Exhibits & Galleries

The Royal BC Museum is a place of discovery. Through unique galleries, the Museum showcases the human and natural history of British Columbia and temporary exhibits from other countries and cultures. Authentic artifacts and specimens are displayed in highly realistic settings, giving visitors the experience of another time and place.

Permanent Galleries

First Peoples Gallery
This gallery gives visitors dramatic glimpses of First Nations cultures before and after the arrival of Europeans.

 



Modern History Gallery
The sights, sounds and smells of the past are so vivid that you might - just for a moment - think you're really there.



Natural History Gallery
This gallery takes visitors on a journey across time and through dramatically changing environments.



 

On now - Step into our world
We've turned inside out to reveal the
behind the scenes world of our natural history collections. Discover a side of the museum you’ve never seen through this family-friendly interactive exhibition.

Coming to Victoria, late 2011
When it marches across the country during its first-ever Canadian tour, this Terracotta Army exhibition will bring to Victoria more than 300 artifacts from the ancient tomb of China's first emperor.

  
BC Ferries
 is pleased to support the Royal BC Museum in bringing quality exhibits to British Columbians.

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Museum:
10am – 5pm
every day
Also open Fri and Sat until 10pm from Fri June 4 to Sat Sept 25, 2010.

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Hours of Operation

IMAX: 10am – 8pm

Shop:
10am – 6pm
Sun-Thur;
10am – 9pm
Fri-Sat

Cafe:
9am – 5pm
Mon-Fri;
10am – 5pm
Sat-Sun
 
Royal BC Museum
675 Belleville Street
Victoria, BC Canada
V8W 9W2
Tel:  250-356-7226 
Fax: 250-387-5674
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