What's INSight Spring 2014

Spring 2014

What’s inSight

Bringing Vikings to Life A closer look The yee lUn ark kee collection

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SPRING 2014 FEATURE

Bringing Vikings to Life

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PARTNERSHIP PROFILE

Tourism Victoria

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A closer look

The Yee Lun Ark Kee Collection

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Kathryn Swanson Membership & Marketing Coordinator MEMBERSHIP EDITORIAL COMMITTEE

ngela Williams, A Chief Operating Officer

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013

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Erika Stenson, Head of Marketing & Development

The Moody Album: Providing Answers, Provoking Questions

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David Alexander Head of New Archives & Digital Preservation

Kids’ Club Reviews

Sue Stackhouse Communications Specialist Gerry Truscott Publisher

going digital

Digitizing Letters from the Front

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Stuart Wootton Graphic Design

Building an Exhibition

Shane Lighter Photography

Our Living Languages 10 Curious Quarterly 12 PARTNERSHIP PROFILE

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University of Victoria

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leaving a legacy

Protecting the Royal BC Museum’s 14 Future and Yours Staff Profile

Jillian Appelman 15

ONE MORE WAY TO GO GREEN

Contact Kathryn Swanson to request a digital version of What’s INSight 250-387-3287 membership@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca

Fire at U’mista Cultural Centre 16 Staff Profile

Grant Keddie 18 This Week in History 19 WHAT’S ON 20

What’s INSight is an electronic magazine released four times annually in March, June, September and December, by the Royal BC Museum Membership Department.

In the interest of keeping our administrative costs low – and our carbon footprint small – this print version is provided to members without computer access only.

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Cover Image Pendant, Silver. Male head featuring bird with wings spread from ear to ear. The pendant comes from a unique grave find marking the deceased as someone of great importance in society.

Aska, Hagebyhöga, Östergötland, Sweden.

Dear Friends

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ome people keep diaries of their lives. Others, like me find the minutiae of daily life too meaningless to record and simply try to capture the bigger picture. But if it were not for those Canadians who busied themselves with documenting these moments we would know so much less of what life was like and how people felt about their lives in the past. Their voices would be lost.

Today the collection of diaries, letters and albums in the Royal BC Museum archives form an important part of our collections. With over 2,000 textual and visual artifacts, there is enough material here for several generations of researchers. My own favourites are the stars of the collection including our most recent acquisition, an album of photographs and pictures that once belonged to Colonel Richard Moody, the diaries of overlander Richard Henry Alexander, who records his journey from the goldfields and along the Cariboo Wagon Road and the diaries of artist Emily Carr. To this must be added her extraordinary ‘funny books’ that capture her journeys across Canada and adventures in England. As we approach the anniversary of the First World War, we have begun digitizing those letters that speak to the experience of the war period with more pages being added every week into a new digital work. The idea is to scan over 5,000 pages and make these available online as part of a global project looking at diaries.

In parallel, we are bringing to the Royal BC Museum some of the great treasures from the Swedish History Museum in the form of a blockbuster exhibition on the Vikings. Many of us have picked up our information on the Vikings from the Canadian-Irish television drama series written and created by Michael Hirst, which has just launched its second season on the History Channel. Our exhibition allows us to present real material evidence including a number of new finds rarely seen before. And it is a story that includes the eastern parts of Canada.

I look forward to welcoming you back to the Royal BC Museum!

Yours,

Professor Jack Lohman, CBE Chief Executive Officer, Royal BC Museum

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Pendant and Box Brooch Among the great objects from the Swedish History Museum on view this Spring and Summer at the Royal BC Museum are these ornaments: an exquisite Viking pendant and a brooch, both from the Island of Gotland.

Bringing Vikings to Life

By Mark Dickson, Head of Exhibition Development, Kate Kerr, Exhibit Developer, & Kathryn Swanson, Membership & Marketing Coordinator

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he upcoming Vikings exhibition is already generating a lot of excitement here at the Royal BC Museum. Designed to turn everything you think you know about Vikings upside-down, the exhibition challenges the commonly held belief that Vikings were simply villagepillaging villains who wore horned helmets. Artifacts on display will include a diverse collection of over 500 artifacts including jewellery, swords, axes and clothing – some rare and many that have never been shown outside Scandinavia. The Royal BC Museum is the exhibition’s first North American stop. It displays Viking practices and habits in a fascinating new light through distinctive Scandinavian design. Insights into Viking domestic life, death rituals, the significance

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of their craft, the power of mythology and the symbolism of their ships are explored through engaging artifacts and interactive exhibits.

Bringing a show of such grandeur and resonance is a daunting task for any museum, but the Royal BC Museum brings these blockbuster exhibitions to British Columbia year after year to the delight of visitors. Each feature exhibition is decided upon several years in advance and the staff then goes to work exploring how to bring the exhibition to the museum and archives, how the exhibition will work in the space and what can be done to enhance the experience with exceptional programming. Vikings will arrive in five transport trucks and will take several weeks to install into the 800 square metre space.

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Mark Dickson, Head of Exhibitions Development, is the main contact with the Swedish History Museum for the project. He travelled to the Scottish National Museum to view the exhibition and get an idea of how the exhibition could fit within the gallery and what the Royal BC Museum could do to make sure the experience is not only consistent but elevated to the expectations of our visitors. “We were impressed with what we saw and felt it would be something our visitors would get a lot from and would enjoy quite a bit,” said Dickson. Exhibit Developer Kate Kerr added, “There’s an art piece in the exhibition created out of the spikes that would have held a ship together; each spike is suspended and they hang in the form of the ship. The end result is quite striking.”

The exhibition is designed to inform and entertain visitors of all ages.

Hands-on interactives include a Viking ship-building simulator. Visitors can discover ship-building techniques and test constructing ships with various materials. If you don’t choose the right wood, for example, your ship might fall apart or it might sink when you load it with people and

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The exhibition is a joint venture between and produced by The Swedish History Museum in Sweden and MuseumsPartner in Austria.

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horses. There’s also a costuming touchscreen where visitors can dress their Viking characters in traditional garb and the Vikings will respond to your styling selections.

