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.

Learn what it takes to be a wildlife photographer at these fun afternoon programs. We'll have discussions, examining various photographs and their backstories.

Appreciate the effort and determination it takes to be a photographer, and perhaps snap the perfect shot yourself. 

This event will take place on the second floor.

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. 

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. 

Find out what's happening at the museum and archives in these monthly talks featuring curators, staff and researchers.

A Grey Whale Tale

Dr. Gavin Hanke, curator of vertebrates, will reveal the details of our newest mega-acquisition — a Grey Whale skeleton. Its journey has been a long one, from flensing and burying to exhuming and power washing and transport to the museum.

Please note that this presentation will include some graphic photos, so if whale guts aren't your thing, we'll see you next month instead. 

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.

Learn what it takes to be a wildlife photographer at these fun afternoon programs. We'll have discussions, examining various photographs and their backstories.

Appreciate the effort and determination it takes to be a photographer, and perhaps snap the perfect shot yourself. 

This event will take place on the second floor.

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. 

Unleash your inner wildlife photographer at our day-long workshop. You’ll learn how to take better photographs under the guidance of the museum's own photographer, Shane Lighter, and professional wildlife photographer Jess Findlay (a 2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year finalist).

You’ll spend time in the classroom and in the field, so bring your camera and dress appropriately. Lunch is not included. Suitable for beginners to advanced intermediates

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 Royal BC Museum is collaborating with the Royal Theatre for extension activities as part of their National Geographic Live program. National Geographic Live offers students a rare opportunity to learn from explorers, photographers, filmmakers, and scientists as they share their personal stories of conservation, exploration, and adventure.

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.