Becoming BC Tour

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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.

Becoming BC Tour

Event Date
-

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.

Wonder Sunday: Egypt

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Travel back in time and experience ancient Egyptian life. Inspired by the feature exhibition, we have created fun activities to let everyone explore the legacy of ancient Egypt. 

Find out how the Egyptians helped to shape the world we live in today, and discover the vast differences between their society and ours.

Becoming BC Tour

Event Date
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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.

It's Complicated: Unceded

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‘Unceded’ is a term commonly used to describe stolen Indigenous land, an important word and concept in any colonized cultural landscape. Colonial treatries may or may not have been agreed to willingly, but they shape our lives, our lands and our relationships. 

This participatory discussion will begin to explore the use of this word in the context of this particular place and space.

Other discussions in the series:

Behind the Scenes: Butterflies and More

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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.

Behind the Scenes: Mammal Matters

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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.

Becoming BC Tour

Event Date
-

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.

Becoming BC Tour

Event Date
-

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.

Bells for Peace

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Provincial Carillonneur, Rosemary Laing will participate in the Royal Canadian Legion's initiative to have all major carillons across Canada take part in "The Bells of Peace: A Remembrance of Those who Served in the First World War".

On November 11, 2018 one hundred years will have passed since the signing of the armistice that officially ended WWI. As a tribute to all Canadians that served in this horrific struggle, Rosemary will play "The Last Post" followed by the tolling of the bells (100 strikes) starting at sunset. 

Wonder Sunday: Egypt

Event Date
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Travel back in time and experience ancient Egyptian life. Inspired by the feature exhibition, we have created fun activities to let everyone explore the legacy of ancient Egypt. 

Find out how the Egyptians helped to shape the world we live in today, and discover the vast differences between their society and ours.