With pandemic travel restrictions still in place, the Royal BC Museum (RBCM) in Victoria might not be able to be an in-person destination for everyone this spring break. However, the museum still has plenty of activities over the next couple weeks to learn and entertain even if you can’t reserve a ticket to visit in…
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Royal BC Museum Plans Its Reopening
The Royal BC Museum (RBCM), is getting ready to welcome back the public, June 19, 2020. The museum has announced that it will be resuming operations and reopening in a thoughtful, phased way, informed by the advice of the public health authority and backed by science. The Royal BC Museum is taking a phased approach…
RBCM@Home brings the Royal BC Museum to you.
We are privileged to have the Royal BC Museum (RBCM), one of the world’s premier natural history museums, in Victoria. However, for many British Columbians Victoria is still a long trip and visiting the RBMC might not be top of mind when making the trip. With the institution closed due to COVID-19 measures the Museum…
Thunderbird Park – Victoria
Tucked in the corner of the Royal BC Museum Cultural Precinct in Victoria, lies Thunderbird Park. Established in 1941, to display some of the Museum’s collection of aboriginal art. In the following decades a program was begun to preserve some of the aboriginal artwork which was in danger of being lost to decay. Chief Mungo Martin was hired to oversea this program,…
Helmcken House – Victoria’s Oldest Residence
Built in 1852, by BC’s first surgeon, Dr. John Sebastian Helmcken, his house is one of the oldest houses in British Colombia still on it’s original location. Marrying the daughter of the BC Governor, James Douglas, Dr Helmcken settled in Victoria and established himself as surgeon, and later statesman helping forge BC’s entry into Canadian…