Did the Maya really predict that the world would end in 2012? This month’s Wonder Sunday will venture outside of the feature exhibition and allow visitors to go in-depth with their knowledge of the Maya culture. Hands-on activities will help you explore how this great civilization flourished.

In addition, you will learn about the creation of the Maya architecture, writing, mathematics and astronomy.

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. 

This participatory discussion series tackles perspectives and definitions, upending assumptions to help us better understand ourselves and our community. An intriguing mix of facilitators will get the conversation started, but where it goes from there is up to you.

Join the Dr. Lisa Gunderson, an award winning educator and equity consultant, and Moussa Magassa, a Human Rights Educator from the University of Victoria and staff from the Royal BC Museum to discuss how to create welcoming, safe and inclusive communities.

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.

Did the Maya really predict that the world would end in 2012? This month’s Wonder Sunday will venture outside of the feature exhibition and allow visitors to go in-depth with their knowledge of the Maya culture. Hands-on activities will help you explore how this great civilization flourished.

In addition, you will learn about the creation of the Maya architecture, writing, mathematics and astronomy.

Share the gift of music with the Langley Senior B Ukulele Ensemble as they visit the Royal BC Museum as part of their Annual Victoria Spring Tour. The Senior B Ensemble consists of 19 ensemble members; ranging from ages 10 to 15 years old. The Senior B Ensemble performs with their repertoire of folk and international music to pop and rock songs from the 1950's through to the 1980's. 

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.

Maya: Rediscovering 3000 Years of History

By Dr. Nikolai Grube

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. 

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 the Maya really predict that the world would end in 2012? This month’s Wonder Sunday will venture outside of the feature exhibition and allow visitors to go in-depth with their knowledge of the Maya culture. Hands-on activities will help you explore how this great civilization flourished.

In addition, you will learn about the creation of the Maya architecture, writing, mathematics and astronomy.

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 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.