Step through the doors of the oldest house in British Columbia still on its original site and experience what Christmas was like in Victoria more than 100 years ago. Decorations, music and first-hand accounts will take you back to Christmas past. St. Ann’s Schoolhouse will also be open.
 

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. 

Visit with Father Christmas in Old Town, have your photo taken and share your holiday wishes. 

Photos by donation: $5 suggested

Father Christmas will be at the Royal BC Museum on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays starting on December 6th and ending on December 22nd.

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. 

Step through the doors of the oldest house in British Columbia still on its original site and experience what Christmas was like in Victoria more than 100 years ago. Decorations, music and first-hand accounts will take you back to Christmas past. St. Ann’s Schoolhouse will also be open.
 

Visit with Father Christmas in Old Town, have your photo taken and share your holiday wishes. 

Photos by donation: $5 suggested

Father Christmas will be at the Royal BC Museum on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays starting on December 6th and ending on December 22nd.

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.

Visit with Father Christmas in Old Town, have your photo taken and share your holiday wishes. 

Photos by donation: $5 suggested

Father Christmas will be at the Royal BC Museum on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays starting on December 6th and ending on December 22nd.

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.

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.

We don’t get much snow here in Victoria, but we can learn to relax and embrace the cold through games and hands-on activities.

This event will take place in the Learning Centre

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.

Visit with Father Christmas in Old Town, have your photo taken and share your holiday wishes. 

Photos by donation: $5 suggested

Father Christmas will be at the Royal BC Museum on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays starting on December 6th and ending on December 22nd.

Visit with Father Christmas in Old Town, have your photo taken and share your holiday wishes. 

Photos by donation: $5 suggested

Father Christmas will be at the Royal BC Museum on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays starting on December 6th and ending on December 22nd.

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.

Visit with Father Christmas in Old Town, have your photo taken and share your holiday wishes. 

Photos by donation: $5 suggested

Father Christmas will be at the Royal BC Museum on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays starting on December 6th and ending on December 22nd.

Join us on the second Thursday of the month for themed events and activities for adults. Drinks and light fare are available for purchase. Events are limited to designated galleries and are not museum-wide.

A Festive Non-Holiday Party

Don’t celebrate the holidays? Feel like putting a hold on the ho-ho-ho? Burned out by seasonal obligations? We’ve got a party for you.

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.