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.
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.
Join us at 11am in the main lobby to begin a half-hour tour of Our Living Languages – an exhibition celebrating the dozens of indigenous languages in BC. Gain some insight to the languages and strategies for keeping them alive! You just may learn a new word or two.
Join Curator of Archaeology Grant Keddie and Curator of Botany and Earth History Richard Hebda at Island View Beach for a walk back in time. We’ll walk and talk about mammoth remains and other Ice Age discoveries that have been made in this scenic place. Boots or old shoes are a must. Ground surface can vary. Inaccessible for wheelchairs and walkers. Ages 5 and up. Approximately a 2 kilometre walk. Bring water and snacks.
Meet at the parking lot of Island View Beach Regional Park on Homathko Drive.
How much do you know about Victoria’s most famous architect and the triangle murder scandal? Meet Alma Rattenbury as she tells her side of the story.
Location: Becoming BC Galleries, Old Town, 3rd Floor; in front of the saloon
Join us at 2pm in the main lobby for an interactive activity! Learn about the importance of storytelling to Coast Salish people, hear the Quw’utsun story of Q’ulhanumutsun (Killer Whale) and Tzinquaw (Thunderbird), and make your own bent(paper) box featuring our story’s characters!
Come join us for a live demonstration of an authentic 1916 player piano. Let us take you back in time with the melodies of Scott Joplin and others!
Location: Becoming BC Galleries, Old Town, 3rd Floor; next to the train station
A “Behind the Scenes” visit to the vertebrate collection. See for yourself how the museum stores and cares for the mammals in our research collection. Tours are limited to 10 people. Sign up begins 1 hour prior to the tour start time. Sign up at the Information Desk on the main floor. Tours leave from the main floor.
Join us at 11am in the main lobby to begin a half-hour tour of Our Living Languages – an exhibition celebrating the dozens of indigenous languages in BC. Gain some insight to the languages and strategies for keeping them alive! You just may learn a new word or two.
Join us at 2pm in the main lobby for an interactive activity! Learn about the importance of storytelling to Coast Salish people, hear the Quw’utsun story of Q’ulhanumutsun (Killer Whale) and Tzinquaw (Thunderbird), and make your own bent(paper) box featuring our story’s characters!
Join us at 11am in the main lobby to begin a half-hour tour of Our Living Languages – an exhibition celebrating the dozens of indigenous languages in BC. Gain some insight to the languages and strategies for keeping them alive! You just may learn a new word or two.
Join us at 2:00 pm in Our Living Languages (3rd floor) to begin a cedar weaving workshop, where you’ll have the opportunity to learn the importance of cedar to Coast Salish people and weave your own bracelet or rose to take home with you.
Join us at 11am in the main lobby to begin a half-hour tour of Our Living Languages – an exhibition celebrating the dozens of indigenous languages in BC. Gain some insight to the languages and strategies for keeping them alive! You just may learn a new word or two.
Join us at 2:00 pm in Our Living Languages (3rd floor) to begin a cedar weaving workshop, where you’ll have the opportunity to learn the importance of cedar to Coast Salish people and weave your own bracelet or rose to take home with you.
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 from the small to the mighty. Tours are limited to 10 people. Sign up begins 1 hour prior to the tour start time.
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 exhibit arts department and reveal how they create our fabulous museum experiences.Tours are limited to 10 people. Sign up begins 1 hour prior to the tour start time.
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 Entomology collection and the wonderful world of insects. Tours are limited to 10 people. Sign up begins 1 hour prior to the tour start time.
Join us at 11am in the main lobby to begin a half-hour tour of Our Living Languages – an exhibition celebrating the dozens of indigenous languages in BC. Gain some insight to the languages and strategies for keeping them alive! You just may learn a new word or two.
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.
How much do you know about Victoria’s most famous architect and the triangle murder scandal? Meet Alma Rattenbury as she tells her side of the story.
Location: Becoming BC Galleries, Old Town, 3rd Floor; in front of the saloon
