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You can search for descriptions of archival records held at the BC Archives and access digital versions, where available, using this database. Archival records include textual records, photographs, documentary art, sound recordings, moving images and cartographic records such as maps.
In the First Peoples Gallery in the Royal British Columbia Museum, you are privileged to enter the house of Chief Kwakwabalasami, the late Jonathan Hunt, a Kwakwaka‘wakw chief who was born and lived his life in the community of Tsaxis (Fort Rupert) on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island.
With nearly 225,000 catalogued artifacts, the Royal BC Museum holds the largest collection of British Columbia First Nations archaeological materials in the world. Collected since 1886, these artifacts represent up to 10,000 years of history.
The Archives. Learn how the BC Archives provides access to records of enduring value to the province for public researchers, scholars and genealogists.
Please check our daily hours before planning your visit. Remote services are also available. See our Services page for what we offer.
The museum houses a number of historical artifacts of the people of British Columbia. The human history department aims to represent the cultural, social, and economic history of the peoples of BC. Collecting anthropological artifacts has been a practice of the Royal BC Museum since its founding in 1886.
The Royal BC Museum Corporation is one of Canada’s greatest cultural treasures. The museum was founded in 1886; the Archives, in 1894. In 2003, these two organizations joined to become...
