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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">October 1, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">True facts and fun fakes at the Royal BC Museum this October<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">VICTORIA, BC—</span></b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">No fake news here: the Royal BC Museum is honestly the place to be for fun learning
opportunities in October:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Fringe Festival fans will already be familiar with Abdul Aziz and Shawn O’Hara, creators of the comedic spectacles known as
</span><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/108949/fake-ghost-tours"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Fake Ghost Tours</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">. Now they’re
bringing their hilarious and “100 per cent accurate and legitimate” story-telling to the Royal BC Museum. Which old souls prowl Old Town? What boogeymen live in the bathrooms? This tour reveals all!
<b>October 9, 10, 11 and 12, at 6 pm, 7:30 pm and 9 pm</b>. $20 per person.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><strong><span style="font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">Mother Nature can be a clever trickster—learn about nature’s best fakes and how animals strive to survive at these family-friendly events:</span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2;background:white">
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</span></span></span></strong><![endif]><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/108980/museum-happy-hour-fake-out"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Happy Hour: Fake Out</span></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">!
is </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">October 10 from 5:30 to 7 pm</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">—$10 per person; snacks and drinks available for purchase. This is
a 19+ event; valid photo ID required for entry. (But you don’t have to leave the kids behind! The new
</span></strong><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/learn/kids-families/parallel-play-childminding"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Parallel Play Childminding</span></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">
program is available for this event: $15/per child, ages 3-10.)<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2;background:white">
<![if !supportLists]><strong><span style="font-family:"Courier New";font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></strong><![endif]><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/learn/kids-families/wonder-sunday"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Wonder Sunday: Fake Out!</span></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">
runs </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">October 13, 20 and 27 from 1 to 3 pm</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal"> in the Natural History gallery. Get up close and personal
with birds, bugs, and mammals from our collections, and make a related craft. Free with admission or membership.
<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><strong><span style="font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></strong><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">It’s the truth:</span>
<a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/exhibitions/maya"><i><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Maya: The Great Jaguar Rises</span></i></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal"> continues to wow visitors of all
ages. The multi-sensory feature exhibition spotlights the mystery, legacy and resilience of one of the world’s greatest civilizations—the Maya of Central America—and has earned rave reviews for its rarely seen artifacts and family-friendly interactives. Enrich
the experience with these events:</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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</span></span></span></strong><![endif]><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/109075/hello-exhibition"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Hello Exhibition!</span></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">
is a new members-only program that gives parents and caregivers the opportunity to tour the Maya exhibition while someone else minds the kids! Learning staff will lead a tour for the grown-ups, while the little ones (ages 2-5) learn about related topics with
their own separate on-site programming. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">October 15, 10 to 11 am</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">, $15 per member family.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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</span></span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">On November 27, 2019, the
</span></strong><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/109012/distinguished-lecture-isolated-stop-road-power"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Distinguished Lecture Series</span></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">
features Tulane University’s Dr. Marcello Canuto, who last year led a team of archaeologists to new discoveries at the Maya site of La Corona in Guatemala. His talk,
<i>An Isolated Stop on the Road of Power: La Corona, the Snake Kings and Altar 5</i>, presents new evidence for how a powerful kingdom known as the Kaanul dynasty began. Newcombe Hall;
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">7 to10 pm</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">; $15 for Royal BC Museum members; $39.95 for non-members.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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</span></span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">Come meet “Buster”—the very real new dinosaur discovered in Northern BC by Victoria Arbour, Curator of Paleontology—at these events:</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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</span></span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;font-weight:normal">Dr. Arbour will dig deep into the story of
</span></strong><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/109001/live-lunch-bcs-mountain-dinosaurs"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">BC’s Mountain Dinosaurs</span></a><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;font-weight:normal">
during Live at Lunch on </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">October 2 from noon to 1 pm</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;font-weight:normal">
in Newcombe Hall. By donation.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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</span></span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;font-weight:normal">Buster is also the focus of the Helijet-sponsored Pocket Gallery (in Clifford Carl Hall)
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">until February 26, 2020</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;font-weight:normal">.
The exhibition follows Dr. Arbour’s quest to unearth the mysteries of a small plant-eating relative of the Triceratops that was first discovered by accident in 1971 near the Sustut River, north of Smithers in BC. Not only is Buster one of the first dinosaurs
found in BC– he’s one of the most complete skeletons ever unearthed here. Free. <o:p>
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</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">October 20 from 2 to 3 pm</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;font-weight:normal">,
Dr. Patricia Roy, author of </span></strong><a href="https://shop.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/product/the-collectors-a-history-of-the-royal-british-columbia-museum-and-archives/"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">The
Collectors: A History of the Royal BC Museum and Archives</span></i></a><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;font-weight:normal">, will go
</span></strong><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/109210/behind-scenes-provincial-archives-women-who-did-work"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Behind the Scenes at the
Provincial Archives</span></a><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;font-weight:normal"> to tell the unvarnished truth in her lecture,
<i>The Women Who Did the Work</i>. Learn the names and stories of the many women who contributed to the success of the provincial archives from its conception in the 1890s. In Newcombe Conference Hall; free for members of the Friends of the BC Archives; $5
for non-members.</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">About the Royal BC Museum:
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">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. </span>
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