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Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London. EXHIBITION OPEN DEC 4, 2015 – APR 4, 2016 he Royal BC Museum’s mission is Family Programs 4 Tto promote an understanding of Spring & Summer Camps 6 LAST CHANCE! the living landscapes and cultures of Adult Programs 9 British Columbia and engage people All Ages 16 in a dialogue about their future. This commitment, aligned with the UN’s Special Events 22 Earth Charter, drives everything we do. School Programs 24 Membership 26 To achieve this we: Lecture Series 28 - Take a leadership role in research Feature Exhibitions 32 and scholarship Publications 38 - Develop, preserve and exhibit a world-class collection Online Exhibitions 39 - Deliver innovative programming Gallery Tours 41 and partnerships
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Gold Rush! El Dorado in British Columbia is organized by the Royal BC Museum, Victoria, BC, Canada, in collaboration with Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, QC, Canada Ruée vers l’or! El Dorado en Colombie-Britannique est réalisée par le Royal BC Museum, Victoria, Colombie-Britannique en collaboration For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca 3 avec le Musée canadien de l’histoire, Gatineau, Québec FAMILY PROGRAMS Early Shift: Father Christmas South Vancouver That’s Funny! in Old Town Island Regional Finding Comedy in Visit with Father Christmas Heritage Fair the Collections in Old Town, have your photo Students from local middle and taken and share your holiday high schools will come together Who told you that museums wishes. are boring, old and stuffy? for the regional heritage fair. Not at the Royal BC Museum! December 4 – 6 I 11 am – 3 pm All projects are adjudicated The galleries come alive with December 11 – 13 I 11 am – 3 pm and delegates to the provincial some serious laughter. You December 18 – 20 I 11 am – 3 pm heritage fair are chosen. Come to see the work of these want stand-up comedians and Included with admission talented students and be magicians? We’ve got you or membership; photo by prepared to learn from them. covered. New sounds for the donation gallery? You have come to the May 6 I 10 am – 2 pm right place. You might even be Free I Clifford Carl Hall inspired to stand up and tell your own jokes. It’s an early ‘night shift’ of objects, ideas Wonder Sunday and the art of the funny! See, Think, Activate! November 27 I 6:30 – 9 pm Wonder Sunday is a learning-based event centred on ideas inspired by our galleries. $10 per person, This family event is offered through activities and lively presentations. $30 per family* (*up to 2 adults and 3 youth) Gold Rush Halloween Laughter Explore the Gold Rush! El Discover how Halloween was Explore all things giggly. Dorado in BC exhibition through celebrated a century ago. Join See performances from the games, crafts and stories. us in your fanciest costumes as Paper Street Studio improv Rumour is there is plenty of Old Town becomes a place for kids, as they create silly, fun to be found. tricks and treats. spontaneous stories within September 27 I 1 – 3 pm October 25 I 1 – 3 pm the galleries. November 29 I 1 – 3 pm
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Spring Break Camps: Summer Camps: Mammoths Focus On Nature Campers will discover how mammoths looked Aspiring shutterbugs can develop their and moved, lived and died. They will spend time in our feature exhibition Mammoths: skills by participating in a photography- Member inspired camp. Each week-long session will Giants of the Ice Age as well as get outdoors include a visit from a winner of the Wildlife to explore. Photographer of the Year competition. Learning Portal Stay tuned for more information this spring. Campers will learn about photo composition The Royal BC Museum at your fingertips! The July & August | 9 am – 4 pm Members get all the Perks! and storytelling, venture to Beacon Hill Park to Learning Portal is a fresh, interactive online $244 per person Royal BC Museum members receive capture dynamic nature shots and explore the resource that supports exploration of our Ages 7 – 11 10% off camps! Get the ultimate value for Royal BC Museum’s Natural History collection. collections. Featuring videos, sounds, stories, Before- and after-care available your family, become a member today to enjoy March 14 – 18 & 21 – 25 | 9 am – 4 pm guides and now playlists; all available from the unlimited admission, express entry, 20% off $224 per person site for anyone to assemble and share. more than 25 partner attractions and more – Ages 7 – 11 Year-round all for one low price. Follow your curiosity now > Join today >
