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Program Guide
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SEPTEMBER
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September 3
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Grant Keddie, Curator of Archaeology By Donation
On the Move: Bringing Vikings to Victoria
Music for Natural History Sound Workshop September 25
September 20
1 – 4 pm
An afternoon of sound exploration with composer and intermedia artists Tina Pearson Family Programs and Paul Walde. Adult Programs Lecture $45 per person Tour
7 – 8:30 pm
Head of Exhibitions Mark Dickson will take us through the ins and outs of bringing a large exhibition to Victoria. Free I Greater Victoria Public Library, Oak Bay Branch
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Wonder Sunday: Vikings Friends of the BC Archives: Quarantined September 28 1 – 3 pm September 21
2 – 3:30 pm
Peter Johnson $5 per person, free for Friends of the BC Archives members
10 pm
Together we wonder about Vikings and search for who they really were. Free with admission or membership
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Race Rocks Ecological Reserve Tour
October 4
10 am – 1:30 pm
Set sail from Victoria with Eagle Wing Tours and scientific staff from the Royal BC Museum and cruise out to Race Rocks Marine Protected Area for a visit Family few Programspeople Adult Programs Lecture ever get to make. Tour Exhibition $350 per person Members
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Kids’ Club Afternoon Exploration: Art
October 9
$10 per child I Ages 6 – 12 Under age 10 must be chaperoned
7 – 8:30 pm
Join Nancy Turner as she addresses questions about First Peoples of northwestern North America and their complex, ever-changing relationships with plants and environments. $16 per person
Speaking Pictures: A Poetry Workshop 1 – 4 pm
Poet, activist and educator Susan Rich will lead a workshop on poetry written about art. All levels of writers are welcome. $45 per person
Friends of the BC Archives: Photographic Album
October 19
Every Wed & Thur 4 – 5 pm
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Learning, Sharing & Adapting
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2 – 3:30 pm
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Family Programs Wonder Sunday: Adult Programs Live @ Lunch: Lecture Halloween Tour The Good, the BadExhibition and the Ugly
October 1
Members
12 – 1 pm
Dr John Ford, Research Scientist, Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries & Oceans Canada and author. By Donation Family Programs Join the Victoria Symphony Adult Programs Lecture Tour for a concert of remembrance: Exhibition Members Lest We Forget, with a backdrop of Royal BC Museum film footage from the Great War. October 25 www.victoriasymphony.ca Family Programs Adult Programs Lecture
October 26
1 – 3 pm
Come in costume and wonder about how Halloween was celebrated a century ago. Free with admission or membership
Night Shift: Living & Dying in Victorian Times
October 31
8 – 11 pm
Drown your sorrows and stir up the past as we summon the spirits of Halloween long ago. $30 per person, 19+ only, ID required
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Night Shift: Creative Collections
November 21
8 – 11 pm
An evening of images and the art of doing mixed with libations and a dash of music. Get your creative juices flowing with our Artists in Residence. $30 per person, 19+ only, ID required
Kids’ Club Afternoon Exploration: Music
Live @ Lunch: The Great War of 1914 – 1918
Every Wed & Thur 4 – 5 pm
November 5
$10 per child I Ages 6 – 12 Under age 10 must be chaperoned
Dr Lorne Hammond, Curator of History By Donation
Family Programs Remembrance Adult Programs Lecture Commemorations Tour Exhibition
November 5 – 11
Members
10 am – 5 pm
Performance-based presentations, school programs and newly digitized war letters and imagery available for viewing. In partnership with Veterans Affairs Canada Free I Clifford Carl Hall
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Booksmack: WWI
November 5
7 pm
A team of librarians and a Royal BC Museum curator will speed review asPrograms many books and Family Adult Programs Lecture films about WW1 as they can in an hour. Tour Exhibition Free I Clifford Carl HallMembers
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12 – 1 pm
Christmas in Old Town
November 14 – January 11
10 am – 5 pm
Celebrate the sights and sounds of Christmas long ago. Free with admission or membership
Creative Collections Workshop
November 15
1 – 4 pm
Pick a side – Natural History or Human History – visit the collection, choose a specimen or an artifact and then respond creatively. $45 per person
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Friends of the BC Archives: Nursing on the Battlefield
November 16
2 – 3:30 pm
8 – 10 pm
Join researchers from the Royal BC Museum at Willows Beach and get up-close with as many as 20 species of fish, crabs, shrimp, and other invertebrates. Free
Family Programs
Programs Early Shift: CreativeAdult Collections Lecture
November 21
Tour
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That’s in-Seine: Collections by Moonlight
November 22
Glennis Zilm, Honorary Professor, UBC School of Nursing $5 per person, free for Friends of the BC Archives members
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Wonder Sunday: Language
November 30
1 – 3 pm
Together we wonder about the incredible diversity of First Nations languages. Free with admission or membership
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition opens
December 12
Daily
Celebrating 50 years of images, Wildlife Photographer of the Year showcases award-winning images that tell the astonishing stories of our natural world while pushing the boundaries of technical skill.
