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ANNUAL Guide 2013 – 2014

November 29, 2013 – April 6, 2014 See the Woolly Mammoth come to life on the jaw-dropping, giant IMAX® screen.

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For more than 125 years, the Royal BC Museum has preserved, explained and celebrated BC’s heritage. Its seven million artifacts and archives record what BC has been and is. The striking mix of natural history and social history, from mammoths to masks, enables it to tell the widest possible range of stories: of land and people, of place and movement. Today, as BC’s largest museum, the Royal BC Museum attracts half a million visitors a year.

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02 Kids & Families 06 Adult Learning 12 Special Exhibitions & Events 16 Archives & Galleries 21 Calendar of Events KIDS & FAMILIES

The Royal BC Museum is a place for exploration, learning and play for visitors of all ages.

Towns February 23 We wonder about towns throughout . Connect with kids province wide and explore the archival record of the places they call home. 1pm – 3pm Free with admission or membership Sounds March 30 We wonder about the sounds of nature. Halloween Using the Wildlife Photographer of the Year October 27 exhibition as our guide, we will listen closely We wonder about how Halloween was to the small and big noises all around us. celebrated a century ago. Join us in your fanciest costumes as Old Town becomes a Meadows place for tricks and treats. April 27 We wonder about the ecosystem of Garry Canoes Oak Meadows. What is hiding just out of view November 24 and what makes it all so remarkable? We wonder about the role of canoes past and present in British Columbia. Join us as Museums we travel through the known and unknown May 25 tributaries of this fascinating history. We wonder what it takes to make a museum. Join us as we create our 2nd annual Wonder Words Sunday Mini-Museum. You make, you January 26 describe, you display. We wonder about the power of words. Come celebrate literacy as words fill the page and Oceans the air around us through book making and June 29 spoken word poetry. For this month we wonder about the wide open ocean and the fascinating things that occupy it. Get your wet suit ready as we prepare to plunge. 3 Kids & Families royalbcmuseum.bc.ca 03

Night at the Museum Family Spring Break Camp: Sleepover – Old Town Focus on Nature Have you ever wondered what it would be like Aspiring shutterbugs can develop their skills to sleep in Old Town? Or see a late night movie by participating in a photography inspired in the Majestic Theatre? This year we have camp. Campers will learn about photo Night at the Museum in Old Town. We’ll have a composition and storytelling, venture to dance party in the forest of the Natural History Beacon Hill Park to capture dynamic nature gallery, stories in the First Peoples gallery, an shots, and have their work included in a mini IMAX movie, pancake breakfast and adventures Wildlife Photographer of the Year inspired around every corner. display. No fancy camera needed, but November 15 – 16 6:30pm – 9am campers need to be familiar with how theirs $75 per person. 10% member discount. works. Lunch and snacks not provided. March 11 – 13 9am – 4pm

March 18 – 20 9am – 4pm Family Day at the Royal BC Museum Ages 8 – 12 Spend Family Day with us enjoying events, $135 per person. 10% member discount. activities and programs. Watch our website Part of the for more details. February 10 Free with admission or membership. School Visits ProgramS

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Family History with Your Family Vikings Summer Camps During March Break bring your family to the Learn what it takes to be a Viking at the Royal BC Archives and rotate through different BC Museum. Campers will spend lots of time activity stations. Learn how to record and in our feature exhibition We Call Them Vikings, care for your family history then search explore behind the scenes and spend time archival documents to find your BC family exploring outdoors. Make sure to secure your connection. spot early. Lunch and snacks not provided. March 21, 1pm – 3pm Ages 8 - 11 $25 per family (up to six members). July 7 – 11, 21 – 25 / July 26 – August 1 Pre-registration required. August 11 – 15 and 18 – 22 9am – 4pm

