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Programs and Events
Add to your Museum experience by participating in lectures, workshops, summer camps, sleepovers and special events (For museum member pricing, click on the Sign In link now - which is located above and to the right).
The Story Collection – Storytelling about Love
Join us for an intimate storytelling experience inside the historic Helmcken House, one of British Columbia's oldest residences. As part of The Story Collection series, this site-specific event invites you to walk through the historic home while storytellers share personal tales inspired by themes of memory, place, and belonging.
Create or Control Workshop
Does your artwork feel overworked? Do you struggle to begin at all? Join us for an evening of multimedia exploration, guided by a self-described “recovering perfectionist”. Supported by items from the Royal BC Museum’s handling collection, this workshop invites you to experiment freely as you explore techniques for stepping through hesitation, generating ideas, and transforming “mistakes” into masterpieces. No art experience is required for this hands-on, participatory playshop. Please bring your curiosity—and clothes that can handle a little paint!
Exclusive Evening with Shane Gross
Enjoy an exclusive evening exploring Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Connect one-on-one with Vancouver Island local and Canada’s only 2025 category winner, Shane Gross, who will share behind-the-scenes insights into his featured photograph, Like an Eel Out of Water. A cash bar will be available, along with complimentary light snacks, as you experience powerful images celebrating nature, conservation, and photography.
Black Hair Salon
A panel conversation on hair, identity and legacy. Hair has always carried meaning. For Black women, it holds memory, resistance, care, grief, creativity, and pride.
The Story of Our Crowns brings together Black women with diverse histories, lived experiences, and expertise to explore the complex and deeply personal relationship we have with our hair.
Where Did the Sunshine Go?
A Glass Cage Record Release Celebration
Join us for an unforgettable evening as we unveil a lost piece of British Columbia's musical heritage. Includes live listening sessions of the restored recordings and stories from Marcus Pollard and Jason Flower about the discovery and restoration process.