Family Programs Adult Programs Lecture Tour Exhibition Members
Kids’ Club Afternoon Exploration: Crafts
Carol-Along with the Carillon
Every Wed & Thur 4 – 5 pm
December 7
$10 per child I Ages 6 – 12 Under age 10 must be chaperoned
Enjoy carols with cookies and hot chocolate. Free
Live @ Lunch: BC, A Language Hotspot
December 3 & 6
Family Programs Adult Programs
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Dr Martha Black, Curator of Ethnology & Michelle Washington, Cultural Programs Coordinator By Donation
Family Programs
Adult Programs Kids’ Club: Visit with Lecture Tour Father Christmas Exhibition
4:30 – 5:15
Father Christmas in Old Town
December 5 – 7 11 am – 3 pm December 12 – 14 11 am – 3 pm December 19 – 21 11 am – 3 pm Visit with Father Christmas in Old Town, have your photo taken and share your holiday wishes. Included with admission or membership Photo by donation
Members
December 6
9 – 10 am
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Helmcken House Old-Fashioned Christmas
December 20 – January 4
Included with admission or by donation
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Kids’ Club Afternoon Exploration: Writing
Every Wed & Thur 4 – 5 pm
BATEMAN IMAGE
$10 per child I Ages 6 – 12 Under age 10 must be chaperoned
Family Programs Adult Programs Lecture Tour Exhibition Members
Around the World with Bateman and Foster
January 28
7 – 8:30 pm
Join Robert Bateman and Bristol Foster as they revisit their round the world journey they took in 1967/68 and hear what it meant and how it resonates with them today. Family Programs Adult Programs $50 per person Lecture Tour Exhibition Members
Letter Writing Week
January 2 – 9
11 am – 2 pm
Stop by our letter writing station to sit down and pen a note. Supplies provided. By donation
Live @ Lunch: The Evolution of Photography
January 7 & 10
12 – 1 pm
Don Bourdon, Curator of Images and Paintings By Donation
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Friends of the BC Archives: Victoria – A City Goes to War
January 18
2 – 3:30 pm
Jim Kempling $5 per person, free for Friends of the BC Archives members
Wonder Sunday: Superheros Unite!
January 25
1 – 3 pm
Explore the Natural and Human History galleries to discover the drama of saving the world! Free with admission or membership
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FEBRUARY
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Our Living Languages exhibition
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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 partnership with
Kids’ Club Afternoon Exploration: Photography
Every Wed & Thur 4 – 5 pm $10 per child I Ages 6 – 12 Under age 10 must be chaperoned
Workshop Sunday: Superheros Unite!
