Join us in celebrating a year of dinosaurs! In celebration of two dinosaur exhibitions opening at the museum, dinosaur activities will be coming to the 2nd and 3rd floor every month.  Activities include anything from T. rex puppets to making your own dinosaur family tree!

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. 

Live at Lunch is a monthly series where you can hear directly from curators, archivists, staff and researchers at the Royal BC Museum as well as from fascinating community members and guests.

The Pandora Chorus is a non-auditioned indie pop rock choir, founded in 2015 by director Glenna Garramone. We gather weekly to make music and harmony together in a fun and relaxed atmosphere.

The Pandora Chorus will be singing songs from their Fall session, including songs by Billie Eilish, The Tragically Hip, Tom Petty, Bruce Cockburn, and more. Accompanied on keyboard by Brooke Maxwell.

Join us for this free performance in the main lobby of the museum.

Livestream with Royal Botanical Gardens (Ontario) Tuesday, December 5, 9:15 AM Pacific time (12:15 PM for our friends on Eastern time)

Join us for this live online extravaganza! With only weeks left before Sue the T-Rex leaves the Royal BC Museum, we’re getting up close and personal with Sue to find out more about dinosaur habitats and diets in the Late Cretaceous with our friends at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario.

Now in its sixteenth year, the Carol-Along is getting a freshening-up! We added some new songs alongside your favourite ones from years past. But don't worry, the Newcombe Singers will be there to lead you and as always, our carillonneur Rosemary Laing will be playing tunes from atop the Netherlands Centennial Carillon Tower.

This year, the Carol-Along will be a part of the new WinterFest activities. Come enjoy a variety of vendors and take part in a little carolling!

The Royal BC Museum botany collection consists of more than 215,000 dried plant specimens housed in our herbarium. The botany collection is one of the two largest reference collections of BC plants in the world and is frequently visited by researchers, consultants, government biologists, students and in this case by interested members of the public. Using the collection for inspiration, we will use photocopy images to create simple watercolour images to make gift tags and cards to share this holiday season. 

The Royal BC Museum, with support from our partners, is proud to present the first annual WinterFest outdoor multicultural holiday market, December 2 and 3.

Celebrating arts, culture and community, WinterFest brings together the best parts of the holiday season. Food, warm drinks and multicultural performances pair with local vendors for a one-of-a-kind experience.

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. Decoration, music and first-hand accounts will take you back to Christmas past. 

Sensory-sensitive screening of Sea Lions: Life by a Whisker intended for guests who find the immersive IMAX® experience prohibitive. In addition to low lighting and low volume throughout, doors will be left open and movement and discussion during the film will not be restricted. This film is in 2D, no special glasses required. Theatre capacity will be reduced to 75 seats.

Charles Ross (One Man Star Wars, LoTR, Batman) and Lisa Hebden tackle the greatest romantic comedy ever. The intrigue, dancing, proposals, and lace (did we mention the lace?) are given the one-man once-over. We hope to see you rolling in the aisles (not Jane Austen rolling in her grave). 

This performance takes place in Old Town in the Royal BC Museum. 

The Royal BC Museum, with support from our partners, is proud to present the first annual WinterFest outdoor multicultural holiday market, December 2 and 3.

Celebrating arts, culture and community, WinterFest brings together the best parts of the holiday season. Food, warm drinks and multicultural performances pair with local vendors for a one-of-a-kind experience.

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. 

Charles Ross (One Man Star Wars, LoTR, Batman) and Lisa Hebden tackle the greatest romantic comedy ever. The intrigue, dancing, proposals and lace (did we mention the lace?) are given the one-man once-over. We hope to see you rolling in the aisles (not Jane Austen rolling in her grave). 

This performance takes place in Old Town in the Royal BC Museum.

You will create a mixed-media artwork inspired by the Royal BC Museum's bird collection. Beginning with found papers, artists will use a variety of mediums, including acrylics, pastels, ink pens and water-soluble graphite to build up a one-of-a-kind original painting. 

These classes are designed for students aged 16 years and older.

Meet our instructor 

Bon Om Touk is a Cambodian Water festival, first celebrated in the 12th century around the time of Angkorian King Jayavarman VII. It ushered in the fishing season, makes the gods happy and secured a good harvest. There are carvings at Bayon Temple, at Baneay Chmear that show naval battles similar to present day celebration. Today in Cambodia, it is a three day festival of boat racing, evening boat parades, carnival rides, fireworks and traditional music and performance.

An event designed for provincial, federal and municipal workers

You are cordially invited to join the Royal BC Museum staff for a participatory workshop to discuss the past, present and possible future of collaborative research between museum natural history staff and partners.

Explore a variety of Indigenous innovations and technologies practiced by First Nations peoples in British Columbia. While sharing and discussing, Royal BC Museum's Indigenous Learning Program Developer Steven Davies will highlight three to four innovations and practices of First Nations in BC with the visual support of objects and images. We will be analyzing the exchanges of ideas, practices and materials involving First Nations, pre-contact and post-contact, and describing traditional First Nations technologies including the uses of plants and animals.

Grade 5 to 8.

Live at Lunch is a monthly series where you can hear directly from curators, archivists, staff and researchers at the Royal BC Museum as well as from fascinating community members and guests. 

Join University of Victoria student Andrea Valcourt in the palaeontology preparation lab to see what it takes to prepare fossils for research, collections and exhibits. 

The Victoria Children's Choir is considered to be one of the top choral and music organizations in the city, and is highly respected for its consistent professional level of performing music throughout the concert season. 

Under the instruction of Artistic Director David Stratkauskas and an expert music team, the Victoria Children's Choir offers outstanding music education to more than 115 youth throughout Greater Victoria. Join us in Clifford Carl Hall with the Recital Choir as they perform songs to mark Remembrance Day.