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Nature in the park
Morning light comes through the trees
Red flowers bloom tall.
Submitted by Lewis.
Exhibition: Finding Nature in the City
An early display of totem poles at the Royal BC Museum from 1977.
Exhibition: RBCM through the Ages
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…
Exhibition: RBCM through the Ages
The new provincial museum and archives in 1970, about two years after the new building was opened to the public following a massive rebuild.
Photo courtesy of the Royal BC Museum & Archives
Exhibition: RBCM through the Ages
John Fannin (front), the first curator of the museum, and Francis Kermode (back right), curator and later director of the museum, in the BC Provincial Museum’s taxidermy shop.
The photo was taken sometime between 1900 and 1904 by Albert Hatherly…
Exhibition: RBCM through the Ages
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.
Exhibition: RBCM through the Ages
Submitted by Freddie Albrighton and Patrick James Butler.
Exhibition: COVID-19
I don’t 100% recommend having a wedding during a pandemic, but I have to say it’s gonna be one heck of a story to tell and looking back now I wouldn’t change a thing. It made our special day so unique. And at the end of the day the show must go on.…
Exhibition: COVID-19
Nancy’s daughter is physically challenged and lives in an assisted living home, which was closed to visitors because of the pandemic. Nancy notes that she and other family members regularly visit through the living room window. She says, “Each time…
Exhibition: COVID-19