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 natural history galleries. Tours are included with same-day admission or membership.
Museum Members and IMAX Passholders receive an ADDITIONAL 20% off of all purchases for this time period.
Museum Members and IMAX Passholders receive an ADDITIONAL 20% off of all purchases for this time period.
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.
Museum Members and IMAX Passholders receive an ADDITIONAL 20% off of all purchases for this time period.
This month we think big … really big. Explore how mammoth teeth and tusks are both very heavy and very cool. Why did mammoths go extinct and should we try to bring them back from extinction if we could? These are some of the questions for the month.
Explore Mammoths! Giants of the Ice Age to learn more.
Snapshot Tour: Join our friendly and informative guides in the lobby and embark on a special thirty-minute tour in the museum’s Gold Rush gallery.
Snapshot Tour: Join our friendly and informative guides in the lobby and embark on a special thirty-minute tour in the museum’s Gold Rush gallery. Tours are included with same-day admission or membership.
Museum Members and IMAX Passholders receive an ADDITIONAL 20% off of all purchases for this time period.
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.
This tour will focus on our vertebrate collection from the small to the mighty.
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.
Museum Members and IMAX Passholders receive an ADDITIONAL 20% off of all purchases for this time period.
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.
Museum Members and IMAX Passholders receive an ADDITIONAL 20% off of all purchases for this time period.
Tired of the same old thing? Why not come to the Royal BC Museum after work and try something new!
Bring your friends the last three Thursdays in November for a casual evening at the museum. Enjoy drink and food specials while you lounge or explore the galleries and take part in an activity.
Swing into the 1940s, learn how to glam up World War II style and try the jive. Feeling more conservative? Knit socks for soldiers or fill out your registration form.
Schedule:
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Clifford Carl Hall
Join the Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy for Lest We Forget; a musical tribute to all Canadians who served, and fell, in war. The concert will be held on the main level of the Royal BC Museum at 7:00 p.m. and is free of charge.
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.
This four-week workshop will be an opportunity to understand the way design shapes experience. By employing elements of Design Thinking, participants will help develop and co-create a kid space within our upcoming Royal BC Museum exhibition on families.