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A Trip to Colwood with the Royal BC Museum Learning Team
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n a sunny Saturday in late September, the Royal BC Museum Learning team, led by Chris O’Connor and Kim Gough, travelled to the future home of the museum’s Collections and Research Building (CRB): Colwood, BC, located 15 kilometres west of downtown Victoria, for an opportunity to meet members of the community and share information about the museum’s programs, collections, research and exhibitions. The new CRB will be a part of Colwood’s Royal Bay neighbourhood, surrounded by public park space and close to new schools. Chris and Kim, along with museum volunteers, visited three locations: the Juan de Fuca branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library, Esquimalt Lagoon and Royal Bay Beach. At each location, visitors of all ages played games, asked questions and won prizes. “We wanted to show and tell what we do at the museum—so having the chance to bring out our Learning van and pop-up tent, and lead some hands-on activities, was really fun,” says Hanna Cho, head of Learning and Community Engagement at the Royal BC Museum. “In addition, Chris and Kim got to meet our new neighbours and learn more about the Colwood community.” The first stop of the day, at the Juan de Fuca public library, saw guests playing History Mystery, a guessing game designed to boost knowledge of BC history, as well as spinning the wheel for prizes in a fun game of