The Royal BC Museum looks forward to welcoming its members to the feature exhibition opening May 16, 2014. We hope to see you and your visiting friends and family enjoy the exhibition together, along with all the exciting Viking– Warriors, Valkyries, explorers and merchants – what do we really know themed programming, aboutincluding the people we call Vikings? camps, lectures, Night Shift and more.

VIKINGS!

Recent archaeological discoveries have shed new light on the Viking Age. These discoveries have inspired the creation of a new exhibition from the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm. Vikings! Lives Beyond the Legends showcases examples of astonishing craftsmanship in weaponry, jewellery, textiles and other objects, made from a variety of materials, including gold, silver, glass, silk and amber.

“The objects tell numerous stories. They provide clues to life on the farm, aristocrats and slaves, strong women, the power of mythology, the importance of crafts, the symbolism of the ships, and the transition between different religions.”

– Gunnar Andersson This book compliments the exhibition and examines the myths, beliefs and traditions of the Norse people during the Viking Age.

GUNNAR ANDERSSON

The Royal BC Museum marketing team is exploring ways to spread Viking excitement and is delighted to have Tourism Victoria’s support as Lead Marketing Partner. The exhibition development team will be installing a full-size replica of a

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Viking ship in the square in front of the museum and archives.

LIVES BEYOND THE LEGENDS

The exhibition was created by:

For a full listing of Vikings programming and special events pick up the 2014 Spring / Summer Program Guide or visit www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/events $12.95

ISBN 978-0-7726-6732-8

1 Boat Burial In this interactive section of the Vikings exhibition, visitors can excavate a Viking boat grave.

Photo courtesy of The Swedish History Museum.

2 Thor’s Hammer pendant This silver pendant has the shape of a Thor’s hammer, an object that could have been used in connection to burials and to cult activities. It is the only one of its kind. Location of find is not known, Scania, Sweden.

3 Key (Hook key) Bronze. Grave find, Burge, Rone, Gotland, Sweden. The Lady of the house was the obvious head of the household. The bronze key was her special symbol which represented her power.

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GUNNAR ANDERSSON

From April 15 – 30, 2014 be one of the first 200* members to renew or purchase a membership and receive a free copy of the Vikings exhibition catalogue.

Retail value: $12.95

Join or renew today www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/join *Limited to one (1) catalogue per household. Valid with online, phone and box office purchases. Exhibition catalogues are available for purchase at Museum Shop. Offer Valid 15 – 30, 2014 while supplies last. Not valid with IMAX or other offers.

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ocals know: few places on earth are as full of life – on every level – as British Columbia’s capital city, Victoria.

From wildlife to plant life to our arts and cultural life, Victoria offers a complete experience that is rejuvenating, fun-filled and inspiring.

Tourism contributes an estimated $1.9 billion annually to the economy of Greater Victoria and is responsible for providing almost 22,000 jobs through direct and indirect employment.

Tourism Victoria works in partnership with over 750 business members and municipalities in the Greater Victoria area and surrounding communities to ensure Victoria remains one of Spring 2014 What’s inSight 3 www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca

the top destinations in the world.

By promoting its members, Tourism Victoria showcases to the world all of the diverse experiences the destination has to offer.

With a centrally located visitor centre, comprehensive website and iPad app, Tourism Victoria has become the go-to resource for visitors and locals alike for information on what to see and do, where to stay and dine, and which festivals and events to attend.

Victoria, as the early centre of development, and the province’s capital, features large in the history of British Columbia. Explore the

province’s rich past through the Royal BC Museum, one of the foremost cultural institutions in the world. And what better time to explore the Royal BC Museum when you can enjoy it along with the Vikings feature exhibition?

Tourism Victoria is proud to be the exhibition’s Lead Marketing Partner and to help share this fascinating exhibition with locals and visitors alike.

Check out Tourism Victoria’s online calendar of events for what’s happening throughout the city.

Visit www.tourismvictoria.com for the latest information and explore all that Victoria has to offer.

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a closer look

The Yee Lun Ark Kee Collection

By Tzu-I Chung, Curator, History

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n 2004 a collection of almost 200 miscellaneous items was donated to the Royal BC Museum by David Walker. He had worked as a cleaner in downtown Victoria, including Chinatown, from the 1950s to the 1990s. At the time of the donation, no direct connection could be made between the collection items and any specific individual or business.

Possible sources for the development of the collection may have been pawn shops or the lost-and-found service in a laundry.

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In 2012, a series of events shed light on the origins of this collection. In May, I was introduced to Reta and Sandra Der and Corinne and Randy Wong, third and fourth-generation Chinese Canadians. Reta and Corinne are the daughters of Wah Quan, owner of the Yee Lun Ark Kee business in Victoria’s Chinatown. They shared their family history and old images from their family collection with me. A few months later, as Collection Manager Charlene Gregg started cataloguing the collection donated by Walker,

I identified Reta Der and her father, Wah Quan, in a roll of old photographs in the collection. From there staff connected a series of documents and personal items to the Quan family.

In August, we invited the family to come in and see the collection items connected to them. It was the first time the Quan family knew about the existence of these items. During the visit, Randy Wong, grandson of the Wah Quan, also received a crash course from museum conservator

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Betty Walsh to ensure proper care of the family’s own collection.

The combined efforts of the museum and archives staff, and family members, helped reconstruct the family history. Yen Quon landed in Victoria at the age of 25 in 1895 from Canton (Quon). He worked as a houseboy and brick maker before starting the business named Yee Lun in 1896. Yee Lun became the only large import and retail grocery business in Victoria that started in the 19th century and prospered into the 1970s. It also served as an important community centre, bank and post office for many immigrants, as evidenced by the various documents found in the collection. The museum and archives featured the family story in an interview with Wah Quan’s three children – Reta Der, Corinne Wong and Gerald Quan – in the exhibition Tradition in Felicities: Celebrating 155 Years of Victoria’s Chinatown (February 7 – November 11, 2013). The clip showed many items from the Yee Lun Ark Kee collection.*

Yee Lun Ark Kee Store Staff (Wah Quan in the middle, Rita Der second from right)

During this work period, Charlene Gregg, then familiar with the family history, happened to walk into an open house one weekend and found an aged sign “Yee Lun Ark Kee & Co.” hanging on the kitchen wall. Because serving the public takes precedence over augmenting our collections, we consulted the family about their knowledge of the sign and their preference. The Quan family acquired the sign for their own collection, after consultation and negotiation with the house owner who had no knowledge about the sign. The collaborative efforts of the family and the museum and archives have contributed to a better understanding of the family history and collections.

