Modernization
Learn more about government’s intention to modernize the museum to protect our historic holdings and provide better access to our collections.
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 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.
Take in the sights and sounds of Christmas long ago. Visit the wood-cobbled streets lined with festive garlands and see the shops decked in seasonal finery.
The New Year is a great time to make a resolution to slow down. What better way to do so than to put away your smartphone, sit down and write a letter at our letter-writing station? We
provide the paper, the pens, the envelopes and even the stamps. Who knows, the letter you write could one day be part of our archives.
Take in the sights and sounds of Christmas long ago. Visit the wood-cobbled streets lined with festive garlands and see the shops decked in seasonal finery.
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 New Year is a great time to make a resolution to slow down. What better way to do so than to put away your smartphone, sit down and write a letter at our letter-writing station? We
provide the paper, the pens, the envelopes and even the stamps. Who knows, the letter you write could one day be part of our archives.
Take in the sights and sounds of Christmas long ago. Visit the wood-cobbled streets lined with festive garlands and see the shops decked in seasonal finery.
Roam like a Stegosaurus for an afternoon! Embark on a journey to a time when dinosaurs walked the earth.
Exciting activities will encourage grown-ups and kids to learn more about this prehistoric world and why it had such a large impact on the planet.
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. Meet near the escalator, to the right (west side) of the Box Office in the main floor lobby.
The New Year is a great time to make a resolution to slow down. What better way to do so than to put away your smartphone, sit down and write a letter at our letter-writing station? We
provide the paper, the pens, the envelopes and even the stamps. Who knows, the letter you write could one day be part of our archives.
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. Meet near the escalator, to the right (west side) of the Box Office in the main floor lobby.
Take in the sights and sounds of Christmas long ago. Visit the wood-cobbled streets lined with festive garlands and see the shops decked in seasonal finery.
Step through the doors of the oldest house in British Columbia still on its original site and experience what Christmas would have been like in Victoria over one hundred years ago. Decorations, music and first-hand accounts will take you back to Christmas past.
The New Year is a great time to make a resolution to slow down. What better way to do so than to put away your smartphone, sit down and write a letter at our letter-writing station? We
provide the paper, the pens, the envelopes and even the stamps. Who knows, the letter you write could one day be part of our archives.
Take in the sights and sounds of Christmas long ago. Visit the wood-cobbled streets lined with festive garlands and see the shops decked in seasonal finery.
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. Meet near the escalator, to the right (west side) of the Box Office in the main floor lobby.
Step through the doors of the oldest house in British Columbia still on its original site and experience what Christmas would have been like in Victoria over one hundred years ago. Decorations, music and first-hand accounts will take you back to Christmas past.
The New Year is a great time to make a resolution to slow down. What better way to do so than to put away your smartphone, sit down and write a letter at our letter-writing station? We
provide the paper, the pens, the envelopes and even the stamps. Who knows, the letter you write could one day be part of our archives.