildings and Spaces

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Join us for a 30–40 minute walking tour to dive deeper into the key theme of buildings, spaces and facilities and the various options for the physical downtown museum site. During this interactive tour we will go behind the scenes, answer any clarifying questions, and discuss the infrastructure challenges and opportunities facing the provincial museum. This tour takes place both indoors and doors so please dress accordingly. Note that this tour goes behind-the-scenes and may be challenging for those with accessibility needs. Please let us know at sign-up so we can answer any questions.

Information Session - BC Archives

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Please join staff for an Information Session about the future of the BC Archives. In this session we will introduce the engagement plan to collect feedback from the archival community that will help shape the future of the BC Archives. We will go over the themes we are seeking feedback on, the dates of our dialogue sessions, and how you can add your voice.

Community Conversation – New Westminster

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New Westminster Museum
777 Columbia St

Join us for a community conversation to explore the future of the Royal BC Museum. Together, we will discuss how the museum can be responsive, representative, welcoming, and inclusive for all visitors.

Through a collaborative process, we will dive deeper into the themes that were emphasized in earlier dialogue. Our intention is to engage actively, welcome feedback, build meaningful relationships, and hear from diverse voices and perspectives. This interactive session takes place in New Westminster, BC

Community Conversation – Rossland

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Join us for a community conversation to explore the future of the Royal BC Museum. Together, we will discuss how the museum can be responsive, representative, welcoming, and inclusive for all visitors.

Through a collaborative process, we will dive deeper into the themes that were emphasized in earlier dialogue. Our intention is to engage actively, welcome feedback, build meaningful relationships, and hear from diverse voices and perspectives. This interactive session takes place in Rossland, BC.

Community Conversation – Vancouver

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Science World
1455 Quebec St

Join us for a community conversation to explore the future of the Royal BC Museum. Together, we will discuss how the museum can be responsive, representative, welcoming, and inclusive for all visitors.

Through a collaborative process, we will dive deeper into the themes that were emphasized in earlier dialogue. Our intention is to engage actively, welcome feedback, build meaningful relationships, and hear from diverse voices and perspectives. This interactive session takes place in Vancouver, BC.

Light refreshments will be served.

Community Conversation – Qualicum Beach

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Join us for a community conversation to explore the future of the Royal BC Museum. Together, we will discuss how museums and historic sites can be responsive, representative, welcoming, and inclusive for all visitors.

Through a collaborative process, we will dive deeper into the themes that were emphasized in earlier dialogue. Our intention is to engage actively, welcome feedback, build meaningful relationships, and hear from diverse voices and perspectives. This interactive session takes place in Qualicum Beach, BC.

Information Session – Virtual

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Join us for a virtual information session where we will share the many ways you can add your input to create a reimagined museum. We will answer any questions you may have about the process and share information about our engagement efforts.

A confirmation email will be sent to you with a zoom link to participate once you register.

Sensory-Sensitive Screening at IMAX® Victoria

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Sensory-sensitive screening of Train Time intended for guests who find the immersive IMAX® experience prohibitive. In addition to low lighting and low volume throughout, doors will be left open and movement and discussion during the film will not be restricted. This film is in 2D, no special glasses required. Theatre capacity will be reduced to 75 seats.

Re-imagining Your Museum Interactive Tours: Buildings and Spaces

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Join us for a 30–40 minute walking tour to dive deeper into the key theme of buildings, spaces and facilities and the various options for the physical downtown museum site. During this interactive tour we will go behind the scenes, answer any clarifying questions, and discuss the infrastructure challenges and opportunities facing the provincial museum. This tour takes place both indoors and doors so please dress accordingly. Note that this tour goes behind-the-scenes and may be challenging for those with accessibility needs. Please let us know at sign-up so we can answer any questions.