$244 per person. 10% member discount. Night at the Museum Family Before and after care available for an Sleepover – Vikings! additional charge. The second sleepover of the season sets sail for the land of Vikings! There is a lot to learn Young Photographer Contest about how Vikings really were, and we’ll dig through the archaeological record to come Do you like animals, nature and photography? up with fascinating new discoveries. In the The Royal BC Museum is inviting morning there will be Viking yoga to sooth photographers between eight and 17 years your warrior bones and a hearty breakfast. of age to win an exclusive Photography Gift May 31 Pack! To enter, submit a photograph that you 6:30pm – 9am feel represents British Columbia’s wildlife $80 per person. 10% member discount through Facebook. Two photographs from two age categories Day Old-Time Penny Carnival (8 – 11 years & 12 – 17 years) will be chosen as winners based on your votes! Winners will Celebrate Canada Day with the Royal BC receive an afternoon in the Royal BC Museum Museum. Bring your pennies and step right photo-studio, a museum membership, a up to try your hand at an egg-and-spoon chance to set up their own professional race, fishing pond and other surprises. Taking photo-shoot, and more! place on the grounds surrounding Helmcken February 8 – March 25, 2014 House and St Ann’s Schoolhouse, you can also step inside these historic buildings for more activities. July 1 12 – 3 pm Included with admission or by donation.

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MEMBERS ONLY EVENTS

Kids’ Club

Kids’ Club is a members’ only* program Morning Explorations that introduces children to the museum and Sunday December 15, 9am – 10am archival collections and exhibitions. Before the Royal BC Museum opens, join Activities include behind the scene us in Old Town for a cozy morning event explorations, workshops, guided tours and exploring the variety of winter celebrations so much more! Get access to the wonderful throughout British Columbia. world of the Royal BC Museum. Sign up at the box office today! Sunday May 11, 9am – 11am Before the Royal BC Museum opens, join After School Exploration us for an adventurous event as we look for Every Wednesday‡, 4pm – 5pm the new in the Natural History gallery. For Student Lunchroom (10 kids per week) the second hour we go exploring in Beacon Activities include behind the scene Hill Park as we celebrate World Migratory explorations, workshops, guided tours and Bird day and discover the unfurling meadow so much more! flowers.

Become a member today to enjoy

Unlimited access Meet Tundra – Wolf Awareness Week Express entry MEMBERS ONLY EVENT Exclusive Kids’ Club program Are wolves all big and bad? Make up your 10% off events & own mind when you meet Gary and his wolf- programs dog Tundra. Gary will share the animal’s history and unique place in our world. and lots more! October 17, 7pm Clifford Carl Hall royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/join $8 per member.

*Kids’ Club is open to Youth members only (6 – 18 year). Must be a Royal BC Museum youth member to join. For more information please see our website. Email address required for event notifications.‡ Some exceptions apply, see website for details. Begins October 2. ADULT LEARNING

Share your thoughts in a delightful mix of people, objects and activities as you learn more about the Royal BC Museum and your province.

Quest Antarctic Adventures SWAP Café

Lecture Series Swap your ideas, questions and answers Jana Stefan in our community dialogues with topic Conservator and Royal BC Museum experts about issues that matter to you, your Exhibit Fabrication Specialist community and the province. Watch our Stefan has lived and worked in Antarctica What’s On Calendar for more information. for two seasons, enduring extreme living Beginning February 2014, 7pm – 9pm conditions in order to preserve the world’s Tickets $5 per person. 10% member discount. most remote historic site, R.F. Scott’s Cash Bar. Expedition Hut. October 3 SWAP Café: Language, Identity and Culture Clifford Carl Hall, ASL interpreter. Should the Royal BC Museum’s labels and $16 per person. 10% member discount. signs be presented in another language? If so – whose? Join the discussion inspired

by International Mother Languages Day. Night Shift: February 2014 Living & Dying in Victorian Times

