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Cake is free. Nerd Nite requires tickets which are selling out fast so get yours ASAP!
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Drop in to talk to the Herbarium Manager and Assistant Curator of Vascular Plants & Algae Linda Jennings. See a selection of treasures from the Herbarium collection.
Free.
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|  | City of Vancouver Archives CVA-660-138. Herbarium at B.C. Mountaineering Club summer camp, 1913. |
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Some people look at the UBC Herbarium and they see only thousands of dried plants stuck on sheets of paper. That would be wrong. The Herbarium is an enormous machine that travels in both space and time! Geographer David Brownstein will tell you how the herbarium came to be 100 years ago, and teach you how to drive this machine yourself.
Included with museum admission or membership.
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Bake and decorate a cake in an evolution or ecology theme to celebrate Charles Darwin’s birthday, and impress scientists from the past and present. Open to all competitors and spectators. Prizes and bragging rights will be awarded. Bring a plate and fork.
Free.
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Can't make it to the cake contest? You can submit your entry online for a chance to win a membership! Make a cake at home, take a picture, and submit it or submit a drawing of your plans for a cake.
Free.
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To celebrate the birthday of the King of Nerds, Darwin, we are partnering with Nerd Nite and the Biodiversity Research Centre Grad Beers for a nerdy night of talks and beer.
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Take a stroll through UBC's historic Arboretum - a living collection of trees for scientific study, with Shona Ellis, Associate Head of Biology at UBC. Learn how to identify the different types of local trees.
Included with museum admission or membership.
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To celebrate our 5th birthday and UBC's 100th we've opened our cabinets to reveal 100 treasures from our collection. We asked community members to select an object and explain why it is a treasure. Check out their stories and vote for your favourite at BeatyTreasures.com. Voting closes soon!
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Whale Dreams Exhibition
October 1, 2015 - February 14, 2016
Dive into the underwater world of whales with Colleen McLaughlin Barlow’s breathtaking paintings and extraordinary crystal sculptures of whale bones.
Included with museum admission or membership.
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The Sea is our Home
November 21, 2015 – February 14, 2016
A dynamic display of sea life from art students at Sutherland Secondary School, North Vancouver.
Included with museum admission or membership.
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Our new website is launching on Monday, February 1st! Visit www.beatymuseum.ubc.ca to check it out Monday onwards.
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Hours
Tuesday-Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The museum is closed on Mondays and statutory holidays.
Membership
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 strives to inspire an understanding of biodiversity, its origins, and importance to humans through collections-based research, education and outreach.
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