Scott Robarts @srobarts 9 Jan @RoyalBCMuseum Pretty appropriate that Billy Miner’s pocketwatch was stolen (and returned). Miner is smiling in his grave...

GOERT @garryoakeco 8 Jan Wild Onions for lunch today! Native Allium talk in Live@Lunch, incl rare local ones @RoyalBCMuseum http:// ow.ly/sme0f @ericajwheeler Natural History Soc @VictoriaNHS 30 Dec The Wildlife Photographer of the Year at the @RoyalBCMuseum is a spectacular display of talent & patience. My gripe; very few invertebrates.

In 2014, the Yee Lun story, alongside other elements of the Tradition in Felicities exhibition, will be digitized into a short video in English and Mandarin. With companion learning materials, this bilingual video will be available on the Royal BC Museum’s new Learning Portal, for school use, as well as being used in cultural institutions in China.

Elizabeth @ebethjanna 30 Dec at the @RoyalBCMuseum and were just given free tickets by the loveliest couple in line behind us... #sosweet #hewaswearingacladdaughring Chris Petersen @PetersenCg 29 Dec Great afternoon at the @RoyalBCMuseum today. I love the 90’s exhibit and the HMS Discovery! #mymuseum #Victoria pic.twitter. com/8b5hO10D8n

*i Peter Quon, “The History of Grandfather Quon Yen or Yen Quon (aka Quon Sung Tak).”

Trans. Albert and Eleanor Quan.

Randy Wong and daughter Katrina Wong with the Yee Lun Ark Kee & Co. sign that was reunited with the family.

100.3 The Q! @TheQdotFM Dec 28

Photo courtesy of Randy Wong

My morning entertainment is watching the Inner Harbour fog on the @RoyalBCMuseum webcam. Good show. ~Shayne #yyj

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© Paul Souders (USA) The water bear

Kids’ Club Reviews Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013

By Kathryn Swanson, Membership and Marketing Coordinator & Chris O’Connor, Family and Schools Program Producer

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he Royal BC Museum is proud to welcome children aged six to 12 into the Kids’ Club Program. The program is included with membership and participants receive a Kids’ Club passport where they earn exciting prizes when they visit the museum and archives. In Kids’ Club afternoon exploration, they travel behind the scenes, meeting staff and learning about curious objects along the way.

Each month Kids’ Club afternoon exploration has a new theme. In January it was Words. Children in the program learned how museum publications are made, held a press conference and put their writing skills to work. They have generously contributed to this issue of What’s INSight with their review of the feature exhibition Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013. Here’s what they had to say: It was amazing to see the pictures caught in perfect action. My favourite is the zebras running in the fields of Africa. A magical sight!

- Maia My favourite one is of a jaguar chasing a cappy barra. It’s surprising to think that the photographer probably had no chance to take another picture before it pounced.

It’s inspiring.

- Nathan, Age 8 Marvelous! Exhilarating! It makes the mind stagger with knowledge that so many wonders exist on Earth!

- Rupert, Age 9 A perched eagle. I like Eagles. I think they are cool and this one was catching a bird and a salmon.

- Anton

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My Favorite photo is “Feed of the 5000” That was my favorite picture because it is very interesting that there are thousands of birds gathering in one place and I think it will be very hard to feed them all every single day. I liked to see lots of rare photos.

- Michael H. I like the hamster. It was cute. It seemed so real. I liked the big eye the best. It was very interesting. It looked like it could have really moved.

- Amy H, Age 8 Its amazing there’s wrestling jaguars and it makes me want to go on a vacation.

- Franny, Age 6 I like the flower field because it looks like it is from “The Sound of Music” Thank you.

- Madeleine, Age 6

Have a child aged six – 12 that’s a Member?

Make sure you’re signed up to receive exclusive Kids’ Club updates and invitations to special events. Email membership@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca or let the box office know on your next visit!

The Moody Album: Providing Answers, Provoking Questions

By Erik Lambertson, Corporate Communications Officer & Don Bourdon, Curator Images and Paintings

It was a virtual gavel that Royal BC Museum Curator of Images and Paintings Don Bourdon saw falling onto a sounding block made of pixels, but no matter: it still signified a winning bid.

his identity is unknown and it is unclear what relationship he had to Moody. As well, the identities of other figures in two other photos – presumably Royal Engineers – are also unknown at this point.

On December 4, 2013, at an auction taking place eight time zones away in London, England, the Royal BC Museum successfully bid on an album of photographs and pictures that once belonged to Colonel Richard Moody.

Archivists and curators at the Royal BC Museum are approaching these mysteries as opportunities to learn more. The process of determining identities and relationships may be assisted by members of the public as much as by historians and experts in photographic history.

Moody, a career soldier and civil servant, commanded the Columbia detachment of the British Royal Engineers in the colony of British Columbia and was Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works from 1858 to 1863.

His album, featuring mementoes of work and travel, includes more than 90 photographs, four of which relate directly to British Columbia.

Significantly, the album contains some of the earliest photographs made of First Nations in British Columbia.

“The album’s historical value is unquestionable, as these images expand our knowledge of what life looked like in colonial British Columbia,” says Bourdon. “But even as it answers some questions, the album also poses others.”

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The album also contains a pencil sketch of the Moody home by Sarah Crease, wife of Henry Crease, the first Attorney General of the Colony of British Columbia. The Moody residence was located in Sapperton, the New Westminster neighbourhood named for the Columbia Detachment of Royal Engineers (“Sappers”), who Moody commanded and whose camp was nearby.

The illustration of the house means the album will likely hold interest for heritage groups in New Westminster, as well as First Nations, historians of the Royal Engineers, and photographic historians. The Royal BC Museum welcomes the opportunity to share this valuable material with organizations and groups like these.

Photograph of unidentified First Nations man and Colonel Richard Clement Moody RE from Moody family album, circa 1859.

The album is also a valuable addition to the museum and archives’ collection as a companion to the Moody family fonds, in the collection since the 1970s.

