As a born and bred Victorian, I’ve been going to the museum for as long as I can remember. After university, I moved to Alberta for a few years and looked forward to every visit home. My mum was a teacher, so I had extra time to spend with her, but…
John Fannin, the museum’s first curator and taxidermy enthusiast, pictured in the provincial museum’s natural history collection. He became the first curator of what is now known as the Royal BC Museum in 1886. At the time, it was nothing more than…
This is my sister and me on our annual trip to the museum as kids. We would always stay at the Delta hotel and then spend a full day at the RBCM. I was just so excited to learn!
Little did I know, I would end up sharing that excitement for…
A group of kids, sometime in the 1970s judging from the outfits, check out the handling collection at the BC Provincial Museum. While most of the museum's collection items are best viewed with your eyes and not your hands, some pieces are designed…
Henry Hunt (October 16, 1923–March 13, 1985) was a First Nations (Kwakwaka'wakw) woodcarver and artist from British Columbia. Hunt trained under and succeeded famed totem carver Mungo Martin as Master Carver for Thunderbird Park at the Royal BC…
A picture from the BC Archives showing a behind the scenes look of the exhibit construction process of the much-loved Old Town. The now closed Becoming BC exhibition was completed and opened to the public in 1972 and featured a number of then state-…
Circa 1949, two staff members look at maps in the exhibit room of the provincial archives back when they were still located in the legislative buildings.
An early display of totem poles at the Royal BC Museum from 1977.
This is a photograph from a botany lecture held at the BC Provincial Museum in April or May 1934. The photo was taken by J. Howard Chapman (1861-1942). Originally from England, Chapman arrived in Victoria in 1890. He initially worked as a travelling…
