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Royal BC Museum receives donation towards digitizing Indigenous AV collections, including photos

The Royal BC Museum has received a $250,000 donation toward the Indigenous Audio-Visual Collection Digitization Project from the Wesik Family Foundation. “This generous donation from the Wesik Family Foundation will support the digitization and preservation of language and cultural traditions of … Continue reading

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BC Archives will remain open when Royal BC Museum closes in September

The Royal BC Museum in Victoria, British Columbia, where the provincial archives are located, is scheduled to close September 6, and the building will be torn down. BC Archives’ services, however, will not be disrupted and will remain open at … Continue reading

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More online BC marriage and death registrations coming soon

Blame the pandemic. The online release of vital statistics on BC Archives’ website is coming, but not as early as in previous years. BC Archives only received the new data from Vital Statistics BC this week. Last year, the records … Continue reading

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Update on expanded services in the BC Archives reference room

BC Archives, following its decision to open its reference room on July 30, announced yesterday it will move to the next phase of its onsite service, providing it is safe to do so. On September 14, BC Archives will begin … Continue reading

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BC Archives to re-open reference room July 30

BC Archives has re-considered its decision to keep its reference room closed until 2021, perhaps because of the outcry from the Friends of the BC Archives, the British Columbia Historical Federation, the Canadian Historical Association, and others. Beginning July 30, … Continue reading

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Royal BC Museum opens up thousands of digitized photos of British Columbia Indigenous communities to the public

The Royal BC Museum has opened up to the public 16,103 historical photographs depicting Indigenous communities from across British Columbia that were taken between the late 1800s and the 1970s. “At last, the majority of photographs of Indigenous communities from … Continue reading

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BC Archives reference room to remain closed until 2021

In response to the British Columbia Archives’s announcement last week that its reference room will remain closed until 2021, the Canadian Historical Association (CHA) sent a letter to Premier John Hogan and Jack Lohman, CEO of the Royal BC Museum, … Continue reading

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BC Archives upgrades online collections database

BC Archives earlier this week finished upgrading its Collections Search database. Visitors are encouraged to first view the 3.5-minute introductory video on the landing page to learn how to perform a basic search of the archival catalogue. It is worth watching. I … Continue reading

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Royal BC Museum launches $500K grant to repatriate First Nations artifacts, ancestral remains

The Royal BC Museum announced a $500,000 grant earlier this month to help First Nations communities recover cultural artifacts, ancestral remains and burial items, as well as intangible cultural heritage like songs, stories and language recordings from museums. Some of … Continue reading

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Canadian Commission for UNESCO reveals first inscriptions to Canada Memory of the World Register

The Canadian Commission for UNESCO announced Tuesday at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria six new inscriptions to the Canada Memory of the World Register. These new inscriptions are: Images of Quebec City and the surrounding area (1860 to 1965): Photo archives … Continue reading

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