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DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES Predator and Prey: The Art of Chauvet Over 36,000 years ago our ancestors painted and engraved images of their lives onto the rocky surfaces of their natural environment. Some of the best examples of this rock art can be found in southern France, at the Chauvet Caves. Join Dr Jean-Michel Geneste, Chief of Scientific Studies of the Lascaux and Chauvet Caves in France, for an in-depth presentation on some of the finest examples of these remarkable works of early art. Presented by Dr Jean-Michel Geneste, Chief of Scientific Studies of the Lascaux and Chauvet Caves September 11 I 7 – 8:30 pm Free I Registration required, limited seating In partnership with
8 For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca 9 Gold Rush Little Heaven and Earth Golden Reads Book SOLD OUT (Ats ságh-il-lie pee il-lá-hie) Film Festival investigates the great fire of Club Live Discussion Night Shift: Two BC filmmakers screen their 1868 that reportedly burnt New Perspectives on the Gold Nightmare at documentary films on Gold down the entire town of Rush, edited by Dr Kathryn the Museum Rush era topics with contem- Barkerville, but the Chinese Bridge. Meet in person porary perspectives. Following community had a different in the Royal BC Museum This Halloween join us for an each film there will be a forum version of events. Thanks to Boardroom or log onto our interactive evening inspired by with the director/producer. the antics of two young kids, Google Hangout to discuss all the things that go bump in Chinatown is saved from the new insights into the gold the night. From the creepy- Karin Lee devastation of the fire which rush. Follow @royalbcmuseum crawly to the downright Cedar and Bamboo; destroyed most of Barkerville. for updates on the selected terrifying, Nightmare at the Small Pleasures; (8 minutes, 2012). Book of the Month and then Museum will show you a Little Heaven and Earth side of the Royal BC Museum September 26 I 7 – 9 pm join other bibliophiles on Cedar and Bamboo explores Goodreads and search for the you’ve never seen before. The the relationship between Vic Theatre, group “RBCM Golden Reads.” Royal BC Museum comes alive 808 Douglas Street with dancing, delicious drinks, Chinese immigrants and indig- September 30 I 12 pm live local music, spooky tours, enous peoples through the sto- $10 per person, per night Free ries of four people of Chinese $16 for the series combo, haunted forests and diabolical Eva Wunderman and Aboriginal ancestry. $15 for members Learn more > decorations. This is a night Canyon War: The Untold (22 minutes, 2010) you won’t soon forget…even Story if you want to. Cash bar by Small Pleasures follows three Canyon War uncovers the Truffles Catering. women from different worlds tumultuous events of 1858 in October 31 I 8 pm – 12 am in 1880’s Barkerville as they British Columbia, a previously $30 per person in advance try to convey complex ideas untold story of a war swept about feminist resistance to 19+, photo ID required for under the carpet for 150 years. each other through a common entry. No face paint permitted. It was the days of the Fraser language: Chinook Jargon. Presented in partnership with River Gold Rush, which saw (5 minutes, 2011) some 30,000–40,000 thousand gold seekers flood into the Fraser Valley, culminating in the Canyon War in August of that year. (53 minutes, 2009) September 18 I 7 – 9 pm
10 For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca 11 ©David Ellingsen First Nations The Real Thing: Camera Club An Evening with Research Workshop The Natural History Community James Daschuk Three experienced archivists of Ian McTaggart Meet Up Join James Daschuk for will guide you through an Cowan Calling all photography buffs! a discussion of his book, overview of the primary Join fellow enthusiasts Clearing the Plains, which resources available at the BC Join curators past and present examines the roles that Old from the Royal BC Museum, and members of the Sidney Archives relating to BC’s First Shutterbugs and the Victoria World diseases, climate, and, Nations, and how to find them author Briony Penn and most disturbingly, Canadian others as they look at the Camera Club in the Wildlife within our collections. Photographer of the Year 2015 politics – the politics of research, contributions and ethnocide – played in the November 7 I 1 – 4 pm life of remarkable activist, exhibition. Enjoy the amazing $50 per person photographs with them as deaths and subjugation of naturalist and educator Ian thousands of aboriginal McTaggart Cowan. The event they mingle and share their expertise and stories. people in the realization of will also serve as a launch of Sir John A. Macdonald’s December 6 | 10 am – 5 pm the official biographyThe Real ‘National Dream.’ It was a Have We Got a Free with admission or Thing: The Natural History of dream that came at great Ian McTaggart Cowan, written membership Story to Tell – expense: the present disparity Adventures in by Briony Penn and published in health and economic by Rocky Mountain Books. well-being between First Re-Learning! November 18 I 7 – 9 pm Nations and non-Native Our popular Moth Radio Free; registration required populations, and the lingering Hour-inspired storytelling racism and misunderstanding event series continues with that permeates the national absolutely true and daring consciousness to this day. tales of folks adventuring January 27 I 7 – 8:30 pm with re-learning and re- Free; registration required skilling in order to deepen their connection to the land and to each other. Victoria- area storytellers will get the ball rolling with their stories. Then it’s your turn to step up to the mic. December 2 I 7 – 9 pm $5 per person ©Thomas P. Peschak (Germany / South Africa) Refelections in black
12 For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca 13 A closer looK International Mother Photography From Russia, Members Enjoy Languages Day Workshop for Adults With Love (for Clams) Discounts Around UNESCO’s International This day-long workshop By dr melissa frey, curator of invertebrates the World Member Mother Languages Day is will involve visiting the an important anniversary to feature exhibition Wildlife ast autumn, Dr Gennady Kamenev ocean every time one needs to study a Regardless of the result, each would promote the preservation and Photographer of the Year, ltravelled from Vladivostok, Russia to deep water clam is neither feasible nor tell an interesting story about deep-sea Flash your membership card at any of these locations to receive your special Royal BC Museum member rate: Victoria, British Columbia with a single efficient – hence the value of visiting a fauna across the vast North Pacific: either protection of all languages going behind the scenes to our purpose: to examine marine clams in museum collection. certain species are more connected than Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Huble Homestead / Royal Saskatchewan Museum imaging studio and time “in the Invertebrate Collection of the Royal previously thought, or these species, if Barkerville Museum Giscome Portage Heritage Society San Francisco Maritime Nationalused by peoples of the world. BC Museum. This may seem like quite a Prior to his visit, Dr Kamenev was in the unique, have changed relatively little Beaty Biodiversity Museum Kelowna Museums Historical Park the field” with a winner of the distance to travel for clams, but not when process of studying a group of clams since divergence. Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art Kilby Historic Site Science World At this event, The Importance one considers the alternative. inhabiting the deep waters of the Bering Britannia Mine Museum Mackie Lake House Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre Wildlife Photographer of Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, Kuril-Kamchatka Such visits to our natural history Canadian Museum of Nature Manitoba Museum Sooke Region Museum &of Visitor Indigenous Centre Languages, you Dr Kamenev is a researcher at the A.V. and Aleutian Trenches. Surprisingly, collections are not rare. In addition to the Crocker Art Museum Museum of Caribou Chilcotin – SS Sicamous the Year 2015 competition. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology he discovered a number of species thousands of specimens sent out as loans Dr Sun Yat-Sen Classical Williams Lake The Maritime Museum ofwill BC take a closer look at the of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian remarkably similar to those living in the each year, more than 100 researchers Chinese Garden Museum of Vancouver Vancouver Aquarium First Peoples’ Cultural Council March 19 I 9 am – 3 pm Academy of Sciences. He is a taxonomic Northeast Pacific. By comparing his from around the world travel to Victoria Fernie Museum Nuyumbalees Cultural Centre Vancouver Art Gallery expert, with a fondness for deep-sea findings to specimens within the Royal to use the Royal BC Museum’s collections Gallery2 Grand Forks O’Keefe Historic Ranch Victoria Butterfly Gardensand Royal BC Museum’s March 20 I 9 am – 3 pm bivalves, particularly those that live at BC Museum’s Invertebrate Collection, and ultimately, to answer important Glenbow Museum Point Ellice House Wells Museum depths of 1000 - 6000 meters. Diving he expects to learn whether these scientific questions, ranging from Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Quesnel & District Museum and Yale Historic Site Our Living Languages: $45 per person, per day to the bathyal and abysal zones of the species are either the same or unique. traditional taxonomy and systematics Historic Site Archives Society Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre to biodiversity, species at risk, invasive Haida Gwaii Museum Quesnel Museum First Peoples’ Voices in BC Space is limited to 25 species and climate change. Hope Visitor Centre and Revelstoke Museum & Archives For a full listing of your memberexhibition, benefits examining the Museum Complex Robert Bateman Centre and discount details visit participants It is always a pleasure to host visiting HR MacMillan Space Centre Roedde House Museum royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/join researchers. 