Everything about The Royal British Columbia Museum totally explained
The
Royal British Columbia Museum is a history
museum located in
Victoria,
British Columbia,
Canada, founded in 1886. It was given the "Royal" title upon a visit by
Queen Elizabeth II in 1986, and merged with the
British Columbia Provincial Archives in 2003.
The museum is one of the centre-pieces of Victoria's tourist industry. It includes three permanent galleries and an
IMAX theatre. In addition, it often hosts touring exhibits from around the world. In recent years, these have included exhibits about the
HMS Titanic,
Leonardo da Vinci,
Egyptian artifacts and
Genghis Khan.
The museum is located in Victoria's Inner Harbour, between the
Empress Hotel and the
Legislature Buildings. The museum anchors the Royal BC Museum Cultural Precinct, a surrounding area that contains a number of historical sites and monuments including
Thunderbird Park.
Permanent galleries
The natural history gallery on the second floor displays the features life-sized displays of the diverse geography of the province (such as the
Fraser River delta, and prehistoric life (including a towering
woolly mammoth), and a simulated journey to the depths of the ocean. More recently, a section on climate had been added, including information on the effects of modern
climate change.
The modern history gallery on the third floor begins with "Century Hall" which displays collections of artifacts of the 20th century. Vistors then pass into a replica of a
cobblestone streetscape of early 20th-century Victoria (complete with silent movie theatre, a hotel, a train station, old automobiles, and
Chinatown). The display then shifts to a tour of early forestry, fishing, and mining industries (including a mine shaft and
water wheel), and then a history of exploration (which includes a model of the original
Fort Victoria and a large scale replica of Captain
George Vancouver's ship the
HMS Discovery.
The First People's gallery, also on the third floor, is a
First Nations exhibit, portraying life both before and after contact with Europeans. The gallery includes a large collection of masks,
totem poles, and a
Kwakwaka'wakw longhouse built by
Henry Hunt, and grandsons,
Tony Hunt and
Richard Hunt. The gallery is popular, but has been criticized by indigenous scholars for its portrayal of
First Nations people, and its extensive use of controversial images and film from
Edward Curtis.
Images
Image:Thunderbird Park Royal Museum BC.jpg|Thunderbird Park with the museum in the background
Image:Wooly Mammoth-RBC.jpg|The popular woolly mammoth in the natural history gallery
Image:Water Wheel-RBC.jpg|The recreated water wheel in the modern history gallery
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