Students will have the opportunity to create a series of drawings focusing on one or two objects in the museum's tidal pool. We will then take these drawings back to the classroom and work with gouache to create abstract paint studies, experimenting with analogous and complimentary colours. The artworks will be adhered to cards to take home. 

After spending time in the Natural History Gallery sketching forest scenes, participants come back to the classroom to create an acrylic painting, learning about abstraction through using shape, line and colour inspired by the artwork of Canadian artists Emily Carr and Isabel McLaughlin. 

These classes are designed for students aged 16 years and older. 

Discover the art of gelatin printmaking inspired by the handling collections of the Royal BC Museum. Students will discover the opportunity to explore a variety of techniques, each inspired by a different aspect of the museum collection. We will create botanical inspired prints using natural material and create paintings from the vast collection of animals and specimens at the museum.

These classes are designed for students aged 16 years and up. 

This is Mexico is a multidisciplinary show that celebrates the diversity of Mexican artistic expressions. Join us for an hour-long performance of music, dancing and singing as the students from Colegio Militarizado Nuevo Mexico share with us the art and culture of Mexico. 

June 29 - July 9 is Pride Week in Victoria.

2SLGBTQ+ (Queer) history advocate and founder of the Newfoundland Queer Research Institute, Sarah Worthman, will discuss her recent research into the lives of queer Canadians during the First World War. Her report has unearthed never-before-seen records of queer persecution at the hands of the Canadian federal government. By sharing this history, she hopes to showcase the complexities of queerness in this period. 

We’re excited to join our friends at CRD Parks for this celebration life on the beach at this drop-in event with CRD Regional Parks naturalists and special guest organizations. Visit the Royal BC Museum tent to chat with Adrian about the Learning Team Handling Collection! We’ll have specimens to examine, including local butterflies and crabs. Meeting place: Meet at the grassy area adjacent to the picnic shelter off Homathko Drive.

Join Pacific Opera Victoria as they take over the Royal BC Museum, both inside and out. You’ll find Pierre Heault, Luka Kawabate, Jaclyn Grossman and Natalya Gennadi in unexpected spaces, sharing with us the joy of opera.

Schedule:

• 2:30pm – 2:50pm – By the main doors of the museum
• 3:00pm – 3:10pm – In front of the Woolly Mammoth Diorama (Natural History Gallery)
• 3:20pm – 3:30pm – By the Forest Diorama (Natural History Gallery)

Performers:

Come join us and celebrate National Indigenous Peoples’ Day (June 21st, 2023) with an Indigenous Artist Market.

In celebration of National Indigenous Peoples’ Day we are hosting an Indigenous artist market which will feature 20 artist tables and 4 artist demonstrations.

Treaty Talk: A Conversation on Contemporary Interpretations of Treaty Relations Across Institutions

Join us for the launch of Life Against States of Emergency: Revitalizing treaty relations from Attawapiskat by Dr Sarah Marie Wiebe from the University of Victoria. In response to the call to action proposed in the book, a panel will respond to the pivotal question "What does it mean to be in a treaty relationship today?".

Learn from youth about the process of co-creating digital stories and enjoy a series of digital stories from the project Reimagining Attawapiskat. 

Over 500 million years ago there was an explosion of life in what is now known as British Columbia's Burgess Shale. Join renowned paleontologist Dr. Jean-Bernard Caron for a screening of the documentary First Animals and a question and answer period following the film. 

Live at Lunch is a monthly series where you can hear directly from curators, archivists, staff and researchers at the Royal BC Museum as well as fascinating community members and guests. 

Plant Galls and What Emerged

Art with a Purpose: Using Art for Advocacy with Jasmine Rodman is a workshop for youth and young adults who want to explore creative ways to talk about the environment, sustainability and the ocean.

In this three hour workshop, learn about successful examples and local issues and help create a banner for ocean advocacy. All materials and supplies will be provided, but space is limited so register in advance. 

It’s ocean story time at the Royal BC Museum. Join us as three local children’s authors will read from their latest books about oceans and their inhabitants.

Rowena Rae author of Salmon: Swimming for Survival and Upstream, Downstream Nicole F. Smith author of Dig Deep: Connecting Archaeology, Oceans and Us Mark Leiren-Young author of Orcas Everywhere and Shark Forever

Stop by to enjoy music by the Langley Ukulele Association. The Langley Senior A Ukulele Ensemble consists of seventeen members, ranging in ages from thirteen to eighteen years old. The ensemble has enjoyed performing in front of live audiences, while extending their productions online to share some presentations across the province, country and world. 

In January 2023, the Royal BC Museum began the first phase of community engagement. In only a few months, our engagement team has connected with over 700 people, held 28 public sessions, in 12 different cities and communities across BC.

We are excited to bring to you this RBCM@Home session, where we will share our findings so far, and initial plans for next steps. This first phase was only the beginning, and we look forward to continuing to engage with as many people as possible, from many different cultures and communities across the province in future phases. 

A Feedback and Professional Learning Workshop for BC Teachers

The Royal BC Museum is looking to the future and is committed to creating community connections, educational programs, and inclusive, thought-provoking experiences for all British Columbians and visitors from around the world. Part of this process involves re-imagining the existing galleries to be more responsive to all communities who use the galleries- including educators!

This event has been cancelled.

Struggling with achieving realistic figures in oils? Or wondering how colour choices can transform your painting? Bring your oil painting questions to this art clinic where artist Chrystal Phan will share practical tips to guide your practice. Participants are encouraged to send questions or photos of their painting issue by May 18th to be shared and discussed with the group. Chrystal will suggest potential solutions and resources.

Please join us as we embark on a Phase 1 of this important community engagement journey across the province that will help shape the modernization of the Royal BC Museum.

Light refreshments will be served.

Please sign-up at your earliest convenience; space is limited. RSVP is required to attend dialogue sessions.

Please join us as we embark on a Phase 1 of this important community engagement journey across the province that will help shape the modernization of the Royal BC Museum.

Light refreshments will be served.

Please sign-up at your earliest convenience; space is limited. RSVP is required to attend dialogue sessions.