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UBC Homecoming 2026 at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum

UBC Homecoming 2026 at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum

Join us at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum during UBC Homecoming 2026 and discover Vancouver’s natural history museum at UBC.

BBM’s 16th Anniversary Celebration: Admission By Donation All Day!

BBM’s 16th Anniversary Celebration: Admission By Donation All Day!

The Beaty Biodiversity Museum is celebrating 16 years of inspiring curiosity about the natural world, and we’d love to celebrate with you!

Educator Open House 2026

Educator Open House 2026

Visit the Beaty Biodiversity Museum in person for a professional development day. Learn how we can support your lessons with curriculum links in our exhibits, activities, and programs.

Looking up at the blue whale skeleton at the beaty museum.

Nature Club: Nature Club Visitor’s Choice!

For our last Nature Club of the season, we want to hear from you!

One adult crow feeds a juvenile crow

Nature Club: Parental Care

With Mother’s Day and Father’s Day right around the corner, we want to take time today to learn about parental care through the tree of life.

Two pale purple orchid flowers with a multicoloured centre that mimics a bee.

Nature Club: April Fools’

Today we’ll look at surprising twists, careful camouflage, and defense strategies from many different types of organisms. 

5 brown mushrooms in a lawn

Nature Club: Springing to Life

Spring is the season for dramatic change and growth! When you walk around your neighborhood, it is amazing to see the changes happening each day.

A pair of orange fish with blue spots and stripes swim away from the viewer.

Nature Club: Courtship and Friendship

We also see patterns similar to friendship across the tree of life: community care, social structures, cooperative hunting, mutualisms, and commensalisms. Animals live in communities, too!

One ant holds a leaf fragment as it walks along a branch. Other ants can be seen around the branch.

Nature Club: Food Biodiversity

We’ll explore this topic outside of humans to look at predator-prey relationships, nutrient cycling, and photosynthesis.

Six reindeer walk from left to right on a snowy landscape.

Nature Club: Winter Wonderland

This month, we’ll travel around the world to highlight beloved biodiversity symbols for many holidays and cold locations.