Petition for a Museum
The provincial museum was founded in 1886 after a petition signed by 30 prominent citizens and supported by Lieutenant-Governor Cornwall. Do you recognize any of the names on the petition? For more on this story watch the "Petition for a Museum" video. See the petition for a provincial museum on the Royal BC Museum's 100 Objects of…![Petition for a Museum](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/petition-wide-480x360.jpg)