The Royal BC Museum is a history museum in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1886. Its Royal title was approved by Queen Elizabeth II and bestowed by Prince Philip in 1987, coinciding with a royal tour that year.

Role in the 2027 exhibition

The museum is scheduled to host the 100-photo Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition in Victoria from February 12 to April 18, 2027. The competition is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum in London.

Collections and galleries

The Royal BC Museum includes three permanent galleries: Natural History, Becoming BC, and the First Peoples Gallery. Its collections comprise approximately 7 million objects, including natural history specimens, artifacts, and archival records. The natural history collections include about 750,000 records of specimens almost exclusively from British Columbia and neighbouring states, provinces, or territories.

• The museum merged with the British Columbia Provincial Archives in 2003.
• It hosts touring exhibitions, including previous shows related to the RMS Titanic, Leonardo da Vinci, Egyptian artifacts, the Vikings, British Columbia gold rushes and Genghis Khan.
• It partners with and houses the IMAX Victoria theater.