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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Activities for Active Minds This Autumn at the Royal BC Museum<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b>Victoria, BC</b>–</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">As the temperature cools outside, join us indoors in our halls and galleries for a fresh slate of activities this
autumn. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Savour your Saturdays at
</span><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/106641/unexplored-highlights-four-part-adult-learning-series"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Unexplored Highlights</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">,
a four-part adult learning program led by our expert staff that explores some of the biggest ideas preoccupying the museum world. Through intimate conversations, dynamic lectures and behind-the-scenes visits, participants will get an exclusive look at some
of the most intriguing items in our collection. This is a four-part series with one session per week from October 13 to November 4. Tickets cost $150 per person.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Wondering why there aren’t any mummies in our
<i>Egypt</i> exhibition? Join us for the October edition of our popular </span><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/106563/its-complicated-human-remains-cultural-belongings"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">It’s
Complicated</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"> discussion series focusing on Human Remains and Cultural Belongings on October 18. Learn how the Royal BC Museum ensures
ancestral remains and cultural belongings are handled respectfully and the ways in which these belongings are returned to their families and communities. Join us for this free event in Newcombe Conference Hall on October 18 from 5:15 pm to 7:00 pm.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">With Women’s History Month beginning in October, discover inspirational women who have worked
at the Royal BC Museum and BC Archives or whose records are held here. Join Dr. Erica Wheeler, Head of Collections Care and Conservation, Heidi Gartner, Invertebrates Collections Manager and Researcher and Genevieve Weber, Archivist at the BC Archives, for
a </span><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/106608/live-lunch-womens-history-month"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Live at Lunch</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
discussion highlighting influential women. From botanist Mary Gibson Henry to provincial librarian and archivist Alma Russell, discover how their legacies impacted us and learn about the challenges they faced. Live at Lunch takes place on October 3 in Newcombe
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Visitors and locals alike have been delighted to watch Tsawout Nation master artists Tom and Perry LaFortune carving the
<a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/pole-carving">Crossing Cultures and Healing totem pole</a> this summer. The pole is now near completion and will be finished on Friday, October 5. It will then be taken off-site before it is moved to its permanent
location at the Ministry of Health in November. Tom and Perry are working on the intricate details of the figures and will be painting parts of the pole in the coming days. Be sure to stop by to talk with the LaFortune brothers and see the figures take shape.
The pole is outside the museum; access is free and the carvers are at work between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm Monday to Friday.<br>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">From October 4 to 22 explore a collection of Indigenous artworks created by artists from four First Nation communities across BC at a cultural art showcase called Reclaimed:
Culture and Life. The TimberWest First Nations Cultural Art Showcase took place on the upper plaza in late July, giving artists the chance to interact with visitors and showcase their work, including carvings, cedar weaving and contemporary clothing with traditional
designs. See a selection of these pieces in Clifford Carl Hall from the following artists: brothers Dave and Jonathan Jacobson of Tsaxis First Nation in Fort Rupert, Tom Hunt Jr. of Wei Wai Kum First Nation in Campbell River, Toni Frank of shíshálh First Nation in
Sechelt, and the Good Family from Snuneymuxw First Nation in Nanaimo. Access to this program is free. Join us during regular open hours: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm daily.
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";color:black">What animals creep, crawl and fly late night when most of us are asleep? Find out through our
</span><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/learn/kids-families/wonder-sunday"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Wonder Sunday</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";color:black">
series beginning with Animals of the Night. Back for 2018, this weekly family drop-in program provides activities for kids of all ages from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm each Sunday. Each month has a new theme and explores different areas of the galleries.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";background:white">There's more to the story of the Royal BC Museum and BC Archives than you could imagine. Want to know more about our quirks, curiosities and fascinating
characters? Written by Patricia E. Roy, our latest publication, <i>The Collectors,</i> will be available to purchase on October 15. Retailing for $39.95, the book will be available at local bookstores, the Royal Museum Shop and online through the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">About the Royal BC Museum</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></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. Located in Victoria on the traditional territory of
the Lekwungen (Songhees and Xwsepsum Nations), 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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<b><i>Egypt: The Time of Pharaohs, </i></b>open at the Royal BC Museum until Dec 31, 2018.
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