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FLOATING MUSEUM about life on board the ship this lively and participatory and the scientific studies discussion of what is found in SERIES taking place there. the ocean, and why it is Connect from museum to September 12 I 1 – 3 pm so important. open ocean through these Free I Clifford Carl Hall October 3 I 1 – 3 pm live streaming family-friendly Free I Clifford Carl Hall events. Finding Museum Travel to incredible In partnership with places and learn amazing Deep Sea Volcanoes Connections things with IMAX Dr Maia Hoeberechts and Join us to learn about the Dr Dave Riddell from Ocean science of hydrothermal Networks Canada will share vent ecosystems and Ocean stories of their adventures Networks Canada’s Neptune on the open ocean aboard observatory. There will also be scientific research vessels, an opportunity to connect live For more information on all while discussing their findings Text IMAX to 393939 to a research vessel operating for daily schedule current films visit imaxvictoria.com with museum curatorial and in the Pacific to learn more ® or call 250-480-4887 learning staff. Join us for IMAX is a registered trademark of IMAX Corporation 16 For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca 17 MUSIC FOR Sonic Mimicry Performances Opportunity Fair NATURAL HISTORY Workshop Featuring local musicians and What looks like a trade show, SERIES A discussion of themes community members using in- feels like a farmers’ market, struments, objects and voices and builds community like a Sound Walks, Workshop & behind the Music for in unusual ways. social enterprise conference? Performances Natural History Project, January 15 & 16 I 8 – 10 pm It’s the Living the New Through careful cataloging, including a participatory workshop using sound play $25 per person Economy Opportunity Fair! research and transcription, Join diverse entrepreneurs, to become more intimately Produced by sound artists Tina Pearson enterprises and other big and Paul Walde have created aware of surroundings and environments. thinkers and doers for a a performance piece from day of innovative ideas sounds of the flora and fauna November 14 I 1 – 3 pm and exciting opportunities. Through the support of represented in the two main $20 per person Learn what’s happening in Natural History dioramas at $40 per person including the new economy locally, the Royal BC Museum. performance meet potential collaborators, become a loyal customer Natural History or client of a local business Sound Walk and find creative outlets Fishbowl An introduction to the Music for community building. Catch the inspiring rapid-fire This evening event is an of the Vancouver Island for Natural History Project, New Economy (VINE) Awards, including a sound walk rounds of 60 second “Flash opportunity to celebrate Presentations” too! collaboration, innovation paying tribute to outstanding through the Natural History on-the-ground applications November 8 I 10 am – 5 pm and communities-in-action. Gallery and Beacon Hill Park. of the new economy in An opportunity to listen to the Free I Clifford Carl Hall The Fishbowl is Victoria’s own flavour of Dragon’s Den. our region. complexities and richness of In partnership with the soundscape and reflect on Watch local entrepreneurs and November 8 I 6:30 – 9 pm its changes, from before the social enterprises pitch their $10 per person Royal BC Museum’s existence, ideas to a panel of successful Modern History Gallery to now. business people, potential In partnership with investors, grant-awarding October 17 I 1 – 3 pm agencies and a cheerleading $20 per person audience. The evening will $40 per person including also include the presentation performance
