royal bc museum

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over the past weekend, i went on a girls getaway to victoria, british columbia, canada.  while we were there, we went to the royal bc museum in downtown victoria.  

when entering the museum, we were greeted by john lennon's yellow rolls royce.  we all used our student ids to receive a discounted rate on admission.  the museum is primarily on the second and third floors with the first floor housing the entrance to the imax, gift shop and cafes.  

we headed upstairs first and took in the emily carr exhibit, the other emily.  i finally got to see some of her work after being thwarted at the vancouver art gallery.  i liked seeing the works by emily carr as well as the photographs of her with her family.  i did not quite understand why the curators needed to recreate the photographed portraits with paint.  

we also checked out the pretty typical "natural history" aspect of the museum that contained lots of stuffed birds, mammals and dead fish.  nothing out of the ordinary here.

we then headed up to the third floor to see the first nations exhibit and see the recreated "life in british columbia."  the exhibit, first peoples gallery, was very well done.  it had a number of artifacts from the tribes living in british columbia and told a very detailed an rich story of their lives throughout history including the introduction of europeans.  they had a number of totem poles and an actual house from chief kwakwabalasami.  it felt very complete.  

after this, we headed over to modern history gallery.  i thought this was fascinating and just kept going on and on.  it was much larger than i anticipated.  i think there was a little something for everyone in this exhibit as well from what jobs were like to hotels to clothing.  

overall, i think this museum had a little bit that interested each of us.  i was very impressed with the variety and yet depth at the same time.  definitely was worth the time to check it out!

times visited: 1
time in museum: 2 hours
overall: A-

Comments

  1. David6/28/2011 10:23 PM

    Thanks for the A- and glad you had a good time. How could we get an A+ next time you visit?

    David - Royal BC Museum

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  2. Katie Tamarelli6/30/2011 1:22 AM

    Thanks, Dave! It's a great museum...we really enjoyed it!

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