Modernization
Learn more about government’s intention to modernize the museum to protect our historic holdings and provide better access to our collections.
Whether you are deeply in love or on the lookout for a little lust in the lead-up to Cupid’s favourite holiday, the Royal BC Museum’s adult-only event has you covered. Strike a pose with your bae in our photo booth, shake your tail feather to live music, show your love at our craft station, enjoy the nectar of the gods served up by Truffles, and more.
Check out our Facebook event for updates, photo galleries and to invite your friends.
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19+ only. Valid ID required for entry.
Evening Schedule
You’ve heard rumours about some of our most fascinating artifacts and objects. This is your chance to see them – in an exclusive, informal setting – and learn more.
Join us on a four-part adult learning program as we dive deeply 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 vertebrate collection and how these collections help us to learn about our province.Tours are limited to 10 people. Sign up begins 1 hour prior to the tour start time.
Don’t miss the Royal Museum Shop’s 14th Annual Mammoth Sale! Enjoy storewide savings 20-75% off, Feb 9 – 19, 2018
Don’t miss the Royal Museum Shop’s 14th Annual Mammoth Sale! Enjoy storewide savings 20-75% off, Feb 9 – 19, 2018
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.
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 invertebrate collection and how these collections help us to learn about our province.Tours are limited to 10 people. Sign up begins 1 hour prior to the tour start time.
Commemorate Black History month in a special presentation by Karen Alexander Hosahl of the Black History Awareness Society as she shares the history of her family and other black pioneers in the area.
About the Speaker:
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 vertebrate collection and how these collections help us to learn about our province.Tours are limited to 10 people. Sign up begins 1 hour prior to the tour start time.
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.
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.
The year of the dog will start in February, and to celebrate the Chinese New Year, we’ll explore the museum’s Chinatown, make paper lanterns and learn more about the animals of the Chinese Zodiac.
You’ve heard rumours about some of our most fascinating artifacts and objects. This is your chance to see them – in an exclusive, informal setting – and learn more.
Join us on a four-part adult learning program as we dive deeply 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.
Feature Length Tour: Join our friendly and informative guides in the lobby and embark on a special one-hour tour in the museum’s natural history galleries. Tours are included with same-day admission or membership.
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.
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.
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.
In this talk, distinguished oral historian Dr. Pamela Sugiman confronts the complexity and messiness of human relationships. She reveals a troubling silence: not the silence of Japanese Canadians, but rather of their friends, neighbours, classmates, teachers, co-workers, employers and religious leaders.
Victoria is situated on Lekwungen territory, and many of us are newcomers to this land. Come visit the museum to learn more about our city’s surroundings and make connections with the First Peoples gallery and Our Living Languages exhibition.
Feature Length Tour: Join our friendly and informative guides in the lobby and embark on a special one-hour tour in the museum’s natural history galleries. Tours are included with same-day admission or membership.