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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Feb. 03, 2020
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<b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Celebrate Valentine’s at the Royal BC Museum
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">VICTORIA, BC—</span></b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">This Valentine’s Day, purge the urge to make a panicky
last-minute Amazon purchase and spoil your sweetie instead with an unconventional gift you can enjoy together—a date at
</span><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/109563/night-shift-vintage-valentines"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Night Shift: Vintage Valentines</span></a><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">.
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">On Friday, February 14, the Royal BC Museum’s ever-popular adult-only party, Night Shift, returns for a fresh new take on romance.</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US;text-decoration:none">
</span></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Night Shift is provocative and thought-provoking, blending purely delightful activities with intimate access to museum staff, collections and learning activities.
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<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">At Vintage Valentines, dance to live music by Hank Angel. Chill out with Sarah Osbourne and Elder Sister Plum. Enjoy vintage vinyl soul, funk and
disco from DJs db Chessa and Hristo. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Sit in on ‘Sex Talks with Scientists’, featuring presentations about sex, reproduction and/or mate selection by museum scientists Victoria Arbour, Heidi Gartner and Henry
Choong. <strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Enjoy archivist Genevieve Weber’s talk, ‘A Century of Writing on Love and Sex’, which will use records from our collections to explore the changing ways we have written about
romance and desire. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Sip a cocktail while you explore the galleries. Strike a pose in the photo booth, create your own vintage valentine at the craft station and revel
in the bawdy burlesque of House of Cheek Productions. Join us for a Newlywed Game activity, inspired by the 1960s game show, for couples to test how well (or not) they know their dates.
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<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">This 19+ evening takes place from 8 pm to midnight
<a name="OLE_LINK3"></a><a name="OLE_LINK4">on Friday, </a></span></strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Feb. 14</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">. $49.95 + taxes; 10% discount
for members; ID required. For tickets, visit the Royal BC Museum’s online calendar</span></strong><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;text-decoration:none">. For
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<p style="background:white"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;text-decoration:none">Night Shift is
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 45 Light","sans-serif"">About the Royal BC Museum:
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 45 Light","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
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</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Traditional Territory of the Lekwungen (Songhees and Xwsepsum Nations)<br>
675 Belleville Street, Victoria, BC Canada V8W 9W2 </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
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<a href="mailto:ELambertson@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:blue">ELambertson@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"> | </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:blue">royalbcmuseum.bc.ca</span><span style="color:blue">
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</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121;background:white">On Feb. 14, 2020, we welcome back the family-favourite feature exhibition
<b><i>Wildlife Photographer of the Year</i></b>. Purchase advance tickets <a href="https://sales.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/default.aspx">
<span style="color:blue">now</span></a> to see 100 of the world’s most dynamic, exquisite and thought-provoking nature photos.</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><br>
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