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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">February 17, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Nurture your love of nature at the Royal BC Museum this March
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.3pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">VICTORIA, BC–</span></strong><a name="OLE_LINK5"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">March
brings animal-themed programs, pop-up performances and the return of the popular Museum Happy Hour to the Royal BC Museum.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.3pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.3pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Do you have aspiring shutterbugs in your family? Sign them up for the Royal
BC Museum’s </span></strong><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/64088/spring-break-camps"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Spring Break Camps</span></i></b></a><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">
where they can develop their budding photography skills. Don’t miss out! Only a few spots are left. March 20-24 (sold out) and 27-31, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, $223 per person, ages 7-11.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.3pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.3pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Ever felt like your kids are behaving like animals? Come to
</span></strong><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/103927/wonder-sunday-animal-families"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Wonder Sunday</span></i></b></a><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">
to find out how animals parent their offspring. Bring the family on March 5, 12, 19 and 26 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Attendance is included with admission or membership.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.3pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">European Wall Lizards are overrunning our province!</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">
</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Find out more from Dr. Gavin Hanke, Curator of Vertebrates, at</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">
</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Live @ Lunch
<i>Lizard Invasion</i><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">, a lunchtime lecture in Newcombe Conference Hall on Wednesday March 1 at noon, admission to talk by donation.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.3pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Animated animal annals are the feature of this month’s
</span></strong><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/103939/stories-helmcken-house-animals"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Stories at Helmcken House</span></i></b></a><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">.
Come for an afternoon of live storytelling from the </span></strong><a href="http://www.victoriastorytellers.org/"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Victoria Storytellers’ Guild</span></b></a><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">.
Saturday, March 18 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm and 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Included with admission or membership.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.3pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Have you been so moved by a performance that you wanted to stand up and join
in? That’s the premise of the pop-up participatory choir <i>Why We Are Here!, </i>
presented as part of the Belfry Theatre’s Spark Festival<i>.</i> Warm up your voice and sing along on Monday, March 13 from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. $10 per person.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.3pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.3pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Museum Happy Hour is back! On select Thursdays from 5:15 pm to 7:00 pm, wind
down after work with adult-only events at the museum. Each evening has a different theme and is hosted in one of the core galleries. All of them have food, drinks and fun.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.3pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.3pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">The first Museum Happy Hour event is on Thursday, March 9. Come to the
</span></strong><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/103971/museum-happy-hour-teachers-lounge"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Teacher’s Lounge</span></i></a><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">
on the third floor in the Becoming BC gallery. You don’t need to be a teacher; you just need a love of learning and fun.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.3pt;text-autospace:none"><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/103972/museum-happy-hour-do-you-mind"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Do
You Mind?</span></i></a><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"> Thursday, March 16 is about slowing down and being mindful through yoga, meditation and more (or less) in the Natural
History gallery on the second floor. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.3pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.3pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Celebrate<i>
</i></span></strong><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/103973/museum-happy-hour-indi-genius"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Indi-genius</span></i></a><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">
on Thursday, March 23, the last Museum Happy Hour in March. Open Space, an artist run centre, will be exploring the dynamic relationship between historical Indigenous art objects and contemporary Indigenous art practices in the First Peoples gallery on the
third floor.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.3pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Museum Happy Hour is $10 per person and 19+ only. Drinks available for purchase.
Light snacks provided. </span></strong><b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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at</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">
</span></strong><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/calendar"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/calendar</span></a><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">About the Royal BC Museum<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="xbodytext" style="margin-top:.1pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="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, 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.
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