18 For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca 19 Have We Got a Camera Club Letter Writing Week Staff Picks Journeys in Astronomy Day Story to Tell- Community Meet Up Stop by our letter writing Mingle: Wildlife ReSkilling Series – The Royal Astronomical Adventures in Calling all photography buffs! station, sit down and pen a Photographer of the Food, Tools, Clothing Society of Canada, Victoria Re-Learning! Join fellow enthusiasts note. Maybe it’s a thank-you Year Exhibition and Shelter will host Astronomy Day at and members of the Sidney note to your Aunt for that the Royal BC Museum. Join Our popular Moth Radio Hour- Join in conversation with our Preserving food, sharpening Shutterbugs and the Victoria present she sent or a query to us and explore the mysteries inspired storytelling event se- Royal BC Museum staff in the tools, mending clothing and Camera Club in the Wildlife your local representative. We of the universe. Learn about ries continues with absolutely Wildlife Photographer of the building simple shelters were Photographer of the Year 2015 will provide the paper, pens, the constellations through true and daring tales of folks Year exhibition as they share skills that were common two exhibition. Enjoy the amazing envelopes and even stamps planetarium programs; adventuring with re-learning their favourite photograph generations ago, but are at photographs with them as (no parcels to South Africa solar telescope viewing to and re-skilling in order to and tell great stories that will risk of being forgotten today. they mingle and share their please). Who knows, the let- safely see the sun; hands-on deepen their connection to connect you even closer to our Revive these skills alongside expertise and stories. ter you write could one day activities and presentations. the land and to each other. become part of our archives. collections and exhibitions. others in a program series December 6 I 10 am – 5 pm Outdoor and indoor activities Victoria-area storytellers will January 30 I 1 – 3 pm designed in partnership with Free with admission or January 2 – 9 I 11 am – 2 pm will be available. get the ball rolling with their February 27 I 1 – 3 pm Living the New Economy and membership Free with admission or May 14 I 10 am – 4 pm stories. Then it’s your turn to March 15 I 1 – 3 pm O.U.R. Ecovillage. membership Free I Clifford Carl Hall step up to the mic. Free with admission or February 10, March 9, December 2 I 7 – 9 pm membership April 13, May 11 I 5 – 7 pm $5 per person $35 per program or $120 for the series
20 For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca 21 SPECIAL EVENTS Story Theatre Christmas in Helmcken House Company Old Town Old-Fashioned The Story Theatre Company The sights and sounds of Christmas and the Royal BC Museum Christmas long ago. Visit the Step through the doors of the have teamed up to present wood-cobbled streets laced oldest house in British Columbia a very personal vision of the with festive garlands and still on its original site, and young men and women who see the shops decked with experience what Christmas served on the front line. This seasonal finery. would have been like in Victoria dramatic storytelling event is Late November – January 2 over 100 years ago. Decorations, drawn from actual letters and Included with admission or music and first-hand accounts will reports of those who were membership take you back to Christmas past. there. Music, poetry and news December 20 – January 4 clips of the time are woven into 12 – 4 pm the personal stories to give an Carol-Along with Included with admission or overall vision of the times and the Carillon by donation the people who lived in them. Bring your family, friends and November 11 | 2:30 – 3:30 pooch and gather under the Lest We Forget: Lest We Forget: Victoria Free I Clifford Carl Hall Centennial Carillon. Provincial Carillonneur Rosemary Laing Remembrance A Musical Tribute Children’s Choir will climb the 75 stairs to the Commemorations to The Great War The Victoria Children’s Choir top of the carillon where she Look for free performance- Join the Naden Band of the will perform music on themes commands the 62 bells. The based presentations by Royal Canadian Navy for a of war and peace. The award- crowd down below, led by musicians, singers and musical tribute commemorat- winning Victoria Children’s the Newcombe Singers, sings storytellers, outreach school ing The Great War. The diverse Choir, founded by Artistic along. programs on November 10 & musical program includes video Director Madeleine Humer, Hot chocolate and cookies help 11 in Clifford Carl Hall. footage from the First World comprises over 70 talented to make the season bright and singers aged 8 – 17, and are Supported by Veterans War. This performance is part of at the end of the 45 minute known for their performances Affairs Canada Community the Victoria Symphony’s “Lest set, the Carillion is lit for the of wide-ranging repertoire Engagement Partnership Fund We Forget” concert series. holidays. A unique event. both around Victoria and on November 10 I 7 – 9 pm November 29 | 4:30 – 5:15 pm tour. Free I Clifford Carl Hall Free November 11 12:30 – 12:45 pm & 1:45 – 2 pm 22 For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca 23 SCHOOL PROGRAMS Professional Creative Writing and Digital Visits and Development Days Wronging – Home Outreach Boxes for teachers and Learners Series Year-round