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We have the line up of online activities for September! Connect virtually with us live every Wednesday at 1:00 pm PST for livestream chats, Q&A sessions, family activities, and more. Find all of our upcoming virtual programming descriptions on our calendar.
When registering for the Beaty@Home sessions, you’ll see an option to pay as you can. All funds support the museum! We suggest $5 per participant, but with a sliding ticket scale from $0, no one will be turned away.
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September 2, 1:00 pm
Join Vincent, Museum Interpreter, for another virtual visit live from the Discovery Lab as we take a look at some of our big bugs! Get an up close look at specimens of some of the largest insects on earth including the Goliath beetle and the Atlas moth. Big and small, the Beaty Museum is home to many amazing entomology specimens. Join us live on Zoom or Facebook Live. Click here to register!
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September 9, 1:00 pm
Let’s dissect a wasp nest together virtually! Together with Nancy Lee, Museum Interpreter, we’ll unravel the mysteries inside the beautiful paper layers of an aerial yellowjacket’s nest (Dolichovespula arenaria). It’ll also be a great opportunity to ask any wasp and insect questions, and better understand the colony life of an often misunderstood but fascinating social insect. Join us live on Zoom or Facebook Live. Click here to register!
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September 16, 1:00 pm
The Pacific Museum of Earth is still closed to the public, so we are thrilled to have our sibling institution from across Main Mall as our special guest for this Beaty@Home session! Join us for a virtual tour with their outreach coordinator, Daniel Gowryluk. He’ll show you the main sights of the gallery, and tell you some of the stories behind his favourite specimens. Join us live on Zoom or Facebook Live. Click here to register!
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September 23, 1:00 pm
Learn something new at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum! Join our interpreters during a weekly virtual tour, focusing on a topic of their choice. It will always be a surprise! We may walk through the museum together, showcase specimens in the lab, and/or show some great museum video and photos. We will always do our best to answer your questions. Expect a wide variety of stories that may include museum history, evolution, ecology, local diversity, biodiversity basics, and UBC Biodiversity Research. Join us live on Zoom or Facebook Live. Click here to register!
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September 30, 1:00 pm
Learn something new at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum! Join our interpreters during a weekly virtual tour, focusing on a topic of their choice. It will always be a surprise! We may walk through the museum together, showcase specimens in the lab, and/or show some great museum video and photos. We will always do our best to answer your questions. Expect a wide variety of stories that may include museum history, evolution, ecology, local diversity, biodiversity basics, and UBC Biodiversity Research. Join us live on Zoom or Facebook Live. Click here to register!
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Welcome to Backyard Biodiversity with Linda Jennings, Herbarium Collections Curator.
In this new video you will learn more about the evergreen shrub Scotch broom, Cytisus scoparius and their clever evolution mechanism to ensure pollen will be unintentionally ‘gathered’ by pollinators and moved to another flower.
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Can’t come to the museum? Book one of our award-winning Beaty Boxes; outreach kits with touchable specimens, information about UBC research scientists, and hands-on activities that explore biodiversity. Our outreach kits provide you and your students with the opportunity to connect with the Beaty Biodiversity Museum’s unique biological collections. All Beaty Boxes contain touchable specimens and other scientific objects to stimulate inquiry and discussion within the classroom, enhancing the student learning experience.
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60 minutes | Online Tour | Cost $60 CAD including tax
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Online Museum Collections Tour (ages 5 and up)
60 minutes | Online Tour | Cost $60 CAD including tax
Join us online to virtually explore the six collections that make up the museum: Tetrapods, Marine Invertebrates, Herbarium, Entomology, Fish, and Fossils. Discover stories about BC species, biodiversity research, and different specimens in the collection and how they relate to each other.
This introductory online tour will teach you about some of the different specimens in the collection, and showcase some of our Museum Interpreters’ favourite specimens and stories. After a virtual tour, you will have time to ask questions.
This private tour for your group can accommodate 30 participants from one location or multiple computers. Great for schools, camps, learning groups, family get-togethers and more! Join from anywhere around the world!
This booking is 60 minutes long. Request a booking using our online booking form.
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Check out our selection of online resources that allow you to access the Beaty Biodiversity Museum from anywhere around the globe!
In addition to Beaty resources, you will also find some of our favourite science and museum resources from UBC and beyond.
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A Beaty Biodiversity Museum membership means joining and supporting a lively community of people inspired by biodiversity, engaged with the natural world, and dedicated to conservation.
About the Museum
The Beaty Biodiversity Museum is Vancouver's natural history museum, dedicated to building greater understanding, and a shared sense of community and wonder, around biodiversity.
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If you would like to contribute to the museum, we appreciate any donations, purchasing a membership, planning to visit in person, and sharing information about the museum with friends and family.
A Beaty membership means joining and supporting a lively community of people inspired by biodiversity, engaged with the natural world, and dedicated to conservation.
The best way to enjoy everything the museum has to offer is through membership. Benefits include year-round admission to our world-class museum, with over 500 permanent exhibits, rotating art exhibits, tours, activities, crafts, and more.
Members who had an active membership during our closure that expired on or after March 17, 2020, will receive an extension for the 126 days that museum was closed.
Thank you for your support of the Beaty Biodiversity Museum!
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