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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">May 23, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal"><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"">Beat the heat at the Royal BC Museum this June<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""></span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";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"">VICTORIA, BC</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">–<a name="OLE_LINK5">This
June the Royal BC Museum has themed programs around three exciting events: the opening of the new cutting-edge
<i>Family: Bonds & Belonging</i> feature exhibition, National Aboriginal Day and World Oceans Day.
<o:p></o:p></a></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";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";font-weight:normal">Summer hours</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">are in effect now until October 7. On Fridays and Saturdays the Royal BC Museum is open until 10:00</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">pm (closing at 5:00 pm Sunday to Thursday).</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">The Food Truck Festival behind the museum is open from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm on Fridays and Saturdays (closing at 6:00 pm Sunday to Thursday),
until September 4. <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";font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">The Royal BC Museum’s newest feature exhibition,</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
</span></strong><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/exhibitions/family"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Family: Bonds & Belonging</span></i></a><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">,
opens June 2. Explore</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">rarely seen treasures, albums, portraits and costumes. Dive into the exhibition’s central question: can you pick your family, or is it determined by blood?
</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Pull up a chair at the family table as we launch our newest book,
</span><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/104332/book-launch-language-family"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">The Language of Family</span></i></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">,</span></i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
on June 2 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm in Newcombe Conference Hall. Hear readings from a selection of the authors, poets, cultural luminaries and curators who contributed to this book. Admission is by donation.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.3pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">Haven’t seen the</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
</span></strong><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/exhibitions/terryfox"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Terry Fox: Running to the Heart of Canada</span></i></a><strong><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
</span></i></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">feature exhibition yet?
</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Explore the story of a young man who inspired a nation 37 years ago, and established himself as a hero through his courage, hope and determination.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.3pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="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";font-weight:normal">Another piece of Canadian history,</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
</span></strong><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/104237/helmcken-house"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Helmcken House</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">,<strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">one of the oldest houses in BC still on its original site, is open for</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">the summer between 12:00 pm and 4:00 pm.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">Admission is by donation.
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55""> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></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";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";font-weight:normal">Feel like a little fiddle music? On June 3 from 10:30 am to 11:30 am come to</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
</span></strong><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/104229/music-museum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Music at the Museum</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">and listen to two youth fiddle groups, the Calgary Fiddlers and Coastline. Included with museum admission
or membership. </span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.3pt;text-autospace:none"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55""><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></span></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";font-weight:normal">Two families that can trace their lineage back to the gold rush are the subjects of our
monthly lunchtime lecture. Curator of History Dr. Tzu-I Chung will present the next</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
</span></strong><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/104005/live-lunch-generations-british-columbia-families"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Live @ Lunch: Generations of British Columbia
Families</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
</span></span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">on June 7 from noon to 1:00 pm. Admission is by donation.
</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#222222;letter-spacing:.1pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:#222222;letter-spacing:.1pt">Another lunchtime event will take place on June 8, World Oceans Day, from noon to 1:00 pm:
</span><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/103979/thats-debatable-curatorial-showdown-world-oceans-day"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">That's Debatable: a Curatorial Showdown on World
Oceans Day</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">.
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Will you be Team Vertebrate or Team Invertebrate?
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Included with admission or membership.
</span></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Can’t make it into the museum on World Oceans Day? Join</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
</span></span><a href="http://www.exploringbytheseat.com/oceans"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants’ Google Hangout</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">featuring scientists from around the world, including the Royal BC Museum’s Dr. Gavin Hanke from 12:30
pm to 1:00 pm and Dr. Henry Choong from 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Our popular storytelling series
</span><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/104079/have-we-got-story-tell%E2%80%94family-feud"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Have We Got a Story to Tell—Family Feud</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
takes place on June 9 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The focus this month is on those tales of family drama that many of us can relate to. It is included with admission or membership.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:#222222;letter-spacing:.1pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Prefer to dive in and share your own perspective? Come to our new discussion series
</span><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/104222/food-thought-culture-nature"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Food for Thought- The Culture of Nature</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
on </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:#222222;letter-spacing:.1pt">June 10 from
<span class="date-display-start">1:00 pm</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="date-display-end">3:00 pm. Enjoy an afternoon of conversation with the Nature Conservancy of Canada</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:#222222;letter-spacing:.1pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
exploring how we balance our relationships with the natural world</span><span class="date-display-end"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:#222222;letter-spacing:.1pt">.
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:#222222;letter-spacing:.1pt">Included with admission or membership.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">The Royal BC Museum is honoured to host Aboriginal Tourism BC’s
</span><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/104235/aboriginal-cultural-festival-2017"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Aboriginal Cultural Festival 2017</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">.
From June 16 to 18 come to the plaza in front of the museum from 11:00 am to 5:30 pm to see more than 100 performers, browse the Indigenous Arts Marketplace and enjoy tasty treats from food trucks. Celebrate Aboriginal culture, values, language and cuisine.
Adding to the excitement this year are special guests from the Maori performing arts group He Waka Kôtuia. This outdoor event is free.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">After spending the day at the Aboriginal Cultural Festival, stay the
</span><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/103978/night-museum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Night at the Museum</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
on June 17 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 am on June 18. Tickets are $80 per person (10 percent member discount). Explore the newest feature exhibition,
<i>Family: Bonds and Belonging</i>, after hours. Tell stories, watch home movies, play board games and even have a pillow fight (or two!).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">To honour National Aboriginal Day, come to the next instalment of the new discussion series,
</span><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/103982/its-complicated-repatriation"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">It's Complicated: Repatriation</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">,</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
on June 21 from 5:15 pm to 7:00 pm. This free event will discuss how the repatriation of First Nations belongings can affect a family, a community and nations. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Interested in finding your family history but don’t know where to start? Come to the
</span><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/104137/archives-workshop-researching-family-history"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Archives Workshop: Researching Family History</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">on June</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:#222222;letter-spacing:.1pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"> 24 from </span><span class="date-display-start"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:#222222;letter-spacing:.1pt">1:00
pm</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:#222222;letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:#222222;letter-spacing:.1pt">to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="date-display-end">3:00
pm in </span>Newcombe Conference Hall. Tickets are<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>$30.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Head over to Willows Beach in Oak Bay for our ever-popular
</span><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/104075/fieldtrippers-seine"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Fieldtrippers: In-Seine</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
event on </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:#222222;letter-spacing:.1pt">June 25 from
<span class="date-display-start">9:30 am</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="date-display-end">11:30 am. Researchers from the Royal BC Museum will show you sea creatures like fish, crabs,
shrimp and other invertebrates (animals without backbones). This event is by donation.
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:#222222;letter-spacing:.1pt">More information about the location is<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.oakbay.ca/parks-recreation/parks-playgrounds/parks-listing/willows-park" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:#5A87C6;letter-spacing:.1pt">here</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:#222222;letter-spacing:.1pt">. Children accompanied
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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. We are a hub of community connections in BC</span><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">–
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">onsite, offsite and online</span><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">–
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">taking pride in our collective histories.
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