PROFILE Helijet

Our Volunteer Family

We are proud to open our newest Pocket Gallery display, Our Volunteer Family, which celebrates our more than 600 volunteers at the museum and archives. This vibrant, dedicated and knowledgeable group is so important in the work we do and keeps the museum and archives ticking daily.

In 1886, when the museum was founded, there was one staff member and a small team of volunteers. Today there are volunteers across the organization in a number of key roles. You may not see them all, but on any given day there are up to 50 dedicated individuals contributing their time. All ages are represented in our volunteer family from 4 to almost 90. Volunteer dedication begins with our corporate board of directors and supports the functions of each branch of the organization from administration, collections, engagement, front of house, learning, outreach and research, to retail and receiving.

We are also very thankful to our community partners.

“Like so many other arts and culture

organizations around the province, the Royal BC Museum depends on its volunteers to create the best possible experience for the visiting public,” says Danny Sitnam, president and CEO of Helijet. “They unreservedly give their time and effort to make everything work in every area of the museum. But, what’s really remarkable is the pride they take in what they contribute. We’re delighted this Pocket Gallery was created to give them the recognition they deserve. As a longtime sponsor of the museum, we at Helijet are thrilled to support this special exhibit.”

The Pocket Gallery is a small display space in Clifford Carl Hall, on the main floor of the Royal BC Museum. It is free to all visitors.

Wilson Tutube, one of the Royal BC Museum volunteers featured in the new Pocket Gallery.

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Thank you to everyone who sent in a gift for the fall mail campaign. It was the Royal BC Museum’s most successful mail campaign ever, raising more than $180,000! Every gift made this success possible and every gift matters.

Donations are critically important for the museum to further its work. Government funds cover approximately 53 per cent of the museum’s costs; the balance is raised through admissions, sponsorships and donations. This year’s fall campaign donations will help support the museum’s priority projects for 2020, including Orcas: Our Shared Future, which opens May 15, digitization of fragile video and audio tapes and photographs, and museum programs, including seniors, outreach projects and kids’ camps.

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Thank you again to everyone who made this such a successful campaign.

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GET YOUR EARLY COPY

Stop by the Royal BC Museum between April 10 and May 14 and pick up an early copy of Spirits of the Coast: Orcas in Science, Art and History, the richly illustrated companion volume to Orcas: Our Shared Future.

In-person only at the Royal Museum Shop or box office.