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Information for Teachers
Information about our policies, directions, lunch location, and more, for teachers planning school visits to the museum.
Group Programs and Tours
Many groups choose to visit the museum. Whether you are a large family, co-workers, social club, summer camp, or activity group, we offer programming to suit your needs. To find out more about booking a group program or tour visit our booking information page where you will find rates, availability and other information. Museum Tours […]
Children’s Programs
Outside of school, many children are active in different groups, such as summer camps, clubs, and activity groups. We understand that these needs are different than a school group’s needs, and we have programming designed especially for non-school groups. Book a children’s program visit Museum-Led Programs If you’re running a children’s group, the programs below […]
The Herbarium Project
May 16 – August 24, 2014
Karen Yurkovich
Using specimens from the UBC Herbarium, Yurkovich re-examines these taxonomically organized pieces of nature through their aesthetics, their symbolism, their mythologies and their histories.
Campus Walks
Campus Walks happen on the third Saturday of every month from 10:15am – 12:15pm. They begin and end at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum and happen rain or shine. Explore the UBC campus through the eyes of an expert. Look for fall migratory birds, check out native plants, find local mushrooms. Experts are UBC students and […]
Burn Fund Visit
he BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund was founded by Captain Alex Blake from the Coquitlam Fire Department. The Burn Fund was created as a province-wide initiative after four decades of Fire Fighters visiting patients in the Burn Unit, seeing the need for help, and contributing money. The BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund was […]
Sharks: More than just a pretty smile
Written by UBC.
With “Shark Week” upon us and the release of yet another Sharknado movie, it is easy to think of sharks as stereotypical ‘marauders of the sea’. Sharks, however, are endlessly fascinating creatures that provide many insights into the workings of ecology and evolution.
Wondrous
Various Artists, World Wildlife Fund, Science World
Produced by a collection of artists for World Wildlife Fund and Science World British Columbia, Wondrous: The Forest and Sea of the Great Bear powerfully illustrates the relationship between the land and the ocean, forest and river, economy and ecology.
Butterflies are way cool because…
August 3, 2014, 1:00pm
Maja Bjelic
Uncover the diversity of butterflies, their interactions, fascinating adaptations and how these affect their chances for survival with Maja Bjelic, volunteer at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum with her Master’s Degree in Ecology from the University of Zagreb.
Included with museum admission or membership.
North to Alaska, a Sustainable Fishery, Migrating Salmon, and Grizzly Bears
I have just spent a week on Lake Aleknagik, part of the Wood River system that empties into Bristol Bay Alaska. Myself and two students (Shannan May-McNally and Allison Dennert) are collecting char for our own work, but are also helping with some sockeye salmon stream surveys out of the U of Washington camp on Lake Aleknagik.