Royal BC Museum
675 Belleville Street V8W 9W2 Victoria, BC, Canada

We encountered some technical difficulty this morning that prevented us from livestreaming today's RBCM@Home Kids session, butbetter late than neverhere's the recording. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/L-bnagKTyEg

at Finlayson Point with Grant Keddie

A Tale of Two Families, the free mini-exhibition in our pocket gallery, closes January 31! Don't miss this incredible story of resilience and kindness through times of great adversity. The Royal BC Museum pocket gallery is proudly supported by Helijet http://ow.ly/vuza50D2J5b

Just in time for the holidays, we've launched our new virtual museum tour of Emily Carr: Fresh Seeing - French Modernism and the West Coast. Exhibition co-curators Kiriko Watanabe and Dr. Kathryn Bridge will be your guides for this behind-the-scenes visit! rbcm.ca/watch

While the museum remains open with mammoth upgrades to health and safety, we are also offering new ways to visit us online. You can visit our feature exhibition #RBCMFreshSeeing and hear from the experts who curated it through our new virtual tour: rbcm.ca/watch

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Time is running out to see our feature exhibition, #RBCMFreshSeeing! Learn how Carr's study of French Modernism and the Brittany countryside shaped her artistic style. Thanks to Black & McDonald Limited for helping us bring this exhibition to life rbcm.ca/emily

Our final blog post of 2020: a thank you and call-to-action for those who love to learn http://ow.ly/GOVA50CTwQG

Spirits of the Coast: Orcas in Science, Art and History at #12 on the Read Local BC 2020 bestsellers list rbcm.ca/spirits

RBCM@Outside Christmas Hill Edition

Check out our new holiday-themed escape room. Father Christmas didn’t report home to the North Pole! He was last seen at the Royal BC Museum. Can you help find him and save Christmas? http://ow.ly/LX6L50CLfLV

Starting soon, it's RBCM@Outside: Christmas Hill, our final online program of the year! This year more than ever, we can all benefit from the gifts of nature. Getting outside during the holidays, and even better, up to a height of land, can offer a breath of fresh air and some much needed perspective. Tune in for a virtual stroll with our friends from the Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary Society

Happy belated to Emily Carr! #DYK Carr was born December 13, 1871that's 149 years ago yesterday! Learn more about the life of this iconic Canadian artist through our interactive Emil Carr timeline: http://ow.ly/rCcb50CLesU

COVID-19 has disrupted so much in our lives, but it hasn't kept the Royal BC Museum curators of entomology and invertebrate zoology from producing a fascinating piece of interdisciplinary research. Tune in to This Week in History to learn more: http://ow.ly/8m1X50CSlkK

It's #AskAConservator Day! The Royal BC Museum conservation and collections care team is at the top of their game. Today's your chance to ask them anything and everything about their work. Pick up some tips on how to care for personal objects at home like a professional!

REMINDER: The Royal BC Museum is closed Christmas Day (Dec. 25) and News Year Day (Jan. 1) Please let us know if you have any questions. Review our business hours here, including the Year-Round Food Truck Festival and Sequoia Coastal Coffee: http://ow.ly/ELhm50CGi7D

Emily Carr: Fresh Seeing is open! Showcasing 67 original artworks, including 10 from the Royal BC Museum collection, and illustrative personal records from BC Archives, this exhibition captures the moment Carr revolutionized Canadian modernism. rbcm.ca/emily

Our latest employment opportunity: a two-year term for an Indigenous Learning Program Developer! http://ow.ly/A0xU50CIfmE

HOLIDAY UPDATE HOURS | The Royal BC Museum is closed Christmas Day (Dec. 25) and New Years Day (Jan. 1), and also Wednesdays (closed for deep cleaning). Please note that IMAX VICTORIA is closed until January 8, 2021. ... See our full hours online (including Sequoia Coastal Coffee and the Royal Museum Shop): http://ow.ly/jRE350CShWL GIFTS | If you're behind on your holiday shopping, check out our 2020 gift guide for some last-minute inspiration: http://ow.ly/fQZg50CSiq3 ONLINE EVENTS | If you haven't already, help us find Father Christmas (who's gone missing in the museum)! Try our holiday-themed escape room here: http://ow.ly/LX6L50CLfLV Last but certainly not least, our final RBCM@Outside session of 2020 takes place tomorrow at Christmas Hill. Tune in here: http://ow.ly/JzGd50CSiHc Happy holidays! ( BC Archives, "The Birdcages" in Winter; Victoria, D-02898)

Take a fresh look at Emily Carr. Now she’s beloved as a Canadian icon of arts and letters. But first, she broke all the rules. A new exhibition, Emily Carr: Fresh Seeing opens October 22. rbcm.ca/emily

The iNaturalist Edition

The Royal BC Museum safely stores thousands of collections, relating to human history, zoology, archaeology, and botany, among others. And in the botany collection are plants that survive by stealing nutrients from other plants, or even eating animals! http://ow.ly/GBXb50CngEr

Happy Hanukkah! #DYK that Congregation Emanu-El, Victoria, British Columbia, is a national historic site, the first synagogue in Western Canada and Canada's oldest synagogue in continuous use? Learn more about the congregation here: http://ow.ly/t8qX50CIaNr ( BC Archives: A-09157, I-04857)

Starting in less than an hour, it's RBCM@Home: Canadian WWII History in Europe! Join Royal BC Museum collection manager and war historian, Paul Ferguson, for this armchair travel extravaganza: a dream itinerary of Canadian war sites in Europe

Starting soon, it's RBCM@Home Kids: Kid Activism! Kids around the world are stepping up and making their voices heard about issues like climate justice, racial equity and gender inclusivity. How can books help support this momentum and give kids and families the language to speak up and support needed change in their communities and beyond? Join award-winning author Robin Stevenson to find out!

