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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white"></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">November 22, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Holiday cheer at the Royal BC Museum this December</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55""><br>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">VICTORIA, BC</span></b><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">–</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Embrace
the holiday spirit at the Royal BC Museum. Discover winter celebrations around the globe, walk the festive streets of Old Town and sing some classic Christmas carols accompanied by the Carillon.
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Catch </span><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/107061/live-lunch-world-history-body-piercing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Live at Lunch: A World of Body Piercing</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
on November 28 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. Guest speaker Manni Franz from the Musée de l'Homme, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris will share a special presentation about a new exhibition on a World History of Body Piercing. Admission by donation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Don’t miss your chance to explore ancient Egypt without plane tickets or a time machine.
</span><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/exhibitions/egypt"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Egypt: The Time of Pharaohs</span></i></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55""> will be closing
on December 31. Filled with more than 300 original artifacts, some an astounding 4,500 years old, the exhibition explores life along the banks of the Nile, the great pharaohs and what every day experiences were like for ordinary Egyptians. Included with admission
or museum membership. <br>
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In acknowledgment of </span><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/107066/world-aids-day"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">World AIDS Day</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
and Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week the Royal BC Museum will host a special event with AIDS Vancouver Island that features art, film, music and a living library on December 1 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Admission is free. Further details will be posted on the
Royal BC Museum’s Facebook page shortly.<br>
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Did the sights and sounds of Christmas in stores on November 1 leave you feeling a little Grinchy? A stroll through
</span><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/106669/christmas-old-town"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Christmas in Old Town</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
is sure to rekindle your festive spirit. Wander the wood-cobbled streets with storefronts wreathed in traditional festive finery. Open daily from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm throughout December (finishing January 9, 2019). Included with museum admission or membership.<br>
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You can be sure to get your Christmas list to “The Man with the Bag” himself during December. See
</span><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/106623/father-christmas-old-town"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Father Christmas in Old Town</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
during the first three weekends of December (December 1-2, December 7-9 and December 14-16) from 11 am to 3 pm. Included with admission or membership; photos are by donation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:#222222;letter-spacing:.1pt">What does the phrase “Happy Holidays” mean to you?
</span><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">Find out about wintertime celebrations from around the world at our family program,
</span></strong><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/106540/wonder-sunday-world-celebrations"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Wonder Sunday: World Celebrations.</span></a><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">Join us on Sundays (December 2, 9 and 16) from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Included with museum admission or membership.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:#222222;letter-spacing:.1pt;background:white">Hear the bells of the Carillon ring and sing along to festive favourites with your
family and friends (four-legged variety also welcome) at our </span><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/106284/carol-along-carillon"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";letter-spacing:.1pt;background:white">Carol
Along with the Carillon</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:#222222;letter-spacing:.1pt;background:white"> event on December 9 from 4:30 pm to 5:15 pm. Provincial Carillonneur Rosemary Laing will accompany the Newcombe Choir
in a one-of-a-kind caroling party. Watch as the Carillon is lit up for the holidays with a hot chocolate and cookie in hand. Event is by donation.</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:black">New year, new you, right? The BC Archives feels the same way and will be closed December 10 to 14 to allow for collection
audits and other collection tidy-up work to improve public access. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:#222222;letter-spacing:.1pt">Meet Dr. Victoria Arbour, the newest curator at the Royal BC Museum, and find out about our plans for the future of research and the paleontology collection
at our next Live at Lunch talk on December 5 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. <span style="background:white">
Dr. Arbour is a vertebrate paleontologist and evolutionary biologist specializing in fossils from the age of dinosaurs and is the leading expert on the armoured dinosaurs known as ankylosaurs.
</span>Learn more at her </span><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/106611/live-lunch-new-direction-paleontology"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";letter-spacing:.1pt">Live at Lunch: A New Direction for Paleontology</span></a><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";color:#222222;letter-spacing:.1pt">
talk. Admission is by donation.</span><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55""><br>
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See what Christmas in Victoria would have been like more than 100 years ago at Helmcken House. Decorations, music and first-hand accounts of Christmas experiences over a century ago will prove an interesting comparison to festive celebrations today.
</span><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/106590/helmcken-house-old-fashioned-christmas"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Helmcken House Old-Fashioned Christmas</span></a><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
takes place from Monday, December 17 until Sunday, December 31, 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Included with admission or by donation.<span style="color:#222222;letter-spacing:.1pt;background:white"><br>
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Please note that the Royal BC Museum and Victoria IMAX are </span><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/106714/museum-imax-closed"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">closed</span></a><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
on December 25, 2018 and January 1, 2019. <br>
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Celebrate in style at our family-friendly New Year’s Eve party, </span><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/106559/early-shift-party-its-1999-bce"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Early Shift: Party Like It’s 1999 (BCE)</span></a><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">.
Join <span style="color:#222222;letter-spacing:.1pt;background:white">us in the <em><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Egypt: The Time of Pharaohs
</span></em>exhibition for a family-oriented celebration fit for the gods featuring music, activities and games for all on Sunday, December 31 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Tickets: $24 per adult, $16 per youth. Free for children under 5 years old. Members receive
a 10 per cent discount.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">For more information about any of these events, visit our online calendar at
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span 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. 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.
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