The Royal BC Museum comes alive at SWAP Café: Will we learn to love night. Explore creative connections to our novel ecosystems? collections and exhibits through unique We are seeing unprecedented new displays, special guests, live music, combinations of species thanks to entertainment, cash bar and food. Dress in environmental change, human action and your best mourning garb and attend a invasive species. At one time these novel wake of historic proportions in Old Town. ecosystems were dismissed as degraded but Learn to mourn well and drown your sorrows now conservationists are wondering could with our signature cocktail. these be valid new habitats? 19 years and older only. March 2014 October 25, 8pm – 11pm

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FALL 2013 SWAP Café: Komagata Maru On May 23, 1914 the ship the Komagata Maru arrived in . The 376 NATURE HOUSE passengers aboard were refused permission Goldstream Provincial Park to disembark. For two months there was public debate around whether or not the newcomers would be allowed to stay. In the end authorities insisted that the ship should return to India. What have been the lessons and legacies from this incident? May 2014 Check out our website for more information

Hidden in Plain Sight: Uncovering ’s Time in England THE NATURE OF ISLAND ARTISTS ARTSHOW Dr. Kathryn Bridge, Deputy Director and September 28th – October 14th, 2013 Head, Academic Relations & Atlas, Archives, GOLDSTREAM ANNUAL SALMON RUN Collections & Knowledge will present the late October through November results of her recent research trip on Emily more info: 250.478.9414 | www.naturehouse.ca Carr focussing on the five years Carr spent in England (1899-1904) pursuing her artistic Paying Attention to our Place training. It centres on three key records in Through Art and Photography the BC Archives holdings and discusses how they mesh with records held elsewhere. Premier wildlife painter and nature advocate Looking for new meanings between the lines Robert Bateman will give a talk on how allows us to more accurately comprehend art and photography can re-connect this pivotal period in Carr’s life. us with nature. The talk is presented in November 21, 7pm partnership with The Robert Bateman Centre. $16 per person. 10% member discount. batemancentre.org January 15, 7pm – 8:30 pm $16 per person. 10% member discount.

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Still Chanting Denied Shores Tariq Malik In recognition of the 100th Anniversary of the Komagata Maru Incident this talk explores the legacy and politics of skin and colour among the colonized populations and how anti-colonial insurgencies and resurgences Archival Research Boot Camp are connected to Indigenous politics in Canada. Malik explores this dynamic through Bring your own BC focused research the lens of despair and hope. Presented in project to the BC Archives and our research partnership with the . team will get you started. You will get an May 16, 2014, 7 pm – 8:30 pm orientation to the BC Archives, a Behind Free but registration is limited the Scenes Tour, use research tools, For more information on the related workshop see documents and get help creating a Charting Imperial Itineraries: 1914-2014, personalized research plan. Unmooring the Komagata Maru, being held at November 23, 12pm – 5 pm University of Victoria from May 15 – 17, contact: Pre-registration is required and will begin in Dr. Rita Kaur Dhamoon, [email protected]. October. Watch our website for details. $35 per person. 10% member discount.

Photography Day Camp for Grown-Ups Why should kids have all the fun? Grown-ups can attend their own one-day photo day camp. The camp will involve visiting the feature exhibition Wildlife Photographer of the Year, going behind the scenes, visiting our imaging studio and time with a professional photographer. Space is limited to twenty participants. March 15, 10am – 4pm Cameras & Lunch not provided. $45 per person. 10% member discount. Celebrating Take home a piece BC’s past, of history. sharing BC’s future.

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Jim Cosgrove - “Birds and Beaches, Roadtrains and ‘Roos - The scenery and wildlife of southern ”

December 4 Join retired biologist Jim Cosgrove as he and his wife travel by car from Sydney to Perth Bring your lunch and enjoy this monthly along the southern coast of Australia. We exploration of a variety of engaging topics will visit a variety of coastal towns and cities, related to Royal BC Museum and Archives each with wildlife that is unique to Australia. research, travel, collections and exhibitions. Everything from raising baby wombats to There will be plenty of room for lively feeding Indio-Pacific Dolphins – and, of course, discussion, active learning and a sharing of a look at the amazing bird life along the way. local expertise.

