Royal British Columbia Museum

The Royal British Columbia Museum (also known as the Royal BC Museum) was founded in 1886 and houses the Provincial Archives of British Columbia as well as the Province's natural and human history museum. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada is home to the museum. In 1987, Queen Elizabeth II authorized the "Royal" title, which was granted by HRH Prince Philip to correspond with a Royal trip that year. In 2003, the museum and the British Columbia Provincial Archives combined.

Natural History, Becoming BC, and the First Peoples Gallery are the three permanent galleries of the Royal BC Museum. Natural history specimens, antiquities, and historical documents make up the museum's holdings, which number in the millions. The natural history collections contain 750,000 specimen records from BC and neighboring states, provinces, and territories. Entomology, Botany, Palaeontology, Ichthyology, Invertebrate Zoology, Herpetology, Mammalogy, and Ornithology are the eight disciplines represented in the collection. Touring exhibitions are also held at the museum. Antiquities from the RMS Titanic, Leonardo da Vinci, Egyptian artifacts, the Vikings, the British Columbia gold rushes, and Genghis Khan have all been included in previous shows.

Location: 675 Belleville St, Victoria, BC V8W 1A1, Canada

Website: royalbcmuseum.bc.ca