The album forms an important part of a family archive and documents the places and people referred to in letters home by Mary Moody, Col. Moody’s wife, as well as greater family travels and Col. Moody’s career.

Ultimately, the Royal BC Museum plans to scan the images and make them available for viewing online, as part of its plan to digitize its collections.

The non-profit organization, Friends of the BC Archives, contributed $10,000 towards the successful auction bid, with the remainder provided by the Royal BC Museum Foundation’s Collection Acquisition Fund and the Royal BC Museum’s own fund for new acquisitions, both of which allow the museum and archives to make targeted, strategic additions to our collections.

Since 1941, the Royal BC Museum’s publishing program has made significant contributions to the public’s knowledge of this province. Many readers of Royal BC Museum publications have never visited the museum and archives but whether they live in St John’s, Glasgow or Perth, when they open one of our books, they have a stronger understanding and connection to British Columbia. Just as our exhibitions have entertained and educated millions of visitors over the last 125 years, our books have informed millions of readers all over the world.

By Professor Jack Lohman, CBE Chief Executive Officer, Royal BC Museum In this collection of illuminating essays, Jack Lohman shares his views on the role of museums in various cultures, on the importance of architecture and design in the personality of a museum, on the challenges of creating resilient cultural institutions in the face of financial crises, and much more. He speaks from the heart and from his many years of experience in some of the great museums around the world. $19.95 | 978-0-7726-6698-7

By Wilson Duff Now in its 50th year in print, this classic of anthropology examines the effects of immigrant settlement on the populations, economies, cultures, governments and religions of First Peoples in BC. Since the first edition was published in 1964, The Indian History of British Columbia has sold more than 25,000 copies and remains an important historical and anthropological record.

$15.95 | 978-07718-9483-1

These Royal BC Museum publications along with many others are available for purchase from your local bookstore, the Royal BC Museum Shop or online at www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Publications

VIKINGS!

Nature Guide to the Victoria Region

Recent archaeological discoveries have shed new light on the Viking Age. These discoveries have inspired the creation of a new exhibition from the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm. Vikings! Lives Beyond the Legends showcases examples of astonishing craftsmanship in weaponry, jewellery, textiles and other objects, made from a variety of materials, including gold, silver, glass, silk and amber.

“The objects tell numerous stories. They provide clues to life on the farm, aristocrats and slaves, strong women, the power of mythology, the importance of crafts, the symbolism of the ships, and the transition between different religions.”

– Gunnar Andersson

Edited by Ann Nightingale and Claudia Copley

VICTORIA NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY

This book compliments the exhibition and examines the myths, beliefs and traditions of the Norse people during the Viking Age.

$12.95 ISBN 978-0-7726-6732-8

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GUNNAR ANDERSSON

Warriors, Valkyries, explorers and merchants – what do we really know about the people we call Vikings?

LIVES BEYOND THE LEGENDS

The exhibition was created by:

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GUNNAR ANDERSSON

GOING DIGITAL

Digitizing Letters from the Front

By Kathryn Bridge, Deputy Director & Head, Knowledge, Academic Relations & Atlas

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n the decades before global telecommunications, personal correspondences enabled families and friends to keep connected, to maintain and nurture emotional ties with loved ones and to relieve worry about personal health and safety. It is hard to imagine a world without email, satellites and smart phones. A world where sometimes the only reassurance was to receive a letter, where the only comfort was to write a letter, where maintaining peace of mind came through reading and rereading words and sentences, sharing news and hanging on.

The BC Archives holds a number of letters written by soldiers on the battlefronts of the First World War, poignant moments of connection between young men far from home and their loved ones in British Columbia. The Royal BC Museum is now digitizing a selection of these letters in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the First World War this July.

A selection of letters written and received by soldiers during the First World War will be digitized, serving as a testament to the personal experiences of British Columbians in those years of the Great War and as a reminder of the enduring historical value of letter writing.

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William Edgar Oliver immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1895. He had been at Edinburgh University, 18831890, and studied for the Scottish bar. He wrote stories and articles on politics for a local newspaper while he was in university and was active in many societies. When he arrived in Victoria in 1895 he entered into a law partnership with Gordon Hunter and Lyman Poore Duff.

In 1896 he married Mary Eleanor Ward, daughter of the manager of the Bank of British Columbia, William C. Ward. They had one daughter, Beatrice Lydia Catharine Oliver (known as Catherine). She handled Oliver’s business affairs after his death.

Catherine married Erroll Pilkington Gillespie in 1921.

Learn more about the Oliver Family History and discover more online at search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca Call Number: MS 2865, Textual Records

Erroll Pilkington Gillespie Husband of the manager of the Bank of British Columbia, William C. Ward.

Letter to Gillespie The bulk of the records were produced by W.E. Oliver, and relate to his career at the University of Edinburgh, and his real estate investments on Vancouver Island, including the Cowichan Lake Hotel at Lake Cowichan.

building an exhibition

Our Living Languages

By Michael Barnes, Exhibition Project Coordinator, Mark Dickson, Head of Exhibitions Development & Kathryn Swanson, Membership and Marketing Coordinator

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he Royal BC Museum Exhibition Development team has devoted several months to the creation of a brand new innovative and poignant experience. If you’ve recently visited the third floor exhibition entrance, you probably noticed the raw wood prototypes, new carpeting, and what appears to be random flaps of white sails hanging from the ceiling. These are all signs of our exhibition team gearing up for what just might be their biggest challenge yet.

Our Living Languages, First Peoples’ Voices in BC will showcase the Indigenous linguistic diversity of our province. It will look at the rich cultures and history of British Columbia from a unique and exciting

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perspective. We are very proud to have developed this in full partnership with the First Peoples’ Cultural Council, a First Nations-run Crown Corporation with a mandate to support the revitalization of aboriginal language, arts and culture in British Columbia.

We hope that this exhibition will increase awareness and understanding of First Nations cultures and contributions for all of us who share this beautiful province.

Mark Dickson, Head of Exhibitions Development and his team of exhibit developers have been coming up with creative solutions for the complexities involved in building this exhibition.

The biggest challenge of designing this exhibition is delivering many

voices through several speakers at the same time in a way that brings the languages to life.