Newcombe Auditorium, Royal BC Museum Erica Wheeler – “Stalking the Wild All lectures: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Onion: The diversity and evolutionary First Wednesday of the month. history of Allium species in North America” Free January 8 Bjorn Stavrum – “Oscar Wisting: Some Allium species are familiar friends, In Amundsen’s Shadow” such as the bulb onion, garlic, shallots and leeks, and are used in kitchens around the October 2 world. But did you know that more than Oscar Wisting was Roald Amundsen’s eighty wild Allium species occur only in North trusted right-hand man, and joined him on America? Take a tour of this group of plants both his southern and northern expeditions. with Erica Wheeler, Botany Collections Join us for a talk about Wisting’s polar Manager at the Royal BC Museum. adventures, and his role in the race to the end of the earth. Shelley Reid –

“ Explorations” Leah Ramsey – “The Dead Keep Talking” February 5 In June 2012, Royal BC Museum Registrar November 6 Shelley Reid enjoyed a number of small ship The Royal BC Museum’s natural history explorations of unique Vancouver Island collections are vital for providing historical places such as and the historical and current data for assessing the village of (Friendly conservation status of a species. Leah will Cove). Shelley will retrace her steps and give walk us through the process she uses to rank a photographic tour of some very special Adult Learning royalbcmuseum.bc.ca 11 parts of the “big” island and the wildlife she Professor Jack Lohman – encountered. “Museums at the Crossroads: Cultural Institutions in a Time of Alex Van Tol – “Aliens Among Us” Challenge and Change”

March 5 May 7 Alex is writing a children’s book about Professor Jack Lohman, CEO of the Royal invasive species in BC. Did you know that if BC Museum, will give an overview of his the Weather Loach’s watery environment thoughts on museums and their changing doesn’t have enough oxygen in it, this fish role in society. will gulp air at the surface, which actually... um...makes it fart a lot. For more funky facts, come and hear Alex talk about some of the other wacky things she’s uncovered.

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April Fool’s Weekend Our Living Languages: Scavenger Hunt First People’s Voices in BC

Don’t let the Royal BC Museum dupe you. Coming 2014 To mark the occasion, our staff will place Our Living Languages exhibition is a unusual objects alongside artifacts and collaboration between the Royal BC Museum specimens in exhibitions throughout the and First Peoples’ Cultural Council. BC is the galleries. One of these things is not like the most linguistically diverse region in Canada. other, and it’s your job to identify the objects Sadly, of BC’s 34 languages, 22 are nearly that don’t belong. extinct. These statistics have led linguists to March 28 – April 1 identify this region as one of the world’s five 10am – 5pm language ‘hotspots’ – places with a high degree Free with admission or membership. of linguistic diversity, yet where languages are vanishing most rapidly. Our Living Languages

will embody and contextualize the richness We Call Them Vikings and strength of this linguistic heritage and May 16 – November 11, 2014 share it with the world. If you are interested On its first North American stop, We Call Them in supporting the development of this very Vikings challenges our commonly held beliefs important project please contact us at as the Vikings emerge in a fascinating new [email protected]. light. Insights into Viking domestic life, death rituals, the significance of their craft, the power of mythology and the symbolism of their ships Pemberton Holmes Ltd. are explored in this interactive exhibition. See and Pemberton and Son Ltd. hundreds of rare Norse artifacts – jewellery, Owning, managing and swords, axes, and clothing – many of which selling real estate since 1887. have never been shown outside Scandinavia. Produced by the Museums Partner, Austria and The Swedish History Museum.