Starting at 2:00 PM today, it's RBCM@Outside: iNaturalist Edition! The Royal BC Museum recently joined iNaturalist.org, a global online resource to document nature. We use iNaturalist for our own research and also to contribute our expertise in identifying the flora and fauna of BC and other parts of the world. Learn how you can use iNaturalist in or outside the classroom or home. If you are curious about community science, iNaturalist is a great way to join the effort to document biodiversity!

Our latest blog post is live! Learn how BC educators are evolving their practice and incorporating new digital tools into learning spaces http://ow.ly/TBb450BSuZi

Browse more than 16,000 digitized photos from Indigenous communities across BC, searchable by community. This digitization work (supported by FortisBC) makes collections more accessible to remote communities who may not be able to visit in person | http://ow.ly/TwoH50CF4Sd

Join the Royal BC Museum's curator of art and images, Dr. India Young, for our first-ever digital lecture on Emily Carr and French Modernism. Enjoy highlights from the museum Carr collections and expert analysis of Carr's impact on modernism in BC http://ow.ly/MHdy50Cm8Uv

Making monsters!

Research from our brilliant curator of palaeontology, Dr. Victoria Arbour, was just featured on Eons PBS! https://youtu.be/lRt-4SdzWrk

Royal BC Museum curator of botany, Ken Marr, just happens to be colour blind, which may have been the reason he spotted a dinosaur tooth while on a plant-seeking expedition in northern B.C. Watch this latest episode of This Week in History to find out why! http://ow.ly/tOJQ50C36RS

Starting this week, we have changed our Friday hours back to normal. Now, the museum will be open 10:00 am6:00 pm everyday but Wednesday (when we close for deep cleaning). Learn more: http://ow.ly/xrow50BRB4t

A bat got stuck in the exhibitions building but, thanks to our fast-acting security team, we were able to capture and release it outdoors before it injured itself #museumlife

Starting in less than an hour, it's RBCM@Home: Emily Carr! Join Royal BC Museum curator emerita Dr. Kathryn Bridge to walk in the footsteps of Emily Carr's 1911 trip to France. Where did she go? What did she paint? Who did she meet? Find out at noon today!

Check out the new submissions to our COVID-19 Collecting For Our Time project! Image courtesy of Jessica Bettenson, who submitted a series of images showing Campbell River during the stay home order on April 1, 2020. Empty streets and encouraging signs. http://ow.ly/M98450BNt0A

Our feature exhibition, Emily Carr: Fresh Seeing, is now open, and the Royal Museum Shop has Emily Carr themed gifts and souvenirs! Check out a wide variety of Carr-inspired takeaways, including these beautiful masks: http://ow.ly/gQCa50C19hG

Starting in an hour, it's RBCM@Home Kids: Sea Otter Story Time! Join award-winning author, conservation photographer and filmmaker Isabelle Groc for a reading from her latest book, "Sea Otters: A Survival Story" She'll also share some photos from her time in sea otter country, along the Pacific Coast

Starting at 11:00 AM, it's RBCM@Home Kids: Make Some Noise! Singers, actors and dancers know how to get their voices and bodies ready to go. Join dancer Geoff Malcolm and opera singer Anna Shill as they lead you through their favourite warm-ups for body and voice, including some great tongue twisters. This (she sells seashells by the seashore) session is in collaboration with Pacific Opera Victoria

Thanks Roll.Focus. Productions for helping us shoot a virtual exhibition tour of Emily Carr: Fresh Seeing (opening tomorrow ) with co-curators Kiriko Watanabe and Dr. Kathryn Bridge. Stay tuned for details on how to visit this beautiful exhibition virtually! rbcm.ca/emily

Starting at noon today, it's RBCM@Home: Entomology Edition! Tune in to learn from Royal BC Museum curator of entomology, Dr. Joel Gibson, and graduate student from the University of Berkley, Nina Pak

In July 1908, a small fire was burning near Fernie, which was not a major concern. But on Aug. 1, everything changed. The wind came up and suddenly the fire rose and was moving swiftly toward the town. Watch the clip below to find out what happened next! http://ow.ly/C5Jo50BWRJW

Hey, Okanagan friends! Don't forget that one of our favourite exhibitions, Our Living Languagescreated by First Peoples' Cultural Council and proudly supported by Vancityis on now at KelownaMuseums (specifically the Okanagan Heritage Museum). Admission is by donation http://ow.ly/gKuK50BKjER