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Explore records from the BC Archives related to the diversity of the Black community in the early days of BC.
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Explore the museum's bird collection. Learn how to help birds through citizen science.
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There are 15 species of bats in BC. Which ones live near you? Find out how important bats are to people and the world we share with them.
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This pathway examines the displacement and dispossession of thousands of Japanese Canadians in Canada in the 1940s.
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In 2018 the Leahy-Langevin Collection of fossils from the McAbee Fossil Beds near Kamloops was donated to the Royal BC Museum. Explore images and video to learn more about these important fossil finds.
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We're all in this together. An ecosystem is a natural community. When species disappear it can throw an entire system off balance, with far-reaching consequences for ecosytems, for the planet, and for us. What can we do about it?
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In 1858 word of gold rang out in the Fraser Canyon, setting off a dramatic migration of people and propelling this once remote region of western North American into the modern age. What can you discover about BC's gold rush?
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Did you know BC is a language hotspot? Over 34 distinct indigenous languages are spoken here. Explore sounds, images, words and video about First Nations languages.
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Documentary film and photographic images held in the BC Archives help us to remember the First World War. Watch video, see photographs and read about the war sometimes called The Great War.
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The mammal collection is as diverse as the mammals of BC. Mammal specimens at the museum are preserved, stored and made available for research.
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Yuma Myotis
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Townsend’s Big-Eared Bat
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Pallid Bat
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Long-Legged Myotis
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Long-Eared Myotis
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Little Brown Myotis
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Hoary Bat
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Dark-Nosed Small-Footed Myotis
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Californian Myotis
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Big Brown Bat
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Fringed Myotis
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Spotted Bat
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Information Implicite ou Explicite
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Face Value vs. Inference
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Birds of a Feather
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Okanagan Helicopters
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Black Widow Spiders
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Soldiers’ Vote
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Sassafras sp.
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Heritage Designation
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Camping en 1950
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MiniMuseum_French_Marmot 2015
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Marmot Mini Museum
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Faith’s Video
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Our Roots Are Here
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Camping in the 1950s
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Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussel
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Close-up of Museum Record
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Mountain Death Camas
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Amarjit Singh Heer
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Dance
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Mr. Coyote and Mrs. Coyote and their Magic Ladder.
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Kamloops Indian Residential School
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St. George’s Indian Residential School
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Gold Rush Photographer
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Thinking like a Historian: Reading Historical Photographs
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First Nations at Lytton
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Heron Claim Miners
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Men on Flume
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Stagecoach
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Shaft Entrance
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Deportation_of_Chinese_workers_by_Penticton
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Whisky Bottle
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Fan
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Marmot Dissection
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Marmot
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Vancouver Island Marmot skeleton
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Tiger Salamander
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Dark Saltflat Tiger Beetle
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Yellow-breasted Chat
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Marmot Dissection
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Moose-hide Jacket
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Neversweat Tunnel
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Prospector
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Spotted Bat Illustration
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Yellow-pine Chipmunks Study Skins
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Royal BC Museum Curator, Lorne Hammond talks about Lieutenant-Governor Barnard
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War Prisoners
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Fossil Leaves from Ancient Lakes
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