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Discover ways to be more creative and capture better images with these Continuing Studies courses offered at the University of Victoria: Wildlife Photographer • Find the Photo Spark, October 5. • Art of Digital Black and White Photography, of the Year 2013 10 sessions from September to November. November 29, 2013 – April 6, 2014 Presented for a third year with all new • Travel Photography: Cultures and photographs, this visually striking exhibition Landscapes, October 15. from the Natural History Museum, London, showcases the world’s best wildlife and Or if you are a Wildlife enthusiast—naturalist, nature images. With 100 new photographs interpreter or birder—learn more about the found in 18 categories, enjoy the wonders of birds you can see in and around Victoria, in nature through the lenses of prize-winning lectures and field trips with an ornithologist: photographers. Beautifully displayed in • Marine Birds, Uncover the secrets of sleek backlit installations, each photo and your local urban forests or the wonder accompanying caption tells the inspirational, of waterbirds. Seven sessions in astonishing and sometimes humorous stories September and October. of our fascinating natural world. • Victoria’s Food Forest, October 24.

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Christmas in Old Town Helmcken House The sights and sounds of Christmas long ago. Old-Fashioned Christmas Marvel at the 4.5 metre Christmas tree, visit Helmcken House comes alive with the spirit the wood-cobbled streets laced with festive of an early Christmas in Victoria. Visitors will garlands and see the shops decked with discover the Christmas traditions of early seasonal finery. Victorians and enjoy decorations and a craft November 14 – January 7 activity. 10am – 5pm December 21 – January 5 12pm – 4pm Father Christmas comes to By donation.

the Royal BC Museum Can you imagine a more magical place Rent Ride Explore to visit with Father Christmas than the decorated street of Old Town? Share your holiday wishes and have your photo taken to preserve this special moment. December 6 – 22, Friday – Sunday Urban Sightseeing 11am – 4:30pm Tours by Bicycle Free with admission or membership. Photos by donation. Present this Ad for a

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Let our daily tours, gallery presentations, lectures and workshops add to your Royal BC Museum experience. Check our What’s On Calendar for more details.

Hands-on in the Galleries Behind the Scenes Tours Want to know more about the Ocean Third Wednesday and last Saturday of each Station, bears, mammoths or the Gold Rush? month (October – June). Check out the ongoing hands-on activities Every Wednesday and Saturday throughout the galleries led by our docents. (July – September). Year-round. Ever wondered what goes on behind the Free with admission or membership. scenes to create our amazing exhibitions and galleries? Tour topics include: Exhibit Arts

Studio and Earth History. Admission by Donation Week Free with admission or membership. Space The Royal BC Museum is your museum. is limited. Same-day reservation on-site up to This week of admission by donation is our one hour before each tour. gift to you. January 2 – 9

Friends of the BC Archives Gallery Tours

Lecture Series Get insight into the fabulous permanent A series of Sunday talks which celebrate the exhibitions at the Royal BC Museum by intersections between archives, history and our joining a tour. Thematic tours of the Modern modern lives. From murder mysteries to a look History and Natural History galleries are at Emily Carr’s so-called “barrenyears” guest available. Check the What’s On Calendar on speakers will draw on the richness of the BC our website for times and days. Archives collections to engage and inform. Free with admission or membership.

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BC Arvcives material on display All lectures: 2pm – 3:30pm

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Kerry Mason – occupations on Vancouver Island in 1858. Who “Emily Carr: No Such Thing as Barren Years” were they and why did they come? John Adams,

Victoria-based historian, heritage interpreter October 20 and author will answer these questions and The years of 1913 to 1927 in the life of provide many other interesting insights about internationally renowned artist and author Victoria’s Black pioneers. Emily Carr have often been referred to as her “barren years”; Mason believes instead that this period showed a surge of creativity. Join Lisa Helps – “Neighbours Helping us for an illustrated lecture about B.C.’s most Neighbours: An Old-Fashioned Approach famous artist. to a Modern Problem”

March 16 Michael Layland – While researching at the Archives, Lisa came “Where Honour and Glory Lead” across a story from the local newspaper from

July 1931 that read, “Citizens Emergency November 17 Relief Fund Surpasses $50,000.” It struck her, if The Royal Engineers, also known as the people in Victoria did this in the past, what was “Sappers”, provided many and varied forms stopping them now? Find out how historical of support in the early days of the two British research at the Archives became the genesis colonies on the Pacific coast of North America. for a community program called micro-lending. The speaker, an ex-sapper himself, will give an overview of their contributions. Linda Eversole – “Without Justice:

Two Victorian Era Unsolved Murders” Raymond Frogner – “Squatters’ Rights and the Archival Meridian of William Pearce, April 13 Director of the Dominion Lands Board.” Bakery owner Agnes Bings died around 8 pm

on the night of September 29, 1899, the victim January 19 of a “Jack the Ripper” type attack. Two days As Inspector of Lands Agencies for the later a second murder followed. Fortunately Dominion Lands Board (1881-1884), Pearce was correspondence, the reports of the undercover an administrator and policymaker at a time Pinkerton operatives, and local detectives’ when was formulating and implementing notebooks have survived. They provide lands policy in the frontier west. His surveys of compelling details on life in Victoria at the turn homesteads, Indian reserves and municipal of the 20th century with accounts of undercover borders sometimes led to friction – and even the work in hotels, saloons and brothels. accusation of causing the Riel Rebellion.

John Adams – “Victoria’s Black History”

February 16 At the invitation of Governor several hundred Black settlers arrived from California to farm and pursue many other Archives & Galleries

Lest We Forget - Remembrance Commemorations School Visits ProgramS In partnership with Veterans Affairs Canada – public displays by veterans and community Thanks to the HSBC, a number of themed school groups, curatorial talks and Royal BC Museum programs will be offered for a variety of grade collections are highlighted. levels this school year. Registered groups can November 10 – 11, 10am – 4pm visit for only $10 per class. Bring your class to Clifford Carl Hall | Free experience docent guided, curriculum-based and Pre-book a Remembrance, HSBC School Visit interactive programs. Book your group early to Program, November 5 – 8. secure your spot!

South Vancouver Island Regional Something New this Field Trip Season! Heritage Fair Coming this May pre-visit guides will be available on-line for teachers and students An exhibition of student work (grades four to 10) to help you prepare for your self-guided visit. on a Canadian theme. Students prepare projects Look for an increased variety of hands-on individually or in groups to tell stories and share interactive stations throughout the galleries. information about Canadian people, events, buildings and places. May 2, 10am – 2pm Helmcken House & St Ann’s Clifford Carl Hall | Free Schoolhouse Open for Summer

BC Archives Material on Display Step back into a time when people entertained in the parlour and the A public display space in the foyer of the BC schoolhouse was only one room. The home of Archives showcases significant records from Dr John S. Helmcken and his family has stood our holdings including photographs, documents in this spot since 1852 and is the oldest house and diaries, which help us tell the story of British in British Columbia still in its original location. Columbia. This secure and UV protected case June 1 – September 2, 2014 12pm – 4pm showcases some of the world’s most unique Included with admission or by donation and historically significant items from the BC provincial collection.

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These gallery resources will align with cross- Helmcken Family Christmas Programs curricular competencies within the new [Grades K–3] personalized learning model for BC schools. In the 1880s, Dr Helmcken’s family would May – June 2014 have been getting ready for Christmas celebrations, including some typical Victorian For more information, visit the website. traditions. How did they decorate? What did they To book a program email: eat? What gifts did they give? What did they do at [email protected] school? What was a school concert like? November 25 – December 20 Programs this year: Veterans Week Remembrance School Programs Heritage Week School Programs [Grades 3-5] [Grades 6-12] Get wet and pan for real gold every day of Tours of the special exhibitions, learning from Heritage Week on the third floor in the Modern and speaking with veterans, viewing special History Gallery. The theme is “Heritage Afloat” so military collections & dressing in vintage after you strike it rich, be sure to go aboard the uniforms for photographs taken in a WWII Navy ship Discovery and take in the 8.5 meter Haida and Korean war jeep. Canoe in the First Peoples Gallery. November 5 – 8 February 17 – 21