Finding the right solution takes time and research. The inventions churned out by the team are astounding. “You may think you’ve found the perfect solution but you don’t know until you’ve actually tried it in the context of the exhibition,” says Dickson, “The team tried a directional flat panel speaker, the latest technology that’s great for ensuring sound doesn’t escape and disturb visitors in the other galleries, but when playing a voice from our archival recordings, we found that the frequency range just couldn’t pick up the diversity of low and high tones essential for hearing

This page Installation of the Language Forest.

Opposite 1 Exhibit Developer Graham Frick building Language Pylons.

2 Artist rendering of interactive language map courtesy of Steve Lewis.

the intricacies and pronunciations of a language.” Now it’s back to the drawing board.

Other innovative measures include using a 3D printer to make various knobs and switches for the exhibits.

“This is our first time using a 3D printer for exhibit creation,” says Dickson. “It’s exciting to be able to create something original and create things you wouldn’t otherwise be able to purchase, and best of all it helps keep production and shipping costs low.”

Beyond technical constraints, other considerations include ensuring that children and adults alike are able to share the experience together,

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a solution that can be resolved by installing multiple speakers at different heights and sound levels.

There’s also going to be a small cocoon of sorts where visitors can snuggle in to a nest-like woven structure and listen to stories. A team of staff and volunteers in the museum and archives will test the exhibition before it opens in what’s known in the exhibition development industry as “The Shake Out”. The team will assist in making visitor-like conversational noise, analyzing how visitors might flow through the spaces and provide feedback on where the exhibit needs some fine tuning so that it’s perfected before visitors are invited to experience it for themselves.

The Royal BC Museum exhibitions team can’t wait to reveal what they’ve been up to for the past year and bring you a brand new Royal BC Museum experience that will strengthen the understanding and preservation of First Peoples languages. Our Living Languages is scheduled to open June 21, 2014.

We believe that it is important to share this exhibition with the people of British Columbia, as well as with visitors to our province. Much remains to be done, and we are still seeking some of the financial support we need for this project. Your donation will go toward meeting our goals for Our Living Languages.

CURIOUS Quarterly

Masset Inlet, Haida Gwaii, Dawn. Photo copyright Jason Addy. Some rights reserved.

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URIOUS Quarterly is an app and online publication featuring essays, research, illustrations and photography produced

by Royal BC Museum curators, archivists and other experts. Our team members help to create a publication as diverse and unique as the collection itself.

Each issue is assembled around a theme; our current issue, Collection, features 13 articles, complimented by video and audio with topics ranging from a detailed examination of caddisfly casings to an amazing interview with the BC Archives famed ethnomusicologist Ida Halpern.

An Excerpt from the CURIOUS Quarterly Journal App Collaboration as Strategy

By Professor Jack Lohman, CBE Chief Executive Officer, Royal BC Museum I love archives. They are the closeted glories of the museum world, and we do not do enough with them. There have always been too many gilded teacups and worthy portraits to put on show. But if we stop looking and start seeing, what riches lie hidden there?

In November 1884, a man with the rather unlikely name of Newton H. Chittenden submitted an Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands to the government of British Columbia. He had been hired by the chief commissioner of Lands and Works to survey Haida Gwaii (then called the Queen Charlotte Islands) and describe what he found. His report is, in its fashion, anthropological. He describes potlatches and dancing, religion and food, habits of dress and behaviour

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among “the Hydah” – that “very remarkable race of people” as he calls them. He was, as so many of us are, particularly won over by Haida carving. So he decided, like many a tourist supporting the local economy, that he would like one to take home.

“Desiring to possess some small article of Hydah manufacture,” Chittenden wrote enthusiastically, “I gave a young Indian jeweller a two-and-a-half dollar gold piece at nine o’clock in the morning, with instructions to make from it an eagle.

Before one o’clock the same day, he brought me the bird – so well-made that not many jewellers could improve upon it.”

Chittenden was a fascinating character. At 70, he was the subject of a feature article in the New York Times, living out his days in New Jersey and starting each morning with a 20-kilometre walk before breakfast, dressed with post-modern abandon in a sombrero and sturdy corduroy trousers. In 1910, he was still every inch the explorer.

CURIOUS is available online as well as on your mobile device via iOS and Android apps.

Read the rest on the CURIOUS Quarterly Journal App at curious.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca

Swap Café Swap your ideas, questions and answers in our community dialogues with topic experts about issues that matter to you, your community and the province. A hands-on way to learn, SWAP Cafés are more than lectures.

Roundtable discussions come to life after panelists stimulate reflection and inspire new thoughts and ideas.

Your input and ideas help to shape the evening and create a unique experience.

Tickets $5 per person, 10% member discount For information and tickets visit: www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/swapcafe Will we learn to love novel ecosystems?

We are seeing unprecedented new combinations of species thanks to environmental change, human action

and invasive species.

At one time these novel ecosystems were dismissed as degraded but now conservationists are wondering, could these be valid new habitats?

Join our panel and discuss the ecological, cultural and ethical considerations at play, and consider what to do about novel ecosystems.

March 27, 7 – 9 pm Newcombe Auditorium, Royal BC Museum

Komagata Maru On May 23, 1914, the Komagata Maru arrived in Vancouver. The 376 passengers aboard the ship were

refused permission to disembark.

For two months there was public debate around whether or not the newcomers would be allowed to stay.

In the end authorities insisted that the ship return to India. Join us at the Vic Theatre and watch the Ali Kazimi documentary Continuous Journey and then discuss the repercussions and lessons learned.

May 23, 7 – 9 pm Vic Theatre, 808 Douglas Street, Victoria

Partner Profile:

University of Victoria Lighten your load this year by adding to what you know!

Learning new things can actually lighten your load.

Lighten up this spring.

Learning that shapes who you are.

2014 SPRING CALENDAR

Spring comes early for the University of Victoria’s Continuing Studies Program. Courses are open for registration now and the Spring 2014 Continuing Studies calendar is filled with dozens of learning opportunities that will enrich your understanding of local history, contemporary issues, the arts, science and nature, languages, heritage and culture, and a whole lot more.

As well as the many part-time day, evening and weekend courses held on campus, you’ll find field trips and courses held at various locations

around the city and elsewhere on the island. There is also the popular free lunchtime lecture series downtown at the Central Library.

