Modernization
Learn more about government’s intention to modernize the museum to protect our historic holdings and provide better access to our collections.
An Archivist’s Home Archives
Join archivist, Genevieve Weber for a look at some of the personal archival material she has around her home and what similar materials in your home might tell you about the lives of your family.
Please click the link below to join the Zoom webinar:
https://zoom.us/j/297232098
Webinar ID: 297 232 098
Join our friendly and informative guides and embark on a special sixty-minute tour in the museum’s Becoming BC galleries. Tours are free with same-day admission or membership.
Bring the whole family and join us every Sunday for exploration, excitement and family fun.
Planes, trains and automobiles help transport people across the province. We look at the history and future of travel.
Snapshot Tour: Join our friendly and informative guides in the lobby and embark on a special thirty-minute tour in the museum’s Gold Rush gallery. Tours are included with same-day admission or membership.
Snapshot Tour: Join our friendly and informative guides in the lobby and embark on a special thirty-minute tour in the museum’s Gold Rush gallery. Tours are included with same-day admission or membership.
Join us for exclusive access to experts, collections and objects designed to give you a hands on experience and a deeper understanding.
Cultural Connections
Immerse yourself in Indigenous ways of knowing with Indigenous cultural liaison Leslie McGarry as your guide. On the first day Leslie will take you through an introduction to the diversity of cultures in British Columbia. On the second day you will dig into pre- and post contact history. On the third and final day you will look at where Indigenous people are today.
Feature Length Tour: Join our friendly and informative guides in the lobby and embark on a special one-hour tour in the museum’s natural history galleries. Tours are included with same-day admission or membership.
Get into the April Fools' spirit by taking part in our scavenger hunt. Pick up a handout, featuring important clues, at the box office and see if you can spot the subtle tricks our Exhibits staff have played in the museum galleries.
Make sure to share your experience on social media. #museumfool
Join our friendly and informative guides and embark on a special sixty-minute tour in the museum’s Becoming BC galleries. Tours are free with same-day admission or membership.
This participatory discussion series tackles perspectives and definitions, upending assumptions to help us better understand ourselves and our community.
Trans Visibility
The International Transgender Day of Visibility is March 31. Celebrate transgender people and their courage and help raise awareness around the discrimination trans people still face.
For select adult-focused events this year, we will be providing childminding as a support for families. The childminding will be hosted in the Royal BC Museum’s Learning Centre, and the activities will be related in an age-appropriate way to the theme of the adult event.
Registration required, designed for kids 3–10.
Parallel Play is available for:
Museum Happy Hour events
See for yourself where we usually keep those jars, boxes and bins and experience the working environment of our talented researchers and staff. This tour will focus on our entomology collection (insects) and how these collections help us to learn about our province.Tours are limited to 10 people. Sign up begins at the information desk in the main lobby one hour prior to the tour start time.
Destination Canada has identified these amazing tours as a Canadian Signature Experience.
See for yourself where we usually keep those jars, boxes and bins and experience the working environment of our talented researchers and staff. This tour will focus on our mammal collection and how these collections help us to learn about our province.Tours are limited to 10 people. Sign up begins at the information desk in the main lobby one hour prior to the tour start time.
Destination Canada has identified these amazing tours as a Canadian Signature Experience.
Join our friendly and informative guides and embark on a special sixty-minute tour in the museum’s Becoming BC galleries. Tours are free with same-day admission or membership.
While the older campers adventure into nature, the mini-campers will get a bit messy. We’ll discover strange and fascinating elements of the natural world and explore them creatively with paint and clay. The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition will be the starting point for this playful camp.
For ages 4-6.
Before-camp care available.
Aspiring shutterbugs will develop their skills in photo composition and storytelling through hands-on experience. Campers will venture to Beacon Hill Park to capture dynamic nature shots and explore the Natural History collection, as well as the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.
For ages 7-11.
Before- and after-camp care available.
Bring the whole family and join us every Sunday for exploration, excitement and family fun.
Planes, trains and automobiles help transport people across the province. We look at the history and future of travel.
Confluence: A Celebration Day for Water
You are invited to join us for reflection, consideration and celebration of water and take part in some or all of the events being offered. Through a confluence of voice, sound, film and dance, we will reflect on water, our relations and its importance to all life on earth.
Event Schedule
11:00-11:15 Openings and Land Acknowledgement
11:15-11:30 Voice Performance
Join our friendly and informative guides and embark on a special sixty-minute tour in the museum’s Becoming BC galleries. Tours are free with same-day admission or membership.