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In the Shadow of the Great War The Milligan and Hart Explorations of Northeastern British Columbia, 1913–14 - Jay Sherwood In 1913, George Milligan and E.B. Hart lead two small expeditions to explore northeastern British Columbia. These 18-month explorations helped provide the first detailed information about this remote region. Unfortunately, World War I began just as the men completed their work, and the data they gathered was filed away and forgotten in the shadow of the Great War. $19.95

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sunday monday Tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Live @ Lunch Quest Lecture Behind the “In the Series: Adrian Scenes Tours Shadow of the Raeside Great War” 7:30pm – 9pm Noon – 1 pm Behind the Scenes Tours 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Behind the Behind the Scenes Tours Scenes Tours 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Friends of the Behind the Behind the BC Archives Scenes Tours Scenes Tours “Into the Land: Making a Living on Vancouver Island 1843-1858” 2pm – 3:30pm 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Behind the Behind the Scenes Tours Scenes Tours 29 30 Wonder Sunday: Unearthed 1pm – 3pm

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sunday monday Tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday Join us for 1 2 3 4 5 a Kid’s Club Live @ Lunch Quest Lecture activity every “Oscar Series: Jana Wednesday Wisting: In Stefan 4pm – 5pm Amundsen’s 7:30pm – 9pm Shadow” Noon – 1pm

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13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Behind the Meet Tundra Scenes Tours 7pm

The Spider Seekers 7pm 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Friends of the Night Shift: Behind the BC Archives Living & Dying Scenes Tours “Emily Carr: No 8pm – 11pm Such Thing as Barren Years” 2pm – 3:30pm

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Join us for a Kid’s Club 1 2 activity every Wednesday 4pm – 5pm 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Live @ Lunch “The Dead Keep Talking” Noon – 1pm 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Lest We Forget Lest We Forget Night at the Remembrance Remembrance Museum Commemorations Commemorations Family Sleepover in Old Town 6:30pm – 9am 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Friends of the Behind the Lecture – Archival BC Archives: Scenes Tours Hidden in Research Where Honour Plain Sight: Boot Camp & Glory Lead Uncovering Noon – 5pm 2pm – 3.30pm Emily Carr’s Time in England 7pm 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Wonder Wildlife Behind the Sundays: Canoes Photographer Scenes Tours 1pm – 3pm of the Year 2013 Opens

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sunday monday Tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Live @ Lunch Father Father “Birds and Christmas at Christmas at Beaches, the Royal BC the Royal BC Roadtrains and Museum Museum ‘Roos” 11am – 4:30pm 11am – 4:30pm Noon – 1pm

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Father Father Father Christmas at Christmas at Christmas at the Royal BC the Royal BC the Royal BC Museum Museum Museum 11am – 4:30pm 11am – 4:30pm 11am – 4:30pm

Carol Along with the Carillon 4:30 – 5:15pm

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Father Behind the Father Father Christmas at Scenes Tours Christmas at Christmas at the Royal BC the Royal BC the Royal BC Museum Museum Museum 11am – 4:30pm 11am – 4:30pm 11am – 4:30pm

Kids Club Helmcken morning House old exploration fashioned 9am – 10am Christmas Noon – 4pm

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Father Helmcken Helmcken Royal BC Helmcken Helmcken Behind the Christmas at House old House old Museum House old House old Scenes Tours the Royal BC fashioned fashioned Closed fashioned fashioned Museum Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas 11am – 4:30pm Noon – 4pm Noon – 4pm Noon – 4pm Noon – 4pm

29 30 31 Helmcken Helmcken Helmcken House old House old House old fashioned fashioned fashioned Christmas Christmas Christmas Noon – 4pm Noon – 4pm Noon – 4pm

The Museum Café is located in the Royal BC Museum and provides food and refreshments to visitors from all over the world. It receives its bakery products from Willie’s Bakery & Cafe. Founded in 1887, Willie’s is BC’s oldest bakery and still operates out of its original location at 537 Johnson Street. Recently, Willie’s on Johnson was named Vancouver Islands Best All Day Breakfast by Chatelaine Magazine and received the prestigious ‘Award of Excellence’ from Trip Advisor. Step into history and enjoy great food at either licenced location. www.williesbakery.com 25 Calendar royalbcmuseum.bc.ca 25 January 2014