You may want to start learning another language before a vacation, improve your photography skills, find out about seed saving in your garden, or you might like to explore meditation, body language or freelance journalism.

Whatever your interests, the more you know, the more you’ll want to know.

Learning something new can really put a spring in your step!

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leaving a legacy

Protecting the Royal BC Museum’s Future and Yours

By Jonathan Dallison, Major Gifts Manager

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aving met with many of our me Comparison GIC Income of $1,750 versus donors during the past year, I have learned that the motivations for financially supporting the Royal BC Museum are as diverse as the people themselves. Some choose to donate because they believe strongly in the safeguarding and expansion of our unique collection, recognizing the vital link it maintains between our history and our future. Others are inspired by our leading-edge research projects.

Many refer to the importance of the school programs that help raise the next generation. Some have been personally affected by family research they have completed in the archives, so they want to give back to show their appreciation and to help ensure others can benefit in the same way.

People need to remember that tax rules, estate and family law change all the time. Industry professionals keep their ear to the rail on these changes and their implications, so it’s worthwhile to check in with a trusted and experienced advisor regularly to review your overall financial plan. Open conversations often uncover opportunities to reduce taxes resulting in more efficient wealth transfer to beneficiaries.

Pat Marshall, CFP, CIM Wealth Advisor, CIBC Private Wealth Management

One option to consider is the charitable insured annuity: This strategy provides the donor with a tax-efficient level of income that can be guaranteed for life, while still providing a gift to the Royal BC Museum. This concept combines two separate products: a life-insurance policy and a life-annuity contract.

Foundation, which then uses the money to purchase a guaranteed lifeannuity policy, naming the museum as the beneficiary of the policy upon the donor’s death. In exchange for this lump sum, a steady stream of income payments is made directly to the donor. Each payment is a combination of a return of the original capital and interest income – The donor is taxed on only the interest portion.

“I want to leave a legacy,” I have Here’s how it works: The donor gives a heard a number of people say. “I want lump sum to the Royal BC Museum to find a way to support the cause I Graph of Cumulative After Tax Income Comparison GIC Income of love beyond my lifetime.” While they $1,750 GIC versus Annuity Income Graph of Cumulative Tax–Income Comparison Income of $1,750 versus$4,665 GIC @ 2.5% want very badly toAfter do this to extend Annuity Income $4,665 their valuesComparison and continueGIC to make an of $1,750 versus ve After Tax Income Income Charitable Insured Annuity Graph of Cumulative After Tax Income Comparison impact – they need to find a viable 4,665 GIC Income of $1,750 versus Annuity Income of $4,665 GIC @ 2.5% of doing so. Happily, there are means many planned giving instruments that $140,000 Charitable Insured Annuity Charitable Insured Annuity in a way that can make this possible $120,000 GIC @ 2.5% d Annuity can maintain cash flow and provide a meaningful tax advantage for the $100,000 donor. And no one should think this is $80,000 the domain of the wealthy: Gifts of any size make a measurable impact and $60,000 $43,000 more income are greatly appreciated, and planned at age 85 $40,000 or “legacy” giving is often the best option for people who love a cause $20,000 but feel they cannot contribute to the 0 annual campaign as much as they Age 70 Age 73 Age 76 Age 79 Age 82 Age 85 Age 88 Age 91 want because they are concerned about cash flow.

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Graph of Cumulative After Tax Income Comparison GIC Incom $1,750 versus Annuity Income $4,665 Graph of Cumulative After Tax Income Comparison GIC Income of GIC @ 2.5%

> Continued from page 14 The result can be a higher after-tax cash flow for the donor than other types of investments could provide.

It adds up to a particularly attractive option for retired philanthropists in a low-interest environment. Couples can even arrange a “joint and last survivor” annuity to ensure a surviving spouse’s income stream remains intact.

There are many other planned giving options that can help donors leave a legacy or commemorate a loved one while receiving significant tax advantage in their financial and estate planning. These include charitable remainder trusts, bequests, and gifts of insurance policies, stocks, real estate, and RRSPs/RRIFs. Each donor should consult their financial advisor or lawyer to find the option that works best for them. With proper planning, donors can utilize tools like the charitable insured annuity to protect their annual cash flow, reduce their annual tax liability, and provide much-needed financial support to the museum they love. It can be a win for everyone.

Increasing After-Tax Income with a Charitable Insured Annuity Example of $100,000 Investment GIC

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*Annuity and Insurance Rates are hypothetical. Tax rate will vary per individual annuity. “GIC rate of return” is a hypothetical GIC rate. Annuities are available for females, males and couples and are subject to life insurability.

Contact Jonathan Dallison at 250-387-3283 or jdallison@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca to discuss your planned gift to the Royal BC Museum.

STAFF PROFILE

Jillian Appelman, Philanthropy Manager To help us with the crucial work of expanding our donor base and increasing funding support for our programs, Jillian Appelman is taking on the role of Philanthropy Manager.

You may know her from her previous role as Sales Coordinator in which she was highly effective at enhancing our international profile and increasing our tourism partnerships. Now she will be applying her relationshipbuilding skills to our annual fundraising campaign.

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Victoria Hospitals Foundation, Jillian brings a strategic and friendly, donorfocused approach to fundraising. So do not be surprised to hear from her as she gets to know our donors personally.

In addition to working to enhance our donor communications and accountability, she also will be working hard to enhance our annual direct mail campaign, our benefits program, our special events, and our donations with membership – all this while juggling two wonderful children and training for the Oak Bay KOOL half marathon in May. Phew!

Fire at U’mista Cultural Centre

1 Celebrating U’mista staff celebrate after successfully moving the entire collection into a secure, climatecontrolled temporary storage area.

2 Clean storage space Conservator Jana Stefan inspects soot-damaged coppers.

By Juanita Johnston, Collections Manager, U’mista Cultural Centre

3 ICU mask paint damage Conservator George Field works behind a heavily water-damaged mask in the “intensive care unit” set up immediately after the fire.

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n the early morning hours of Tuesday, July 23, 2013 the fire alarm went off at U’mista Cultural Centre. Although false alarms had gone off before, sadly this time it really was a fire. A quick response by the Alert Bay Volunteer Fire Department made the situation a thousand times better than it could have been. The centre was thankful for the firefighters’ quick response.