students This four week session will Not on Vancouver Island? Year-round embrace the creative side of No problem. In addition to failure, while finding the funny our ever-growing Learning Marine education, understanding within. Home learners will Portal digital platform, we primary source documents, work alongside museum staff are also developing video digital learning…these are and be inspired by museum conferencing and outreach box a few of the professional objects and stories for their options to connect classrooms development days we have writing projects. The giggle- around the province to the for teachers. For each of worthy words will be shared Royal BC Museum. the provincial professional during the Early Shift: That’s Learn more > development days, we will Funny! evening event. also run a full-day camp for kids. November 9, 16, 23, 30 10 am – 12 pm October 23, 2015 $50 per child ($30 for the School programs are designed to provide a dynamic menu of options for students and teachers, November 20, 2015 second child in a family) to nurture a life-long love of learning and to ignite inquiry about museum objects and ideas. February 19, 2016 In partnership with the Story $60 per person Studio and Paper Street Studio Trailhead Tours Learning Labs Inquiry Guides Lightly-guided docent-led Staff-led, day-long museum Self-guided resources for option school option the permanent galleries and November – March January – February special exhibitions Learning Portal Year-round Themes include: Changing Themes include: Sustainability The Royal BC Museum at your fingertips! The Landscapes, Predator v. Prey, Then and Now, Species at Risk Look for our age-appropriate Learning Portal is a fresh, interactive online Nature Photography, Miss- and Truth and Reconciliation. K – 2, 3 – 7 and 8 – 12 scaled resource that supports exploration of our ing Narratives in the Modern guides on our website. collections. Featuring videos, sounds, stories, History gallery, Material guides and now playlists; all available from Evidence, Reading an Object the site for anyone to assemble and share. and Helmcken Christmas. 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24 For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca 25 MEMBERSHIP Get the ultimate value for your family. Kids’ Club membership is free with your family membership purchase. Enjoy benefits, earn cool prizes and get exclusive access to events including: Father Christmas Visit Kids’ Club Writing Course Don’t forget your Christmas wish list! This six-week course will playfully explore the Beat the crowd and get exclusive time with galleries and behind the scenes, finding word Father Christmas. Then join us to create your own adventures along the way. These trips around special Christmas craft and enjoy a holiday treat the Royal BC Museum will be the inspiration for and hot cocoa. Complimentary digital and printed stories that Kids’ Club kids create. Don’t think the photo with Father Christmas included. galleries are funny? Think again. The Kids’ Club December 5 | 9 – 10 am writing projects will be shared during the Early $10 per Kids’ Club member Shift: That’s Funny evening event. Space is limited | Registration required October 17, 24, 31 | 10:30 am – 12 pm Ages 5 – 10 November 7, 14, 21 | 10:30 am – 12 pm $75 per Kids’ Club member for the course Space is limited | Registration required Ages 7 – 12 Royal BC Museum members Join Kids’ Club today > get all the perks! For an entire year enjoy unlimited admission, discounts on special events, express entry, exclusive offers and more – all for one low price. PLUS! Get up to 20% off admission to more than 25 other attractions. See full list >
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26 For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca 27 LECTURE SERIES Early Photography: president of the BC Black Peace River Valley: Through the Lens History Awareness Society. Biodiversity and of the Royal BC February 3 I 12 – 1 pm Conservation Museum Collections Life and Times at Initiatives Presented by Dan Savard the End of the Ice Presented by Sarah Cox Dan will discuss milestones Age: A New Picture and Royal BC Museum in the history of photography, of an Old World Natural History curatorial illustrated with examples and collections staff from the vast anthropological Presented by Biologists and other experts collections of the Royal BC Dr Richard Hebda from BC take on a bio blitz to Museum and Archives. Join Dr Hebda as he describes document the flora and fauna December 2 I 12 – 1 pm the fascinating changes of the Peace River region. on South Vancouver Island April 6 I 12 – 1 pm Building our Whale between 35,000 and 10,000 years ago and the controversial Research Collection implications for understanding LIVE @ LUNCH illuminating, surprising and Discovering Presented by our