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Join us for a Kid’s Club 1 2 3 4 activity every Wednesday Royal BC 4pm – 5pm Museum Closed Admission by donation week 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Christmas at Live @ Lunch Helmcken “Stalking the House – Wild Onion” Closing Day Noon – 1pm Noon – 4pm Admission by donation week 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Robert Bateman Lecture 7pm – 8:30pm

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19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Friends of the Behind the BC Archives Scenes Tours “Squatters’ Rights...” 2pm – 3:30pm

26 27 28 29 30 31 Wonder Sunday: Words 1pm – 3pm

Join us for a Kid’s Club activity every Wednesday 4pm – 5pm February 2014

sunday monday Tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday 2 3 4 5 6 7 1/8 Live @ Lunch “Vancouver Island Explorations” Noon – 1pm 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Family Day at the Royal BC Museum

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Friends of the BC Heritage Behind the Behind the BC Archives Week – Scenes Tours Scenes Tours “Victoria’s Opening Day Black History” 1pm – 3pm

23 24 25 26 27 28 BC Heritage Week – Closing Day 1pm – 3pm

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Check online for WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR details 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Live @ Lunch “Aliens Among Us” Noon – 1pm 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break Photo Camp Camp: Camp: Camp: for Grown-Ups Focus on Nature Focus on Nature Focus on Nature 10am – 4pm 9am – 4pm 9am – 4pm 9am – 4pm 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Friends of the Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break Family History BC Archives Camp: Camp: Camp: with Your “Neighbours Focus on Nature Focus on Nature Focus on Nature Family Helping 9am – 4pm 9am – 4pm 9am – 4pm 1pm – 3pm Neighbours” Behind the 2pm – 3:30pm Scenes Tours 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 April Fool’s April Fool’s Scavenger Hunt Scavenger Hunt 10am – 5pm 10am – 5pm Behind the Scenes Tours 30 31 April Fool’s April Fool’s Scavenger Hunt Scavenger Hunt 10am – 5pm 10am – 5pm Wonder Sunday: Sounds 1pm – 3pm

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Join us for a Kid’s Club 1 2 3 4 5 activity every Wednesday April Fool’s Live @ Lunch 4pm – 5pm Scavenger Hunt “Into the Wild” 10am – 5pm Noon – 1pm

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Closing of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Friends of the Behind the BC Archives Scenes Tours “Without Justice: Two Victoria Era Unsolved Murders” 2pm – 3:30pm 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Behind the Scenes Tours 27 28 29 30 31 Wonder Sunday: Meadows 1pm – 3pm 27 Calendar royalbcmuseum.bc.ca 27 May 2014

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Join us for a Kid’s Club activity every Wednesday 4pm – 5pm 1 2 3 South Vancouver Island Regional Heritage Fair 10am – 2pm

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Live @ Lunch “Museums at the Crossroads” Noon – 1:00pm

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Kids Club Kermode We Call morning Group Annual Them Vikings exploration Dinner Opens 9am – 10am

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25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Wonder Sunday: Night at the Museums Museum 1pm – 3pm Family Sleepover – Friends of the Vikings BC Archives 6:30pm – 9am “John Nobili, S.J. Mission Behind the to New Scenes Tours Caledonia, 1845-1848” 2pm – 3:30pm

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sunday monday Tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Helmcken House Opens for Summer Noon – 4pm daily

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sunday monday Tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday 1 2 3 4 5 Old Time Behind the Behind the Penny Carnival Scenes Tours Scenes Tours Noon – 3pm

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Summer Camp Summer Camp Summer Camp Summer Camp Summer Camp Behind the We Call We Call We Call We Call We Call Scenes Tours Them Vikings Them Vikings Them Vikings Them Vikings Them Vikings 9am – 4pm 9am – 4pm 9am – 4pm 9am – 4pm 9am – 4pm

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