After assessing the damage and securing the building, the centre’s executive director notified the staff what would await them on Wednesday morning. Staff immediately began rounding up fans (to circulate the air), and dehumidification units to begin the long, slow, critical process of drying the artifacts that had been soaked when the fire was doused and called for the support of George Fields, Jana Stefan and the rest of the conservation staff at the Royal BC

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Museum. They walked U’mista Staff through everything they needed to know and warned them not to touch or handle the pieces until they had been cleaned. Conservators performed a general survey of affected collections to prioritize and to present options for treatment of water- and soot-damaged artifacts.

Out of necessity, a temperaturecontrolled trailer was used for temporary storage of objects that were removed from the Kwakwaka’wakw Potlatch gallery. The team then evacuated the most water-damaged pieces out of the potlatch collection and into a smaller area to control the drying-out process.

As the week progressed, more time was spent on the phone with the various insurance companies as there

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were separate building and fine arts policies. By the end of the week the centre had a plan for conservators from the Royal BC Museum to come up Monday and a team from the Museum of Anthropology to join us from Vancouver on the following day.

By Wednesday, Beth Boyce from the Museum at Campbell River had freed up her schedule enough to come as well.

During the investigation, Dennis Buchanan, the local fire marshal became uncomfortable with initial determinations that the fire had been caused by an electrical fault. After examining film of the fire from a few different camera angles in the gallery he decided to contact a forensic fire investigator.

Scott D. Melville of Triplesevens Fire Consulting was able to determine that the fire had been set deliberately.

His team tested a piece of flare found embedded in the wall and identified it as a “ruby red” flare manufactured in the UK five years ago. U’mista Staff continued to focus on the wellbeing of the collection rather than terrible news that the fire was arson, but they hoped that it was an unintentional, careless act rather than one of disrespect and aggression towards U’mista, a place that means so much to so many.

At first, the 22 pieces that received critical damage from the sprinkler systems were triaged as needing intensive care. After the initial cleaning of the pieces staff found that a few of the coppers suffered from heat damage and a number of masks with white over-painting had become grey. Conservators explained that the water-soluble paint on the masks had softened due to the high humidity and the soot particles landing on top of the softened paint layer had bonded

with it. The final tally of pieces that need further work is closer to double the initial count.

Staff met several times in the summer and toward the fall to plan rebuilding the exhibition and reinstalling the artifacts. The U’mista Cultural Centre closed for all of November while Anu Enterprises began the fire restoration and clean-up of the building. For the month also allowed for new flooring to be installed throughout the galleries, giftshop and work areas (unrelated to the fire). The rescued pieces are currently being reinstalled in the gallery. Two pieces had to be sent for conservation work at the Canadian Conservation Institute and the rest are being cleaned on site by a conservator.

Those requiring more extensive restoration and/or stabilization may need to be sent off site depending on the damage suffered.

Stay connected with U’mista Cultural Centre at facebook.com/Umista.Cultural.Society

Raven mask paint damage Detail of a water damage to the pigments and feathers of a mask; the black and red areas in particular show signs of deterioration.

Photo credit: J. Stefan

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The gallery re-opened on March 1, after the Annual General Meeting. The community was anxious to have the U’mista Cultural Centre reopened to the public. People are excited that a few of the small changes, new source books and improved labelling, which had just been completed before the arson, have all been reinstalled. Staff had noticed visitors were staying longer before the fire due to the improvement in the labels and the additional pieces on display. Although insurance covered the repairs to the building and the collection, as a result of the fire, the deductible increased five times. Fortunately, an honorary member immediately went to the local credit union and donated $1000 to help with the deductible. Even though the fire was a disaster, staff were encouraged to see what U’mista means to some folks.

Staff Profile

Grant Keddie

Curators

By Kathryn Swanson, Membership and Marketing Coordinator

POSITION: Curator of Archaeology EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts with major in Anthropology/Archaeology from Simon Fraser University, 1972. As Curator of Archaeology at the Royal BC Museum since 1972 I have not stopped being in study mode.

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tepping into Grant Keddie’s office, you immediately forget that you’re on the 11th floor of the Fannin Building at the Royal BC Museum, with its birds-eye view of the provincial legislative building.

The office feels like a different world, packed with rows upon rows of books, files and drafts for historical book reviews or archaeologist’s articles he has been asked to “just take a look at”. Keddie jumps on every challenge and is delighted to assist you in your research, while ensuring that each discovery that leaves his desk is scientifically analyzed and fact checked. You can only imagine how much information is stored in his brain and Keddie’s working hard to download his knowledge and share it more widely through the Royal BC Museum’s online assets.

What does he do exactly? In the past, he recorded many archaeological sites and collected artifacts all over the province. But now he focusses his attention on those many artifacts that have lingered, unstudied in the museum and archives for many years. He tries to find better ways to store and document collections while working with a collection manager who does most of the data entry.

He’s defined his position as, “Bringing to light the history of the development of humans in British Columbia and their behaviour through the artifact collections.”

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With so many exciting projects on the go, Keddie is continuously wading through requests, including museum and archives staff picking his brain for content for the latest exhibition, or countless visitor inquiries regarding random objects found in their backyards, fields or washed up along the shore. A conversation with Keddie is like an entire season of Antiques Road Show. The objects he receives are often unique archaeological finds and often priceless; He’ll analyze them and astonish you with the scientific facts the clues reveal.

Some of his favourite artifacts from British Columbia include: debris washed ashore from Japan found on local beaches, revealing the paths of currents and ancient explorers finding new routes in the Pacific ocean, possible evidence of artistic influences on First Nations artwork remarkably similar to the eagle designs on Asian ships, lip plugs indicating the history of relationships between First Nations villages and mastodons with spearheads found in their ribs revealing the earliest evidence of hunting.

On his desk is his latest favourite artifact. It will eventually be found in one of the Royal BC Museum’s annual publications, along with a plethora of ancient tool replicas that he’s produced with his bare hands to test their probable use. “This one’s for splitting cedar bark” Keddie, says

as he reveals a white tool with a long flat pointed end made from a deer leg bone. “After giving it a try with splitting bark I analyzed the wear and polish patterns and discovered they were just like those on the ancient tools.”

