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What’s On Calendar
WHAT’S ON
SPRING 2021
For a full listing of what’s happening at the museum visit rbcm.ca/calendar
ONLINE RESOURCES
NEW
iNaturalist
Interested in becoming a citizen scientist? Check out iNaturalist, a website and app that lets you collaborate with researchers, experts and park visitors around the world. Please tag us @RBCM in your observations! Explore now at inaturalist.org
This Week in History
This weekly series is back for its ninth season. Every Saturday on CHEK News, or see past episodes online. Explore now at rbcm.ca/twih
Learning Portal
The Learning Portal is a dynamic online resource designed to engage learners of all ages. Explore now at rbcm.ca/learning
EXHIBITIONS
Orcas: Our Shared Future
Dive deep into the stories and science surrounding the orca, apex predator of all oceans. Surface with a new understanding of how orcas and humans are connected.
April 16, 2021 through January 9, 2022
Learn more at rbcm.ca/orcas
Orcas Virtual Gala
Join us in celebrating the opening of the Orcas: Our Shared Future exhibition. Starting the evening is a mini version of Artifact or Artifiction. Match wits with museum staff as you try to guess which artifact tales are true and which are false. Then dive deeper into the world of orcas with speaker Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Haida manga artist who will tell us about his watercolour artwork, Orcinus Orca Skannaa, featured in the exhibition.
April 15 | 6:00 PM
For details visit rbcm.ca
THE POCKET GALLERY
Collaborating for Conservation
This display highlights the Royal BC Museum’s role in documenting BC’s natural heritage through the collection of biological specimens in BC Parks. It also highlights the roles played by our university colleagues collecting digital observations and park visitors contributing submissions to the iNaturalist app.
On now until August 11, 2021
Clifford Carl Hall Learn more at rbcm.ca/pocketgallery
PROGRAMS
Digital Field Trips
We’re back to offering digital field trips to schools and learners of all ages. Learn more at rbcm.ca/digitalfieldtrips
RBCM@Home Series
Join us every Tuesday at 12:00 pm for a visit with members of the museum staff and staff from other cultural sites around British Columbia.
BC Parks iNaturalist Project
March 16 | 12:00–12:30 pm Whale Fossils
March 23 | 12:00–12:30 pm Goes to the Golden BC Museum
March 30 | 12:00–12:30 pm
RBCM@Home Kids
Got little ones? Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 am for online playdates and hands-on activities.
Paper Airplanes
March 17 | 11:00–11:30 am Botanical Art
March 24 | 11:00–11:30 am Excuse Me, I Have a Question
March 31 | 11:00–11:30 am NEW Museum Field Trip Explore a new part of the Royal BC Museum on the first Wednesday of every month. We’ll show you back hallways, secret doors, familiar animal friends and beloved Old Town dioramas. Wherever we end up, we’ll sketch! Bring paper and a pencil—and your curiosity!
RBCM@Outside
Follow along at home as museum staff lead you on an outdoor adventure every second Wednesday at 2:00 pm.
Springtime at the Beach
March 24 | 2:00–2:30 pm Learn more at rbcm.ca/calendar Explore changing perspectives with these upcoming spring courses:
• Conspiracy in the Age of COVID • How to be Your Own Protector • Living Consciously Expanded • Japanese Gardens • Keeping a Sketchbook • Chinese Brush Painting • World Languages
REGISTER TODAY continuingstudies.uvic.ca/insight
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