February 1
Family Programs Adult Programs Lecture Tour Exhibition Members
1 – 4 pm
Join comics artist Gareth Gaudin and help save the world through drawings. $35 per person I Ages 8 +
Family Day
February 9
10 am – 5 pm
Celebrate all the different ways that one can be a family. Free with admission or membership
Night Shift: Wild Romance
February 14
8 – 11 pm
Birds do it, bees do it, but how? We go wild for an evening of performances, presentations and adult only activities. $30 per person, 19+ only, ID required
Family Programs Adult Programs Lecture Tour Exhibition Members
Live @ Lunch: Beyond our Southern Shores
February 4 & 7
12 – 1 pm
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Friends of the BC Archives: Ship Building in Victoria and Vancouver in WWI
February 15
2 – 3:30 pm
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International Mother Languages Day
February 21
7 – 9 pm
Visit Our Living Languages exhibition and then join a discussion on how languages change. $16 per person
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March 15
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Family Programs Spring Break Camp: Adult Programs Lecture Focus on Nature Tour Exhibition
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March 28 & 29
Join us for a one-of-a-kind performance/ visual art experience where kids take selected attendees’ outfits and remake them into new works of wearable art, with an impromptu fashion show at the end. $10 per person, $30 per family, per event (up to 2 adults & 3 youth) Presented in partnership with Theatre SKAM and The Makehouse
Wonder Sunday: Fashion Machine
March 29
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March 4
12 – 1 pm
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Presented in partnership with the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria.
Spring 2015
7 – 9 pm
Many species and habitats in BC are at risk of extinction or extirpation. Why are they at risk and what can be done about it? $5 per person
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Programs Based on the Mountain Adult Legacy Project, Lecture Tour the presentation will visualize Exhibition significant Members changes in mountain landscapes. $5 per person
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Live @ Lunch: Presentation by Professor Jack Lohman
April 1
12 – 1 pm
LAST CHANCE: Wildlife Photographer of the Year Closes
April 6
Professor Jack Lohman By Donation
Workshop Wednesday: Fashion Machine
April 15 & 22 Family Programs Adult Programs Lecture Tour Exhibition Members
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BC Archives on Display
Mon – Fri
10 am – 4 pm
This display showcases some of the world’s most unique and historically significant items from the BC provincial collection. Family Programs Free I BC Archives Lobby Adult Programs
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Kids’ Club Afternoon Exploration: Storytelling
Every Wed & Thur 4 – 5 pm $10 per child I Ages 6 – 12 Under age 10 must be chaperoned
April Fool’s Scavenger Hunt
Family Programs March 27 – April 1 10 am 5 pm Adult – Programs Lecture Tour
Don’t let us dupe you! Our team will place Exhibition Members unusual objects throughout the Royal BC Museum. It’s your job to identify the objects that don’t belong. Free with admission or membership
5 – 7 pm
Join multi-media artist Lindsay Delaronde to learn about the history and construction of moccasins, and then make your own. $45 per person I Ages 8 +
Friends of the BC Archives: Carlo Gentile, Colonial Photographer April 19
2 – 3:30 pm
Ron Greene $5 per person, free for Friends of the BC Archives members
Astronomy Day
April 25
10 am – 4 pm
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Victoria will hosts international Astronomy Day. Free I Clifford Carl Hall
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Gold Rush: Eldorado in BC exhibition opens
May 13
Family Programs Adult Programs Lecture Tour Exhibition Members
Kids’ Club Afternoon Exploration: Exploring
Daily
Catch gold fever! This exhibition looks at how the BC gold rushes of the late 1800s forever changed the political, geographical and social landscape of the province. This exhibition includes Allure of Gold from Museo del Oro in Bogota, Colombia.
