Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! May the luck of the Irish be upon you and us all for this 17th of March and throughout the week with these entertaining picks Masterpiece: Friday, the much buzzed about Imagine Van Gogh: The Immersive Exhibition opens at Vancouver Convention Centre, running until June 11th, the initial run of ticket…
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Visit RBCM@Home for Spring Break
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…
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…
Royal BC Museum Wants Your Stories
The Royal British Columbia Museum (RBCM) and provincial archive is responsible for collecting and documenting the history of British Columbia, even as it’s happening. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lives of almost everyone in BC, disrupting daily routines, changed personal interactions and relationships, plus unexpected shifts in community life. During these uniquely uncharted times, the…
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…
Egypt comes to Royal BC Museum
Journey back to a time when civilization grew along the Nile, pyramids rose above the desert and the people believed gods walked among us, with Egypt: The Time of Pharaohs at the Royal British Columbia Museum. Running until December 31, the impressive exhibition, now open with more than 300 original artifacts, some up to 4,500 years…
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,…