Following the conclusion of the ceremony at the cenotaph at the BC Legislature Building, stay and enjoy a live concert of wartime music played from atop of the Netherlands Centennial Carillon by the provincial carillonneur, Rosemary Laing.

Please note the timing will depend on when the official ceremony concludes.

Join us for this FREE livestream for learners of all ages. 

Remembering World War I with Royal BC Museum history collections manager Paul Ferguson. Join us as we examine World War I locations that are significant to British Columbians. We'll save time for a Q&A session at the end. 

Learn more about WWI here: https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/pathways/british-columbia-remembers-the-great-war/

Educators and students in grades 6 to 9!

Join us for the is FREE livestream with our partners at Streamable Learning.

Remembering World War I with Royal BC Museum history collections manager Paul Ferguson. Join us as we examine World War I locations that are significant to British Columbians.

Hand-colouring is as old as photography itself. In the 19th century, colour tinting was applied to early black and white prints to make them more closely resemble reality. It was the advent of colour films in the 1950s that took photographic hand-colouring techniques into the realm of interpretive artistic expression, which is where it lives today. Discover the history of the medium through the Royal BC Museum's collection and then have the opportunity to create our own unique works of photographic art using black and white images from the museum's WWI and WWII era. 

Join students from Camosun College’s Anthropology of Death course for a pop exhibit. Inspired by the Angkor Wat: The Lost Empire of Cambodia and the Cambodian festival of Pchum Ben, students have researched different cultural practices of why and how the living continue to interact with the dead. To preform your own meritous act, please consider bringing a non-perishable food donation for the Camosun College Student Society Food Bank.

Image credit Khmer Times/ Chor Sokunthea

Colourful Business proves that business does not have to be boring. The second annual Colourful Business Expo displays the innovation and vitality of Victoria's Indigenous, Black, and immigrant entrepreneurs. Browse displays and listen to live music throughout the afternoon. 

Colourful Business is a project of the Kulea Culture Society, Royal BC Museum, Indigenous Prosperity Centre, BC Black History Awareness Society, REP Here in Canada, Victoria Foundation, Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce, the City of Victoria, and the Government of Canada.

Join us for a 30-minute guided tour and uncover some of the highlights and hidden gems of the Natural History Gallery. 

Natural History tours meet at the top of the escalator on the second floor. 

Happy Halloween! 

Join us for this FREE livestream.

Some kinds of arthropods have wings and antennae. The quantity and types of these body parts, and how they are arranged, tell you if an animal is an insect, spider, millipede, or centipede. There are reptiles that also can fly, but they don’t have wings. How many reptiles do you know from British Columbia?

Join curator of vertebrate zoology Dr. Gavin Hanke and curator of entomology, Dr. Joel Gibson for this live program. You'll leave with a new appreciation for animals that creep, crawl, and slither! 

Educators and students in grades kindergarten to 2!

Join us for this FREE livestream.

Some kinds of arthropods have wings and antennae. The quantity and types of these body parts, and how they are arranged, tell you if an animal is an insect, spider, millipede or centipede. There are also reptiles that can fly, but they don’t have wings. How many reptiles do you know from British Columbia? Join curator of vertebrate zoology, Dr. Gavin Hanke, and curator of entomology, Dr. Joel Gibson, as they lead you through this program about animals that creep, crawl and slither.

This event has been Cancelled.

Beatrix Potter was a woman of many interests and ambitions. However, we often come to know only one of these, her children’s books. Renowned for her fabulous Peter Rabbit storybook illustrations at the turn of the Century, Potter was also involved in the study of fungi (mycology) which inspired her land conservancy efforts in England’s Lake District later in life.

On now at Vernon Museum and Archives

As we enter the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-2032), to draw global attention to the critical situation of many Indigenous languages and to mobilize stakeholders and resources for their preservation, revitalization and promotion, we invite you to learn more about the state of Indigenous languages in BC in this ground-breaking interactive exhibition.

Using ink, quill pen and watercolours, we will create artworks inspired by the film launch of Fungi: Web of Life at IMAX® Victoria. Blotted line combined drawing with basic printmaking. Blotted line enables an artist to create a variety of paintings using one sketch. By placing tracing paper over the sketch, the artist uses a fountain pen to ink over a small section of the sketch and then transfers the ink onto a second sheet by lightly pressing or “blotting” the two papers together.

The South Vancouver Island Mycological Society Annual Mushroom Show. 

A display of hundreds of identified macrofungi for your learning and viewing pleasure. Experts will be on site to answer all your questions. Bring your fungi and have the experts identify them for you!  Free presentations in the Community Room from local Mycologists and Biologists will occur throughout the day. Topics include cultivations, identification and foraging tips and tricks. 

Presentation Schedule (presentations are 30 minutes)  

There are more than 3,000 different mushroom species in British Columbia. That’s more fungus diversity than anywhere else in Canada. Walk with us to nearby Beacon Hill Park where we’ll hunt for mushrooms with expert Andy MacKinnon, forest ecologist and co-author of Royal BC Museum’s best-selling handbook, Mushrooms of British Columbia.

This is not a harvesting expedition, but a fun, informal exploration of fungi!

Space is limited.

Be prepared for rain and uneven terrain.

Fungi: The Web of Life is coming to the giant screen at IMAX® Victoria!

Discover the mysterious world that connects all life on
Earth. Out of sight, between the world of plants and
animals, another world exists—the kingdom of fungi.

See schedule and get tickets

Watch the trailer here.
 

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 fascinating community members and guests.

Guest speaker: Dr. Imogene Lim

Photo courtesy of Dr. Imogene Lim.

Join author Jennifer Bonnell and panelists Dr. India Young, Rod Silver and Briony Penn for a lively discussion about Stewards of Splendour: A History of Wildlife and People in British Columbia.

The book explores the history of wildlife conservation in BC, from pre-contact Indigenous stewardship to the present. It documents the effects of rising scientific understanding and public appreciation for the province’s fish and wildlife and the gradual reclamation of land and management authority by First Nations.

Join author Jennifer Bonnell and contributors to Stewards of Splendour: A History of Wildlife and People in British Columbia at a reception hosted in the Natural History gallery followed by a panel discussion in Newcombe Conference Hall.

The book explores the history of wildlife conservation in BC, from pre-contact Indigenous stewardship to the present. It documents the effects of rising scientific understanding and public appreciation for the province’s fish and wildlife and the gradual reclamation of land and management authority by First Nations.

Come take a guided walk through the museum's native plant garden! Discover your plant neighbours and learn some Indigenous plant uses that have been in practice for thousands of years. Meet at the bottom of the escalators in the main lobby, look for the Tour sign.

Note: This tour has stairs in parts with a total of 57 steps, mostly downhill. Please keep this in mind while joining the tour. There are also benches along the route for rest stops.