As of August 2020, this page is no longer updated. Please visit our new Online Resources page for the most up-to-date information. Thank you!
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Here are just a few ways that you can connect and learn online with us and experience the Beaty@Home.
Join us on Wednesday afternoons for a live Beaty@Home session, where our interpreters will showcase a biodiversity topic or be joined by a special guest! Learn about biodiversity research, collections work, and amazing people. Find all of the dates, topics, and register on our calendar. Find our past Beaty@Home sessions on our facebook playlist, open to all!
If you’re teaching at home, or looking for a virtual group tour, you can book a private Online Collections Tour! Explore our learn page for more information.
Follow the Beaty on Social Media
Connect with us on social media for highlights, news, activities, and stories on biodiversity: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
Enjoy our Virtual Exhibits
The Beaty features a wide range of online exhibits, featuring the Sturgeon Harpoon Knowledge Web, Researchers Revealed, and more. No downloads are needed for these great resources! You can even explore our whale station from your home computer.
Enjoy an audio tour or virtual tour of the museum, using our online visitor guide (html) or printable visitor guide (pdf) to help navigate the museum. Explore our Flickr page, where we feature photography of the museum, past and present exhibitions, and events.
Use our Educator Resources
There’s something for everyone! Many of our activities can be done at home or in your local park. Explore our resource pages for art, writing, research, and discovery-based activities appropriate for ages 5 and up. Use them for fun and education.
Search the Beaty’s Online Collection Databases
Discover hundreds of thousands of our specimens that are catalogued online. Find data to help support your research or curiosity. Many specimens also feature photos! Search different specimens by scientific names, places, collectors, dates, and more! In addition to our specimen database, you can explore photos of nearly every species in the Spencer Entomological Collection.
Learn about research happening at the museum and the Biodiversity Research Centre.
Read our News and Stories
The Beaty’s News and Stories are posts that offer a different look into the Beaty. Read about the people, research, and news behind the museum!
Watch Beaty Museum Videos
Enjoy Beaty videos on our YouTube channel, which highlight past talks, Researchers Revealed, informative shorts, and more! If you want to watch Raising Big Blue, you can find it on Amazon Prime or Vimeo.
Hone your ID Skills at home!
Want to expand your identification skills? Use some of our favourite websites to help you learn about the organisms outside!
- Mushrooms Up! focuses on mushrooms in the Pacific Northwest
- iNaturalist and Seek are wonderful apps to help log and identify organisms world-wide
- Share your photos with us on social media!
Visit UBC Museums and Galleries online!
We are so grateful to have myriad world-class museums, gardens, and galleries in our neighborhood at UBC. While you can’t visit in person, we encourage you to explore their online resources and plan your future visit!
- UBC is located on the ancestral, traditional, and unceded territory of the Musqueam people. Take a moment to visit their website.
- Thank you to MOA for their wonderful blog post about #MOAFromHome which inspired this post! Visit their wonderful resources, including archives, tours, and resources on their post.
- The Pacific Museum of Earth features a virtual 360 degree tour of their main gallery. Visit their webpage for their virtual tour, descriptions of their main exhibits, and educator resources.
- The UBC Botanical Gardens have wonderful resources online, including their Botany Photo of the Day and forums.
- The UBC Farm has news, updates on their markets, and growing tips.
- Learn about past and upcoming exhibitions at the Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery
- Even though the UBC Libraries are closed, there are many archives and online exhibits you can explore from home. There are even sets of colouring pages and online workshops!
- If you aren’t familiar with the University of British Columbia, you can explore the UBC Campus virtually. You can get a virtual taste of the UBC attractions all on one page.
Some of our favourite online resources:
- Physics & Astronomy has phenomenal physics activities online! Learn about machines, space, and more through their challenges.
- Visit museums, view live music, watch dance, explore science centres, from across British Columbia, all from the comfort of your home at Culture Online.
- Find organizations in your community with fantastic online resources through Symbiosis! Expand each record to find out more information.
- Engage with the Royal BC Museum at home, through resources, online exhibitions, and webinars.
- See all of UBC’s STEM Outreach organizations in one place.
- The Vancouver Aquarium has some great online content, including workshops and classes
Learn about the typewriter in the photo on our 100 Years, 100 Treasures exhibition: https://beatytreasures.com/post/126027415163/typewriter