geology, biota and funny aspects of their journey. Dr Gavin Hanke ecosystems. Free Victoria’s Great Join Dr Hanke as he shares how March 2 I 12 – 1 pm Newcombe Auditorium September 2 I 12 – 1 pm War at Home we acquire whale specimens Women on the Edge Presented by Paul Ferguson for our research collection Species at Risk and the unique challenges Provincial Tour of Gold Learn about local connections to the Great War including associated with preparing and Presented by Highlights heritage sites, memorials and storing these large animals. Vanessa Winn Presented by Rachelle commemorations. January 6 I 12 – 1 pm Founding fur-trade families Linde and Jenny Arnold, November 4 I 12 – 1 pm Species at Risk Learning adapt to Victoria’s changing Black Pioneers of Facilitators society during the gold rush. British Columbia After a summer of connecting October 7 I 12 – 1 pm Join Karen Hoshal, descendant with communities across the of the Alexander pioneer family province of BC, the Species as she shares the history of her at Risk interpreters will give family and other black pioneers a peek into some of the more of the area. Karen is the past 28 For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca 29 FRIENDS OF THE Northwest Passage. Inglis will and battled for responsible Returning French An Artist of Rare give an overview of the exhibit government against Governor BC ARCHIVES and his recently published book. James Douglas. He championed Canadians to Ability: The Life and LECTURES October 18 I 2 pm BC’s entry into Confederation, Victoria’s and British Photographs of C.S. $5 per person, playing a crucial role in the Columbia’s History Bailey Free for Friends of the Researching creation of present-day Presented by Jean Barman Presented by BC Archives members Canada. Yet today he is hardly Drawing from her prize- David Mattison “Stewards of the remembered. Newcombe Auditorium People’s Forests” winning French Canadians, C.S. Bailey was the first January 17 I 2 pm Furs, and Indigenous Women Vancouver photographer to Presented by Dr Bob Griffin Managing the in the Making of the Pacific specialize in landscape and and Dr Lorne Hammond Cariboo Gold Rush Road to Ruin: James Northwest, Jean Barman marine photography. Every year The creation of the British will explore French Canadians’ Presented by Marie Elliott Douglas and the between 1888 and 1892 he Columbia Forest Branch in contributions to Fort Victoria, documented the city’s growth Philip Henry Nind was the Obfuscation of the 1912 marked the start of more explain their relationships from different vantage points, least qualified of the assistant than a century of service by Cariboo Wagon Road with indigenous women, and making him the eyes of the gold commissioners Governor the many staff who served as Presented by argue for their critical role in city. He also photographed James Douglas chose to stewards of BC’s forests. The Frank Leonard, Ph.D. the establishment of British commercial enterprises and manage law and order in speakers will look at the major This presentation explores Columbia. created iconic images along the the new Colony of British personalities, and the front- the finance, construction and This will be a special meeting Canadian Pacific Railway. Columbia. How did he cope line foresters, rangers and early operation of the Cariboo offered jointly by the Friends May 15 I 2 pm with his responsibilities 400 firefighters, who dedicated Wagon Road. By reviewing of the BC Archives and miles from Victoria, managing their lives – and sometimes Governor James Douglas’s The Association Historique a Gold Escort and myriad other risked them – to protect BC’s dispatches to London, and the francophone de Victoria. duties? forests. private comments that officials April 17 I 2 pm September 20 I 2 pm November 15 I 2 pm attached to them, Dr Leonard reaches a conclusion which James Cook; An The De Cosmos challenges the traditional, Explorer for the Ages celebratory view of Douglas’ Enigma Royal BC Museum back courtyard Presented by Robin Inglis Presented by government of the mainland Historian of exploration of the Gordon Hawkins colony. Deadbeetz northwest coast of America, Hawkins will explore the February 21 I 2 pm Pig BBQ Joint DINNER Robin Inglis was recently the | eccentric life of a bombastic Puerto Vallarta Amigos research curator for the major visionary who arrived in 1858, The Love Perogy exhibition Arctic Ambitions; founded the British Colonist Captain Cook and the #RBCyuM LUNCH 30 For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca More information > ©Petr Bambousek (Czech Republic) Refelections in black
