Modernization
Learn more about government’s intention to modernize the museum to protect our historic holdings and provide better access to our collections.
Feature Length Tour: Join our friendly and informative guides in the lobby and embark on a special one-hour tour in the museum’s permanent galleries. Tours are included with same-day admission or membership.
Visit with Father Christmas in Old Town, have your photo taken and share your holiday wishes.
Join our friendly and informative guides in the lobby and embark on a special sixty-minute tour in the museum’s modern history galleries. Tours are free with same-day admission or membership.
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.
Due to weather conditions, this event has been cancelled.
Join researchers from the Royal BC Museum, as they conduct an evening beach seine at Willows Beach. As many as 20 species of fish, crabs, shrimp, and other invertebrates will be brought in using a large net, so everyone will get an up-close look at what lives beneath the waves.
Meet at Willows Beach. From Estevan, Turn left onto Esplanade and drive toward the north end of the beach. Park on the right near the large white Royal BC Museum van.
Join our friendly and informative guides near the top of the escalators on the third floor 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 near the top of the escalators on the third floor and embark on a special sixty-minute tour in the museum’s modern history galleries. Tours are free with same-day admission or membership.
This month we celebrate the season. Hanukkah, Christmas, potlatches and solstice are just a few of the ways that people around BC come together during this time of year. Come share your traditions and learn from others.
Feature Length Tour: Join our friendly and informative guides in the lobby and embark on a special one-hour tour in the museum’s permanent galleries. Tours are included with same-day admission or membership.
Visit with Father Christmas in Old Town, have your photo taken and share your holiday wishes.
Feature Length Tour: Join our friendly and informative guides in the lobby and embark on a special one-hour tour in the museum’s permanent galleries. Tours are included with same-day admission or membership.
Feature Length Tour: Join our friendly and informative guides in the lobby and embark on a special one-hour tour in the museum’s permanent galleries. Tours are included with same-day admission or membership.
Visit with Father Christmas in Old Town, have your photo taken and share your holiday wishes.
Join our friendly and informative guides in the lobby 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 Peace River Break—it is where the Boreal Plains meet the Northern Boreal Mountains; where the Rocky Mountain’s Hart Range intersects with the cool waters of the Peace River. It’s a place where grizzly bears roam and woodland caribou graze; where sweeping vistas give way to wetlands, aspen forests and rolling grass lands. And it is home to some of the most fertile farm lands in northern BC.
Free noon-hour talks on the first Wednesday of the month feature curators and researchers working at the Royal BC Museum.
Archivist Dennis Duffy discusses BC filmmaker Stanley Fox, and shows two of his earliest films.
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 near the top of the escalators on the third floor 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 near the top of the escalators on the third floor and embark on a special sixty-minute tour in the museum’s modern history galleries. Tours are free with same-day admission or membership.
Gather on the upper courtyard of the Royal BC Museum with your fellow singers, family, friends and pooch. Guest carillonneur, Jon Lehrer will accompany the Newcombe Choir below in a one of a kind carolling party.
Hot chocolate and cookies help to make the season bright.