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.

Have you ever been spooked in the night by a set of glowing eyes that stare at you from a distance? Wonder Sunday will help you understand exactly what you were seeing and why the eyes glowed.

Come and spend Sunday afternoons with us during the month of October and discuss the critters that roam after hours.

From here to the hereafter. For one night only, we will be waiting for you in the next realm to explore death rituals, make offerings to the spirits and learn about the science behind consciousness. An evening filled with costumes, live music, presentations and adventures awaits in the afterlife. Get decked out in your eerie finery and summon your friends for a night like no other at Victoria’s most anticipated Halloween party.

View Q&A

19+ only, two pieces of ID for entry

#RBCMNight​

You’ve heard rumours about some of our most fascinating artifacts and objects. This is your chance to see them up close in an exclusive, informal setting. Join us on a four-part adult learning program as we dive deep into our world-class collections of art, photography, First Nations, marine and terrestrial life, and much more, with the kind of access usually reserved for researchers and scientists.

Led by our expert staff, you’ll explore big ideas about the role of objects, the meaning of museum collections and the human experience of things.

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.

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.

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.

Have you ever been spooked in the night by a set of glowing eyes that stare at you from a distance? Wonder Sunday will help you understand exactly what you were seeing and why the eyes glowed.

Come and spend Sunday afternoons with us during the month of October and discuss the critters that roam after hours.

Our next family Night at the Museum will be a spooky October evening among the pharaohs, inspired by the Egypt: The Time of Pharaohs exhibition. Come spend the night as an ancient Egyptian as we build pyramids, decode secret hieroglyphic messages, explore the wonder of the ancient Egyptian night sky and mummify a few vegetables! 

This mysterious and fun-filled night will not only be your most memorable museum visit yet—it will also gear you up for Halloween!

You’ve heard rumours about some of our most fascinating artifacts and objects. This is your chance to see them up close in an exclusive, informal setting. Join us on a four-part adult learning program as we dive deep into our world-class collections of art, photography, First Nations, marine and terrestrial life, and much more, with the kind of access usually reserved for researchers and scientists.

Led by our expert staff, you’ll explore big ideas about the role of objects, the meaning of museum collections and the human experience of things.

Come and make a splash with AquaVan.

Marine educators will be on hand in the Community Room on the main floor, next to Sequoia Cafe with hands-on touch tanks and activities to help you learn more about our coastal ecosystems. 

AquaVan is an Ocean Wise initiative.

Professional development opportunity for educators

Freedom. The word makes us think of liberty, lack of constraint, power, the right to speak or act. But how else might we experience freedom or the lack of freedom? How are our ideas of freedom reflected in historical objects and museum protocols?  How has music agitated or supported free expression of political ideas? And what of intellectual freedom as seen in the books on our library shelves?

By the 1990’s, ethical concerns regarding the care, display and return of human remains in museum collections had grown. As a result, a new way of thinking emerged within museum cultures - changing protocols and increasing moves to repatriate Indigenous ancestral remains back to their respective homelands. Join us for this participatory discussion on the diversity of protocols and practices involved in the respectful process of repatriation.

Other discussions in the series:

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.

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.

Have you ever been spooked in the night by a set of glowing eyes that stare at you from a distance? Wonder Sunday will help you understand exactly what you were seeing and why the eyes glowed.

Come and spend Sunday afternoons with us during the month of October and discuss the critters that roam after hours.

You’ve heard rumours about some of our most fascinating artifacts and objects. This is your chance to see them up close in an exclusive, informal setting. Join us on a four-part adult learning program as we dive deep into our world-class collections of art, photography, First Nations, marine and terrestrial life, and much more, with the kind of access usually reserved for researchers and scientists.

Led by our expert staff, you’ll explore big ideas about the role of objects, the meaning of museum collections and the human experience of things.

This one day symposium is an interdisciplinary and inter-generational symposium that will seek to present and explore Indigenous philosophies related to storytelling and oral histories. 

Register to take part in a series of interactive workshops and a lunch, or drop in later in the day for a site-specific performance and a panel discussion.

This is a City of Victoria initiative, presented in collaboration with the Royal BC Museum.

Workshops (9:00 am - 4:00 pm, registration required)