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London. Mammoths: Giants of the Ice Age Millions of years ago, giants roamed the earth. Often standing more than 14 feet tall, mammoths and mastodons towered over the lands of Europe, Asia and North America, including British Columbia, from as long ago as 1.8 million years in the past to as recently as 10,000 years ago, during the Ice Age. In 2016, the Royal BC Museum will present the EXHIBITION rare opportunity to see the larger-than-life exhibition OPEN Mammoths: Giants of the Ice JUN 3 – DEC 31, 2016 Age. With a rich collection of fossils, casts, preserved flesh, Purchase tickets now > immersive media and engaging interactives, Mammoths: Giants of the Ice Age, created by The Field Museum in Chicago, will transport visitors to a time when giants walked among us. Our Living Languages: First Peoples’ Voices in BC This groundbreaking exhibition celebrates the resilience and diversity of First Nations languages in BC in the face of change. Learn what First Nations communities throughout the province are doing to help their languages survive and flourish, in this beautifully designed exhibition space, featuring original First Nations artwork and interactive stations. In April 2015, the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) awarded the Royal BC Museum the 27th Annual AAM Excellence in Exhibition Competition winner for this exhibition. In partnership with ON NOW
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Aliens Among Us: Invasive Animals and Plants in British Columbia Written by Alex Van Tol Illustrated by Mike Deas $19.95 | ISBN 978-0-7726-6853-0 Would you be surprised if you came face to face with a Red-eared Slider, Gypsy Moth or Brown Bullhead? Alex Van Tol can help. In Aliens Among Us, she identifies more than 50 species of animals and plants that have invaded British Columbia, then explains how they got here and what they’re doing to the environment. The Emily Carr 100 Objects Learning Portal Collection of Interest The Royal BC Museum at Treasures of the Picture this: more than 100 The objects in our collections your fingertips! The Learning Royal British Columbia impressive paintings and speak volumes, helping us Portal is a fresh, interactive Museum and Archives a treasure trove of 1,000 to understand our past and online resource that supports sketches and handicrafts; present, and to envision exploration of our collections. Compiled by Prof Jack Lohman diaries, notebooks, our future. We are proud to Featuring videos, sounds, $39.95 | ISBN 978-0-7726-6830-1 scrapbooks, letters and present 100 highlights from stories, guides and now manuscripts – the world’s the museum and archives playlists; all available from the largest collection of Emily Carr from among the more than site for anyone to assemble and materials, spanning her entire seven million objects in our share. This beautifully designed book features dramatic new photographs These Royal BC Museum career. The Royal BC Museum collection. Explore now > of the collections and exhibitions housed in western Canada’s publications along with is the proud steward of this oldest, largest and best-loved museum. many others are available Explore now > exceptional collection. for purchase from your local It celebrates not just the richness of museum collections but their Explore now > importance to culture, science and our understanding of British bookstore, the Royal BC Columbia’s place in the world. Museum Shop or online. Shop now > 38 For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca For more information and to purchase tickets visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca 39 GALLERY TOURS BUILD YOUR OWN WOOLLY MAMMOTH
Wildlife Photographer Hands-on in Canada. Tours are limited to 10 people. Sign up within one hour of the Year 2015 the Galleries prior to the tour start time at Gallery Tour Check out our ongoing activities the information desk in the Join one of the Wildlife and closer-look stations main lobby. Photographer of the Year throughout our galleries led by winners for a personal tour our knowledgeable docents. Gallery Tours through the gallery of amazing Year-round Join us for engaging tours wildlife photographs and through our permanent explore some of the techniques Behind the Scenes galleries and learn about the used to create these incredible Click here to print your woolly mammoth > Tours fascinating history of BC. Daily Share images. with the exception of Tuesdays. Experience the working Then follow these instructions to build it March 18 | 11 – 11:45 am & environments of our talented Check our website for tour 1 – 1:45 pm 1. Cut out woolly along outside edges researchers and staff. Behind topics, time and meeting Free with admission or 2. Fold woolly on dotted lines the Scenes tours are recognized locations. membership 3. Use glue or tape to keep woolly together as a “Canadian Signature Free with admission or Experience” by Destination membership.
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