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Becoming BC
A variety of streets, stores, VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
and public buildings are
re-created in this gallery. Practical Information
Here, the Grand Hotel 675 Belleville St. Tel (250) 356-
stands on an early 7226. Open 10am–5pm daily.
wood-cobbled street. Closed Jan 1, Dec 25. &
7 = 8 -
∑ royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
Transport
@ 3, 27, 28, 30.

Second Floor

. Natural History Gallery
A full-size woolly mammoth
and dramatic glacial ice wall
are exhibited in lifelike
dioramas. Other exhibits
re-create coastal forests
since the last ice age, and
predict future climate
change scenarios.

. Coast Seashore Diorama
This diorama features sound,
lighting, live sea creatures
in tidal pools, and taxidermy
animals such as this northern
sea lion.

First Floor

Museum Guide
The main exhibits of the museum are housed
on the second and third floors. The Natural
History Gallery, on the second floor,
reconstructs a range of environments in
displays including a coastal rainforest to
a river delta. The third floor has the First
Main Entrance Peoples and Becoming BC galleries.

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