Friends of the BC Archives: Gold Nuggets and Silver Salts
Every Wed & Thur 4 – 5 pm
May 24
$10 per child I Ages 6 – 12 Under age 10 must be chaperoned
Joan Schwartz $5 per person, free for Friends of the BC Archives members
Family Programs South Vancouver Island Adult Programs Regional Heritage Lecture Fair Tour
May 1
Exhibition Members
Workshop Sunday: Family Programs Eco in and Out Adult Programs
May 3
Lecture Tour Exhibition Members
1 – 4 pm
Watch Royal BC Museum staff dissect a marmot, then join artist Aimée van Drimmelen as she illustrates the bones. $35 per person I Ages 8 +
Night at the Museum: Gold
May 23
Plant ID Workshop: Part 1
May 30
10 am – 2 pm
Students from local middle & high schools will come together in the regional heritage fair. Free
6:30 pm – 9 am
We’ve heard rumour of gold…camp out by Family Programs Adult Programs river’s edge and search Lecture for fortune. In the Tour Exhibition morning enjoy a pancake breakfast. Members $80 per person
2 – 3:30 pm
1 – 4pm
Work with Dr Ken Marr, Curator of Botany and Dr Erica Wheeler, Botany Collection Manager to learn terminology used in plant morphology. $45 per person
Wonder Sunday: ECO In and Out
May 31
1 – 3 pm
We connect to the living things around us and wonder what it takes to make a museum. Then we create our own Mini-Museum. Free with admission or membership.
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Summer Hours 10 am – 10 pm Friday & Saturdays from June – September
Our Living Languages
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Plant ID Workshop: Part 2 & 3
June 6 & 13
This groundbreaking, interactive exhibition celebrates the resilience and diversity of First Nations languages in BC in the face of change. Learn what First Nations communities throughout the provinceFamily arePrograms doing to help Adult Programs their languages survive Lecture and flourish. Tour Exhibition In partnership with Members
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1 – 4pm
Work with Dr Ken Marr, Curator of Botany and Dr Erica Wheeler, Botany Collection Manager to learn how to use plant identification keys and how to recognize some of the more common plant families. $90 per person
Aboriginal Peoples Day
June 21
Kids’ Club Afternoon Exploration: Research
Indigenous Languages in the House of Memory
Every Wed & Thur 4 – 5 pm
June 24
$10 per child I Ages 6 – 12 Under age 10 must be chaperoned
Learn more about the records in the Halpern fonds of the BC Archives. They document the unique culture and identity of First Nations communities across the Pacific Northwest. $16 per person
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Helmcken House & St Ann’s School House open
June 2 – September 7
7 – 8:30 pm
12 – 4 pm
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Learning that shapes who you are.
2014 SPRING CALENDAR
There are many community courses available through Continuing Studies at UVic. Here’s just a sample:
Canada Day Old-Time Penny Carnival
■ The Altered Landscapewww.LearningThatShapes.ca/Spring July 1 1 – 3 pm Thursday, October 2 to November 6 Bring your pennies and step right up to try your hand at old-time carnival games. ■ The Answers are Written in Bone: Free with admission or membership Forensic Anthropology of the Human
Skeleton Wednesdays, September 17 and 24, October 1, and Saturday 4 FamilyOctober Programs Adult Programs Lecture Tour Exhibition Members
A History of the James Bay Neighbourhood Wednesday, October 22 ■
■ Amazonia: Of Head Hunters and Lost Tribes Tuesday, October 28
■ Monumental Carving of the Family Programs Adult Programs Northwest Coast Lecture Thursdays, NovemberTour 6 to December 11 Exhibition Members
■ From Chicken Livers to the Quadrivium: The Place of Astronomy in Ancient Worldviews Wednesday, December 10 and Thursday, December 11
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July 6 – 10 July 20 – 24 July 27 – 31 August 10 – 14 August 17 – 21
9 am – 4 pm 9 am – 4 pm 9 am – 4 pm 9 am – 4 pm 9 am – 4 pm
Strike it rich with this interactive camp. Stay tuned to for more details in the spring, but get ready to stake your claim, as tickets sell out fast! $224 per person I Ages 8 – 11
Gold Fever Trail Walking Tour
July 11 & 25 August 8 & 22
10:30 am – 12 pm 10:30 am – 12 pm
Walk in the footsteps of early gold rush participants down the Inner Harbour and around some of the buildings that served the miners of ’58. Pre-registration required. $15 per person, per tour
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