“Similar artifacts with the points shaped in a different way can have other uses, such as splitting herring, or poking holes in leather.

Archaeologists sometimes fail to recognize that these subtle changes in shaping the bone resulted in different uses of similar looking tools.”

Shaking his head he returns to his desk. “People often interpret artifact use to support their ideas as to what activities went on at an archaeological site in the past. Their vision becomes clouded with pre-conceived ideas.

It’s important to keep an open mind about possible alternative uses of artifacts. We often do not know the function of a particular artifact and need to undertake more refined methods of examination that will give us clues as to its possible use. My job is to combine this new information with other clues from archaeological sites and create puzzle pieces of our history that may eventually come together to reveal ancient human behaviour – to inform our future after I’m long gone.”

This Week in History

By Jennifer Vanderzee, Marketing Coordinator & Frederike Verspoor, Archivist

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he Royal BC Museum and CHEK News present This Week in History, a 26 episode series highlighting significant chronological milestones that have contributed to the development of our province.

Season One began with the Clement Cornwall petition in 1871, that served to discontinue the exportation of significant cultural artifacts and strived to conserve what were then called “indian antiquities”.

Season Two includes coverage of the first provincial election. There were only a few thousand qualified voters and the election took two months to complete. Candidates were nominated by oral declaration and voting was by show of hands or open poll books (the secret ballot was not introduced until 1873). There was no party system, only loose factions. Seven of the elected members went on to become premiers of the province.

Each week a new story showcases our rich heritage and some of the rarely seen artifacts found in the collections of the museum and archives.

Missed past episodes?

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What’s ON

There’s always something happening. Get your tickets online. Check our What’s on Calendar at www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/events/calendar/ or pick up the latest program calendar, available in print or online. Members enjoy a 10% discount and early registration on program and event tickets.

Museum HOURS: 10 am – 5 pm daily. Summer hours (May 23 – September 27) 10 am – 10 pm, Friday & Saturday only

EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS FEATURE EXHIBITION: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013 Ends April 6, 2014 FEATURE EXHIBITION: Vikings: Lives Beyond the Legends May 16 – November 11, 2014 Our Living Languages First Peoples’ Voices in British Columbia Opens June 21, 2014

lectures & WORKSHOPS Garth Lenz: Wildlife Photographer Lecture March 13, 7 – 8:30 pm $16 per person 10% member discount Join Victoria-based Garth Lenz, an award-winning photographer and runner-up for World in Our Hands Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013 and learn about his recent work.

Flathead Talk April 24, 7 – 8:30 pm Clifford Carl Hall Free and exclusive to Royal BC Museum Members.

Join us for an update of our 2013 Bio Blitz where as many species as possible were recorded and surveyed in the Flathead River Valley.

Still Chanting Denied Shores Tariq Malik, Novelist and Poet May 16, 7 – 8:30 pm Newcombe Auditorium Free. Registration required.

In recognition of the Komagata Maru incident this talk explores the legacy and politics of skin and colour among the colonized populations. Presented in partnership with the University of Victoria.

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Workshop – Charting Imperial Itineraries: 1914-2014, Unmooring the Komagata Maru May 15 & 16, 2014 University of Victoria Free. Registration required.

Register by emailing Dr. Dhamoon dhamoonr@uvic.ca This workshop will bring together scholars from across academic disciplines and continents to reconsider the global significance of the Komagata Maru.

LIVE AT LUNCH Noon – 1 pm Newcombe Auditorium Free. No registration required.

Into the Wild April 2 A panel of our curatorial staff will present some of the highlights of their 2013 field-trip research. Find out more about how staff members contribute to our knowledge of British Columbia as you follow them into the wild.

Museums at the Crossroads: Cultural Institutions in a Time of Challenge and Change May 7 Professor Jack Lohman will give an overview of his thoughts on museums and their changing role in society.

FRIENDS OF THE BC ARCHIVES 2 – 3:30 pm Newcombe Auditorium $5.00 for non-members of the Friends of the BC Archives Neighbours Helping Neighbours: An Old-Fashioned Approach to a Modern Problem March 16

Speaker: Lisa Helps, founder and Executive Director of the Victoria Community MicroLending Society.

Find out how historical research at the archives became the genesis for a community program called micro-lending.

Without Justice: Two Victorian Era Unsolved Murders April 12 Speaker: Linda Eversole The reports of the undercover Pinkerton operatives and local detectives’ notebooks provide compelling details on life in Victoria at the turn of the 20th century.

John Nobili, S.J., Mission to New Caledonia, 1845 - 48 May 25 Speaker: Marie Elliott In 1844 the Italian priest John Nobili, S.J., took up the perilous life of a missionary on the Northwest coast.

For four years he met with First Nations along the HBC fur brigade route that led from Fort Vancouver to Babine Lake, and reported his progress regularly to the Father General in Rome through letters.

imax features Now Playing Great White Shark Penguins Hidden Universe & Space Junk 2014 IMAX® Victoria Film Festival Friday, March 21 1 Giant Screen 4 Fun Weeks 6 Exciting Films!

For more information please visit www.imaxvictoria.com or call 250-953-4629

WHAT’S NEW MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS *

The Royal BC Museum has developed several fantastic partnerships in Victoria and throughout Canada. As we all begin planning for our summer holidays, it’s a good time to mention the discounts you receive by simply presenting your valid Royal BC Museum Membership card.

We hope you take advantage of visiting these inspiring locations.

For a complete listing of current Royal BC Museum Membership benefits visit: www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/join

We’re delighted to have added three new organizations to the list this Spring:

Share your Museum Are you a Royal BC Museum member enjoying all of the benefits it includes? Refer someone and if they become a member you will receive one free guest pass! See website for details.

• Robert Bateman Centre • H.R. McMillan Space Centre • Vancouver Aquarium

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Viking Summer Camp Set sail for the land of the Vikings in our week long summer camps.

Visit the feature exhibition Vikings and find out what they were really like. Explore behind the scenes and spend time outdoors.

July 7 – 11, 21 – 25 July 28 – August 1 August 11 – 15 and 18 – 22 9 am – 4 pm Before and after camp care available

Don’t miss the boat, secure your spot today at

royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/camps