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Imagine stepping 50 years into the future and finding smart cities designed to be totally sustainable. Renewable energy is our primary power source, space-based solar power provides solar energy 24 hours a day, everything is recycled, and you travel in individualized pods that run on little or no energy. This isn´t science fiction. Engineers are making plans for a sustainable world right now, and it's coming to the giant screen!

Run time 40min. CC. Rated G.

Imagine stepping 50 years into the future and finding smart cities designed to be totally sustainable. Renewable energy is our primary power source, space-based solar power provides solar energy 24 hours a day, everything is recycled, and you travel in individualized pods that run on little or no energy. This isn’t science fiction. Engineers are making plans for a sustainable world right now, and it’s coming to the giant screen!

Run time 40min. CC. Rated G.

Blue Whales: Return of the Giants 3D takes viewers on a journey of a lifetime to explore the world of the magnificent blue whale, a species rebounding from the brink of extinction. Following two scientific expeditions—one to find a missing population of blues off the exotic Seychelles Islands, the other to chronicle whale families in Mexico’s stunning Gulf of California—the film is an inspirational story that transforms our understanding of the largest animal ever to have lived.

Run time 44min. CC. Rated G.

Blue Whales: Return of the Giants takes viewers on a journey of a lifetime to explore the world of the magnificent blue whale, a species rebounding from the brink of extinction. Following two scientific expeditions—one to find a missing population of blues off the exotic Seychelles Islands, the other to chronicle whale families in Mexico's stunning Gulf of California—the film is an inspirational story that transforms our understanding of the largest animal ever to have lived.

Run time 44min. CC. Rated G.

Jane Goodall - Reasons for Hope, is an uplifting journey around the globe to highlight good news stories that will inspire people to make a difference in the world around them. Jane revolutionized how we view the world around us. Join her on this adventure of inspiration and hope.

Run time 45min. CC. Rated G.

Journey to a land of grizzlies, coastal wolves, sea otters and the all-white spirit bear - the rarest bear on earth - in the film Great Bear Rainforest. Hidden from the outside world, the Great Bear Rainforest is one of the wildest places left on earth. Found on Canada's remote Pacific coast, it is the last intact temperate rainforest in the world - a place protected by the region's indigenous people for millennia. Now, for the first time ever, experience this magical world in IMAX and giant screen theatres, and discover the land of the spirit bear.

Run time 41min. CC. Rated G.

Sensory sensitive screening intended for guests who find the Immersive IMAX® Experience prohibitive.

Journey to a land of grizzlies, coastal wolves, sea otters and the all-white spirit bear — the rarest bear on earth — in the film Great Bear Rainforest. Hidden from the outside world, the Great Bear Rainforest is one of the wildest places left on earth..

Run time 41min. Rated G.

See the film, experience the exhibition. Immerse yourself in the experience with an IMAX® and exhibition combo ticket!

See the film, experience the exhibition. Immerse yourself in the experience with an IMAX® and exhibition combo ticket!

See the film, experience the exhibition. Immerse yourself in the experience with an IMAX® and exhibition combo ticket!

Available for scheduled feature films on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday

See the film, experience the exhibition. Immerse yourself in the experience with an IMAX® and exhibition combo ticket!

Available for scheduled 3D feature films on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Get more out of your Royal BC Museum and IMAX® Victoria experience with a Family Combo Pass!

Get more out of your Royal BC Museum and IMAX® Victoria experience with a Combo Pass!

Target Audience: Grade 6-12

Explore a variety of Indigenous innovations and technologies practiced by First Nations' peoples of BC. While sharing and discussing, RBCM's Indigenous Learning Program Developer will highlight three to four innovations and practices of BC First Nations with the visual support of objects and images.

Target Audience: Grade k-12

Spend an hour with a museum educator in the Natural History gallery and focus on a related subject of your choice. Anything from insects, life in a tidepool, changing climates to adaptations in a rainforest.

Target audience: K-3
Tuesdays at 9:30am, Thursdays at 1:00pm

Plants and animals have features (body parts) and behaviours that help them survive. These are called adaptations. Learn about some BC animals and the amazing ways they survive and thrive in our local environments through this visit to the natural history gallery.

Target audience: Grade K-2
Thursdays at 11:30am

Explore the different ways dinosaurs used their bodies to survive in their habitats millions of years ago. Through the inspection of plant and dinosaur fossils, students will discover how dinosaurs found food and interacted with their environments. They'll even learn how animals on earth now give us clues about how dinosaurs looked and behaved.

Target audience: Grade 4 (can be adapted for adult audience)
Tuesdays at 2:00pm, Thursdays at 10:30am

In 1858, when gold was discovered in the Fraser River, what is now known as British Columbia became a destination for hopeful miners from around the world. For every gold seeker who rushed here, there were factors that drove them from their homelands and dreams that enticed to a new and foreign place. The impacts of the gold rush on British Columbia were large, and lasting.

Target audience: 3-5
Thursdays at 9:30am and 2:00pm

Get up close and personal with insects! Insect bodies and behaviours have a lot to teach us. Join us as we investigate insect specimens from the Royal BC Museum collections. Bring your curiosity for this interactive look into the world of Insects!

Target audience: Grade 1, 3 and 4 (can be adapted for adult audience)
Thursdays 10:00am

Learn about the Ice Age and the Woolly Mammoths who lived there. Using images, video and objects we will learn about how Woolly Mammoths adapted to survive in the Ice Age. There are lots of opportunities for questions and interaction.