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<p><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";color:black">July 31</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">, 2015</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Royal BC Museum
<span style="color:black">heads outside for August programming</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">VICTORIA, BC –
</span></strong><a name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Summertime is a great time to get outside, and the Royal BC Museum is pleased to be offering opportunities to do so with its summer programming.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Gold Fever Trail Walking Tours</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""> with John Adams and Discover the Past allows
participants to walk in the footsteps of gold rush personalities and see some of Victoria’s legendary and lesser-known sites that served the miners of ’58. Participants will take on a real character from British Columbia’s gold rushes and make choices along
the way that will determine their fate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Tours depart from the Royal BC Museum on Wednesdays and Saturdays until September 5, excluding the week of August 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">The fifth nature walk of our
<i>Field Trippers – 125 Years and Counting </i>series takes place at Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park at 1 pm on Sunday, August 23. This Dragonfly Trip will be guided by Royal BC Museum Entomology Collections Manager Claudia Copley, Bird and Mammal Preparator
Darren Copley and CRD Park interpreter Katie Turner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Call 250-478-3344 by August 21 to register, which is required.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Starting August 5, join us for a half-hour guided tour of the award-winning
<i>Our Living Languages: First Peoples’ Voices of British Columbia </i>exhibition<i>,
</i>and gain insight into First Nations languages in BC and the strategies of keeping them alive. Tours begin in the main lobby and are included with same-day admission or membership.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Tours are offered Wednesday to Sunday at 1:30 pm until September 6.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">The first in a series of three family friendly sessions,
<i>From the Beach to the Abyss </i>will connect an audience via live streaming to experts from one of Canada’s most exciting research projects.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Ocean Networks Canada, an initiative of the University of Victoria, operates the world’s most advanced underwater cabled observatories off the BC coast and in the
Arctic. Facilitated by Dr. Richard Dewey, Associate Director of Science Services with Ocean Networks Canada, join us to learn more about these underwater observatories and some of the discoveries they’ve made possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">From the Beach to the Abyss
</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">takes place in Clifford Carl Hall at the Royal BC Museum on August 29 from 1-3 pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">For a full list of events and more information visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/events/calendar/.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">About the Royal BC Museum</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">The Royal BC Museum explores the province's human history and natural history, advances new knowledge and understanding of BC, and provides a dynamic forum for discussion and a place
for reflection. The museum and archives celebrate culture and history, telling the stories of BC in ways that enlighten, stimulate and inspire. Looking to the future, by 2017 the Royal BC Museum will be a refreshed, modern museum, extending its reach far beyond
Victoria as a world-class cultural venue and repository of digital treasures. <o:p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Media contact:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Royal BC Museum Media Inquiries
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">250-387-3207<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:news@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca">news@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca</a></span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""><a href="https://twitter.com/RoyalBCMuseum">@RoyalBCMuseum</a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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