Join Dr. Victoria Arbour, curator of paleontology at the Royal BC Museum, for a peek into what she and her team discovered this past summer in northern BC. This is a FREE livestream with our friends at Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants.

Program sign up here or watch live on Youtube.

Sensory-sensitive screening of Great Bear Rainforest intended for guests who find the immersive IMAX® experience prohibitive. Low lighting will remain on, volume will be lowered, 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.

Join us at IMAX® Victoria at the Royal BC Museum on Friday, September 29 for a special screening of Bones of Crows, written and directed by Marie Clements. 

A story spanning over 100 years, Bones of Crows is a feature film told through the eyes of Cree musical prodigy Aline Spears as she and her siblings are removed from their family home and forced into Canada's Residential School system and into a struggle for survival. Bones of Crows is Aline's journey from child to matriarch, a moving multi-generational epic of resilience, survival, and the pursuit of justice.

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.

See for yourself where we usually keep those jars, boxes and bins and experience the working environment of our talented researchers and staff. 

Tours are limited to 10 people. Sign up begins one hour prior to the tour start time. Sign up at the Information Desk on the main floor. 

This tour will focus on our Entomology collection and the wonderful world of insects. 

Born of a desire to connect directly with the curators, collection managers, scientists and researchers whose work is the bedrock of museums, the Royal BC Museum's Community Engagement team is hosting a series of natural history discussions across the province. Hear from Royal BC Museum staff and valued partners as they discuss ongoing research, field work, and the value of collaboration.

Bridging, Braiding and Weaving; Indigenous Science & Western Approaches- Nanaimo Session 

Guest speaker: Dr. Sean Carleton

• In-person: Newcombe Hall, Royal BC Museum, 675 Belleville St., Victoria, BC
• Online: Zoom attendees are required to register at the following link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkce2przwvE9e4orZCaq0BUCm3eAsweLIb

Come celebrate Science Literacy Week at the Royal BC Museum. The theme this year is energy, and what better way to learn about energy than through Food webs! A giant salmon food web puzzle will be set up on the 2nd floor for visitors to complete. Do you know how energy flows in your local food web?

Born of a desire to connect directly with the curators, collection managers, scientists and researchers whose work is the bedrock of museums, the Royal BC Museum's Community Engagement team is hosting a series of natural history discussions across the province. Hear from the Royal BC Museum staff and valued partners as they discuss ongoing research, field work, and the value of collaboration.

Citizen Science, Research and Collections in the Okanagan- Kelowna Session

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. 

Ethnobotany of some Chinese 'melons'

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. 

Kindergarten to Grade 3 Educators and students!

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

Animals have and do amazing things to survive. Learn about some animals of British Columbia and the ways they survive and thrive in different environments.

Bring paper and pencil. We’ll practice our observation skills, visit two different exhibits and look closely at animal adaptations.

Jessica Yu will share the history of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and perform a number of traditional dances. Following the presentation, families and children can learn some of the basic hand movements performed to Moon Music. Taking place in the Old Town gallery.

Born of a desire to connect directly with the curators, collection managers, scientists and researchers whose work is the bedrock of museums, the Royal BC Museum's Community Engagement team is hosting a series of natural history discussions across the province. Hear from Royal BC Museum staff and valued partners as they discuss ongoing research, field work, and the value of collaboration.

Mini Symposium and Community Conversations- Vancouver Session

See for yourself where we usually keep those jars, boxes and bins and experience the working environment of our talented researchers and staff.

Tours are limited to 10 people. Set up begins one hour prior to the tour start time. Sign up at the Information Desk on the main floor. 

This tour will focus on our vertebrate collection from the small to the mighty. 

Join us for a 30-minute guided tour and discover some of the ancient stories of Hinduism and Buddhism. Visitors will gain a deeper understanding of the beautiful artifacts and displays in the exhibition and learn about the importance of religion as the way of life that founded Angkor and shaped it into a vast Empire. 

This tour begins at the top of the escalator on the second floor. 

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. 

See for yourself where we usually keep those jars, boxes and bins and experience the working environment of our talented researchers and staff. 

Tours are limited to 10 people. Sign up begins one hour prior to the tour start time. Sign up at the Information Desk on the main floor. 

This tour will focus on our vertebrate collection from the small to the mighty. 

See for yourself where we usually keep those jars, boxes and bins and experience the working environment of our talented researchers and staff. 

Tours are limited to 10 people. Sign up begins one hour prior to the tour start time. Sign up at the Information Desk on the main floor.

This tour will focus on our botany collection of pressed plants. 

See for yourself where we usually keep those jars, boxes and bins and experience the working environment of our talented researchers and staff.

Tours are limited to 10 people. Sign up begins one hour prior to the tour start time. Sign up at the Information Desk on the main floor.

This tour will focus on our Entomology collection and the wonderful world of insects.