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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","sans-serif"">January 12, 2018<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"">Find true love at the Royal BC Museum this February<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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">Let
love of learning be your Valentine at the Royal BC Museum next month. With a new workshop series for adults, a Black History Month talk and a Valentine’s party, there is much to love at the museum.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Go behind the scenes with museum experts at the Royal BC Museum’s new adult workshop series,
</span><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/learn/adult-programming/unexplored-highlights-royal-bc-museum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Unexplored Highlights of the Royal BC Museum</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">.
Explore big ideas through intimate conversations, dynamic lectures and exclusive visits to the collections. You’ll have up-close access to Emily Carr’s powerful painting
</span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";color:black">Tanoo, Q.C.I.
</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";color:black">[T'anuu, Haida Gwaii]</span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">
</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">and dive deeply into the marine life of glass sponges.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">The program will be informal, often hands-on, and always deeply engaged. See five superstar objects up close in the first workshop, discover how the
meaning of an object changes over time in the second, learn how the museum collects items to represent such a large and diverse province in the third and go behind the scenes to see the collections on the fourth. The four-part series of</span><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">workshops run on Saturdays from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (February 3, 10, 17 and 24). Tickets are $150 per person for the series.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">This month’s family program,</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">
</span></strong><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/learn/kids-families/wonder-sunday"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Wonder Sunday</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">,</span></b></span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">
is about Chinese New Year and the start of the Year of the Dog. Explore the museum’s Chinatown display, make paper lanterns and learn more about the animals of the zodiac. Join us on Sundays from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm (February 4, 11, 18 and 25). Included with
museum admission or membership. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Celebrate Black History Month with a talk from Karen Alexander Hosahl of the Black History Awareness Society. Karen is a
descendent</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"">of the Alexander pioneer family and will share the history of her family and of other black pioneers of the area.</span><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/events/calendar/event/105160/live-lunch-black-pioneers-british-columbia"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Live at Lunch: Black Pioneers in British
Columbia</span></a><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">is on Wednesday, February 7 from noon to 1:00 pm. Admission is by donation.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Looking for a unique way to mark Valentine’s Day? Why not mix love and science 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/events/calendar/event/105629/night-shift-wild-romance"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Night Shift: Wild Romance</span></a><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">on Saturday, February 10 from 8:00 pm to midnight. Couples and singles alike are welcome. With live music, sex talks with scientists,
a photo booth and more, there is something for everyone. Tickets are $40 (10 per cent discount for museum members).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Spend Family Day (Monday, February 12) exploring the
<i>Wildlife Photographer of the Year </i>exhibition. From 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm we’ll be in the exhibition with</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/events/calendar/event/105186/family-day"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">photography-related activities</span></a><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">for the whole family. 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","sans-serif"">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","sans-serif"">royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/calendar</span></a><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. 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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