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The Royal BC Museum
The Royal BC Museum tells the story of British Columbia through its
natural history, geology, and peoples. The museum is regarded as Third Floor
one of the best in Canada for the striking way it presents its exhibits.
The Natural History Gallery on the second floor contains a series of
imaginative dioramas re-creating the sights, sounds, and even smells
of areas such as the Pacific seashore, the ocean, and the rainforest.
An in-depth look at the region’s history, including a reconstruction
of an early 20th-century town, is presented on the third floor. Visitors
can experience the streetlife of the time in a hotel and in a cinema
showing silent films. The superb collection of First Nations art and
cultural objects includes a ceremonial Big House.

19th-Century Chinatown
As part of an 1890 street scene, this Chinese
herbalist’s store displays a variety of herbs used
in traditional Chinese medicine.

. First Peoples Gallery
Made from spruce root in the late
19th century, the artwork on this
Haida hat represents the raven.

First Nations Masks
These Kwakwaka’wakw masks are part of
the ceremonial regalia of Chief Mungo
Martin. They represent a mouse, a
raccoon, a kingfisher, and a wren.

Key to Floorplan
First Peoples Gallery Exterior of the Museum
The museum’s complex
Becoming BC
opened in 1968.
Natural History Gallery Previously the collections
Newcombe Conference Hall were displayed at
several locations in the
IMAX theatre
surrounding buildings.
Temorary exhibitions The grounds also house
Non-exhibition space the BC archives.
For hotels and restaurants see pp290–91 and pp304–5

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