Mini-Diorama Making with Megan Anderson

Join exhibit artist Megan Anderson to learn about some of the stories behind the gallery exhibits at the Royal BC Museum.​Have you ever wondered what goes into creating some of your favorite Museum exhibits? Want to try making one of your own? 

Grab your craft supplies, found objects, and your imagination as we create our own mini-dioramas. 

Preserving for Posterity: how Archivists are documenting the pandemic

Join BC Archives' archivist Genevieve Weber and City Archivist for the City of Coquitlam Archives Emily Lonie for a discussion on what archivists are doing both for work and their own records to document daily lives during Covid-19.

Please click the link below to join the webinar: 
https://zoom.us/j/93981490056

Whether you’re checking curriculum info on your couch or tackling schoolwork on your tablet, we’ve got plenty of ways for you to explore BC’s natural history and human history.

RBCM @ Home (Office Hours) is online support just for educators (including parents at home!). Royal BC Museum learning staff will be on hand at each session to walk educators through the museum and archives’ online resources and answer questions.  RBCM @ Home (Office Hours) takes place every second Monday and Friday. We’ll offer live support through Zoom and by phone during Office Hours.

Whales in the Collection: From Sand to Shelves

Curator of vertebrates, Dr. Gavin Hanke will take us through the steps involved in adding a whale skeleton to a museum collection. 

Please click the link below to join the webinar: 
https://zoom.us/j/97238941148

Celebrate Earth Day by taking a virtual walk through the Native Plant Garden at the Royal BC Museum with Curator of Botany Dr. Ken Marr. We’ll have a look at some indigenous plants of BC and demonstrate a few fun activities for sharing nature with children (young and old).

Please click this URL to join. https://zoom.us/j/295117023

Go Fish with Dr. Gavin Hanke

Happy Earth Day!

Join Dr. Gavin Hanke, Curator of Vertebrate Zoology, to explore the different ways to look at, wonder about, and draw fish. During this session we look closely at an old favourite, the London Shubunkin Goldfish.

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

What you'll need:

April is Sikh Heritage Month. Join us virtually for 40 minute session just for educators with author Steven Purewal. We’ll look at how you can link Sikh heritage to curriculum and weave it into learning experiences.

When: Apr 21, 2020 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

https://zoom.us/j/568750548

Volunteers at the Museum

Join volunteer services manager Holli Hodgson as she shares stories of some of the many Royal BC Museum's volunteers, without whom the museum could not do all that it does. 

Please click the link below to join the webinar: 
https://zoom.us/j/952980142

Whether you’re checking curriculum info on your couch or tackling schoolwork on your tablet, we’ve got plenty of ways for you to explore BC’s natural history and human history.

RBCM @ Home (Office Hours) is online support just for educators (including parents at home!). Royal BC Museum learning staff will be on hand at each session to walk educators through the museum and archives’ online resources and answer questions.  RBCM @ Home (Office Hours) takes place every second Monday and Friday. We’ll offer live support through Zoom and by phone during Office Hours.

The Ethnobotany of some Chinese Melons

Curious about food security? Join curator of botany, Dr. Ken Marr for a discussion about the process of plant domestication and how people have changed plants over generations. 

Please click the link below to join the webinar: 
https://zoom.us/j/275424932?pwd=M3NJZ1JNRmM0cUlxSE9MNTJhYU93dz09
Password: 614270

Tide Pool Doodles with Heidi Gartner

Join Heidi Gartner, Invertebrate collection manager at the Royal BC Museum, as she introduces us to the squishy and the slippery things you might find in a tide pool. We'll be drawing and learning about all the wonderfully weird things that are at the ocean's edge.

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

What you'll need:

What's New in Canadian Paleontology

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.

Whether you giggle, guffaw, or chuckle, laughter is the best medicine. Share some jokes and make sure you are on your silliest behaviour.

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. 

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.

Unwind and recharge with themed events and activities in designated museum galleries. Drinks and light fare are available for purchase. Parallel Play childminding available for most dates.

Music at the Museum
Enjoy live music, either as the audience or the talent, and explore how experiencing music has changed over time.

This event takes place in the Becoming BC gallery.

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.

Connecting Family Histories

Join curator of history, Dr. Tzu-I Chung as she and members of the Guichon family discuss their experiences of telling family histories as part of our 2017 Families: Bonds and Belonging feature exhibition. 

Please click this URL to join. https://zoom.us/j/214223212
Webinar ID: 214 223 212