Modernization
Learn more about government’s intention to modernize the museum to protect our historic holdings and provide better access to our collections.
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.
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.
Join our friendly and informative guides and embark on a special sixty-minute tour in the museum’s modern history galleries. Tours are free with same-day admission or membership.
Celebrate Canadian cinema by attending the screening of films from the BC Archives and be part of a massive one-day coast-to-coast-to-coast film festival.
Qualicum by the Sea (1949) – 8 min
Government of British Columbia Travel Bureau travelogue. Revisit the scenic and recreational attractions of the Qualicum Beach area circa 1949.
Our Home Town – 12 min
A fun tourism and promotional film featuring the annual soap box derby in Mission, BC.
Throughout this current school year, over 15 classrooms from across the Greater Victoria School District have been exploring the Salish Sea (both on the water and away from the water). The classes have been on the Salish Sea with Eagle Wing Tours and have been making surprising discoveries through in-class inquiry projects.
Join our friendly and informative guides and embark on a special sixty-minute tour in the museum’s modern history 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 modern history galleries. Tours are free with same-day admission or membership.
The museum mammoth, nicknamed “Woolly,” has caught the eyes of many over the years, but how exactly did he appear in our museum? This month, we recognize the effort put into our galleries and invite you to join us behind-the-scenes to get the hands on experience that visitors dream of.
Join the Wonder Sunday staff in an unforgettable experience and see what it is like to establish a world class exhibit.
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.
Did you know that in addition to our world-class exhibitions, programs and publications, the museum and archives also conducts original research? This two day Spring Institute will highlight the fascinating findings happening everyday at the Royal BC Museum and Archives.
We invite you to drop in and hear about the engaging work taking place across our organization. The Spring Institute will include discussions and interactive sessions—drop in for one session, stay all day, or come for both days.
Join our friendly and informative guides and embark on a special sixty-minute tour in the museum’s modern history galleries. Tours are free with same-day admission or membership.
Did you know that in addition to our world-class exhibitions, programs and publications, the museum and archives also conducts original research? This two day Spring Institute will highlight the fascinating findings happening everyday at the Royal BC Museum and Archives.
We invite you to drop in and hear about the engaging work taking place across our organization. The Spring Institute will include discussions and interactive sessions—drop in for one session, stay all day, or come to both days.
Natural history museums have been making collections for centuries, but humans aren’t the only ones who squirrel things away. Have a closer look at our collections and who (or what) collects.
Join our friendly and informative guides and embark on a special sixty-minute tour in the museum’s modern history galleries. Tours are free with same-day admission or membership.
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 modern history 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 modern history galleries. Tours are free with same-day admission or membership.
The museum mammoth, nicknamed “Woolly,” has caught the eyes of many over the years, but how exactly did he appear in our museum? This month, we recognize the effort put into our galleries and invite you to join us behind-the-scenes to get the hands on experience that visitors dream of.
Join the Wonder Sunday staff in an unforgettable experience and see what it is like to establish a world class exhibit.