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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"">April 11, 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"">Research springs onto centre stage at
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<strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">free two-day event at the Royal BC Museum
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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">Ever
wondered what occupies staff at the Royal BC Museum when they aren’t collaborating on exhibitions, fielding questions from the public or participating in learning activities?
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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"><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","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Original research is a huge component of work among many museum and archives employees.
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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">On Friday, April 12 and Saturday April 13,
</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm,</span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"> researchers
from the museum’s curatorial, archival and learning teams will discuss their </span>
</strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">recent research accomplishments and findings
</span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">with the public at a free event: The Spring Institute.</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB"><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","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">The Spring Institute</span></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";font-weight:normal">features 16 different
</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">presentations, broken into four themed sessions, in Newcombe Conference Hall, on the ground floor of the Royal BC 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"">“I am proud of our achievements in research, which are as innovative as they are compelling, looking at global issues through a local BC lens,” said
Prof. Jack Lohman CBE, CEO of the Royal BC Museum. “Research will drive the development of the new narratives that we are exploring. It is an exciting world of the future.”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Members of the public are welcome to drop in for a single presentation, a session or the full day. The full schedule of events is available at
</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/spring-institute"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/spring-institute</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Reflecting its provincial mandate, Royal BC Museum research is rooted in BC’s natural and/or human history, but is often also connected to global patterns,
phenomena and concerns. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Research also drives future exhibitions. For example, Dr. Lorne Hammond’s talk will focus on pop culture representations of the Orca–a theme that will
be reflected in a 2020 Royal BC Museum feature exhibition. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">This year’s presentation topics range from the diet of Common Wall Lizards to 19<sup>th</sup> Century Japanese photographic paintings; from tiny flies
you can (barely) see now, to tail clubs on dinosaurs long extinct. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">You can find more information about Royal BC Museum research staff, their areas of scholarly interest and their work in the lab, in our collections
and in the field and marine environments on the Research Portal: </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/collections/research/research-portal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/collections/research/research-portal</span></a></span><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. 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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