The Royal BC Museum has a large collection of monumental carvings, including historical and contemporary totem poles. Some of these carvings are on exhibit in Thunderbird Park on the east side of the museum complex. Others are behind glass near the museum’s east entrance, in the main lobby of the museum and in the First Peoples galleries on the third floor of the Exhibits Building. This article presents information and images about totem poles in general and about the poles in the main lobby and at the east entrance of the museum. Information about Thunderbird Park and its poles can be found in another area of this website. 

 

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