Royal BC Museum

Discover the Royal BC Museum and celebrate BC’s diversity through enlightening inspiring and immersive galleries that capture the stories of the people, plants and animals that call the province home. Take a stroll around Old Town, New Approach, a recreation of a turn of the 20th-century town, including the new display of a reproduction of the Hayashi Photography Studio, and walk onboard the full-scale replica of the HMS Discovery. Visit Jonathan Hunt House, a museum installation and the ceremonial house of a Kwakwaka’wakw Chief, and Our Living Languages, an exhibit that shares the history of disrupted languages in BC. See who calls the coastal rainforest home and peer into a tidepool to see real marine life in the Natural History gallery. Finish the adventure with an immersive cinematic experience at IMAX® Victoria, BC’s largest screen.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year opens February 14.
Immerse yourself in the intriguing natural world through the lenses of professional and amateur photographers, giving voice to our planet’s beauty, awe and fragility.

Global Threads: The Art and Fashion of Indian Chintz opens March 28.
Step into a fascinating world of colour and discover how India’s vibrant cottons inspired global fashion trends with Global Threads: The Art and Fashion of Indian Chintz.