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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">December 19, 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"">A new year and new activities at the Royal BC Museum in January<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"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">VICTORIA, BC–</span></strong><a name="OLE_LINK5"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">The
holidays aren’t over yet at the Royal BC Museum! Use your time off to take part in some festive fun, learning events and archives adventures.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">Keep the holiday celebrations going with
</span></strong><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/105250/christmas-old-town"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Christmas in Old Town</span></a><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">.
Enjoy Victorian-era decorations as you stroll the wood-cobbled streets of Old Town, now until Tuesday, January 9. Included with museum admission or membership.
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<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, BC Archives and IMAX Victoria are closed on December 25 and 26 and January 1. The
</span></strong><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/plan-your-visit/eat-and-drink"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Food Truck Festival</span></a><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">
in the courtyard behind the museum is closed December 24, 25, 26, 31 and January 1.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">A little late writing your holiday cards? Don’t worry! We’ve got you covered with
</span></strong><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/105182/letter-writing-week"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Letter Writing Week</span></a><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">
from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm Tuesday, January 2 to Sunday, January 7. We’ve got everything you need, including paper, pens, envelopes and stamps. Included with museum admission or membership.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Learn more about the people on whose land we are situated, the Lekwungen speaking people, at
</span><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/105117/wonder-sunday-local-land"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Wonder Sunday: Local Land</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">.
This family program runs Sunday January 7, 14, 21 and 28 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Dr. Joel Gibson, curator of entomology, and Dr. Henry Choong, curator of invertebrate zoology, will tell tales from their adventures aboard the Canada C3 vessel
this past summer at </span><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/105159/live-lunch-haida-gwaii-salish-sea"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Live at Lunch: from Haida Gwaii to the Salish
Sea</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">. This program takes place on Wednesday, January 3 from noon to 1:00 pm; admission is by donation.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Examine our troubling history of Japanese Canadian internment with a talk from distinguished oral historian Dr. Pamela Sugiman. Sugiman will deliver her lecture,
</span><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/105185/acts-kindness-and-complicity"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Acts of Kindness and Complicity</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 Sunday, January 28 from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm; admission is by donation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">Looking for things to do with friends and family over the holidays? Visit our feature exhibition
</span></strong><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/exhibitions/wpty2017"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Wildlife Photographer of the Year</span></i></a><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">,
open until April 2, 2018. See the 100 winning images (from </span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">almost 50,000
<strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">entries) of this annual contest. The exhibition is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum in London.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">There is still one more award to be won:
<u>you</u> are invited to vote for the 2017 People’s Choice Award. The Wildlife Photographer of the Year jury has chosen 25 of the best images from the 2017 competition as shortlisted nominees in this category.
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<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"">View the nominees and vote at
</span><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/wpy/community/peoples-choice/2017/index.html"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/wpy/community/peoples-choice/2017/index.html</span></a><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">
</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Voting closes on February 5, 2018. Participants are invited to share their selection with @NHM_WPY on Twitter using the hashtag #MyWPY to be eligible to win a copy of </span><a href="http://www.nhmshop.co.uk/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-portfolio-27.html?utm_source=nhm.ac.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wpy&utm_content=wpy-microsite-gallery1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Portfolio
27</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">, published by the Natural History Museum, London.</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"><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">Enjoying an embarrassing abundance of spare time over the holidays? Use it at the BC Archives, where you can do some digging into your
family roots in BC or begin your research for that great BC historical novel you’ve been putting off writing. You can begin your research
</span></strong><a href="http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">online</span></a><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">
or </span></strong><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/bc-archives/visit/plan-visit"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">visit the Reading Room</span></a><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">
to meet our staff and start your voyage in person. Visit </span></strong><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/bc-archives/visit/hours-and-location"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/bc-archives/visit/hours-and-location</span></a><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">
for holiday hours.<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"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">For more information about any of these events, visit our online calendar at
</span><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/calendar"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/calendar</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">.
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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"">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"">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. We are a hub of community connections in BC–onsite, offsite and online–taking
pride in our collective histories. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a name="OLE_LINK2"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Media contact:</span></b></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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