Free Spirit: Stories of You, Me and BC is a major feature exhibition at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the establishment of British Columbia as a Crown Colony.
Free Spirit is a fascinating look into BC's past, told through stories of individuals and communities: stories of struggle and innovation, determination and survival, fortune and failure, odd ventures and even odder people.
It's a journey through time and space. Like any great adventure, it starts with a party to send you off. We've invited 150 of BC's best, brightest and quirkiest people from the past and present. Once you are on the way you'll encounter all kinds of surprises: see flickering images from an enormous drive-in movie projector; hidden secrets and surprising facts; and be inspired, amused and awed by everyone who has made our province what it is: a place where free spirits thrive.
The Party
This celebration gathers a glorious crowd of 150 British Columbians - famous and infamous, living and dead - so you can explore their fascinating stories. If we've missed someone, let us know - there's always room for more.
The Mighty 90 Drive-In Theatre
A giant 1950s carbon-arc drive-in projector flickers to life with movie travelogues from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Postcards from the Road
The story of BC told through an intriguing mélange of objects: totem poles, coins and tapestries, letters and journal entries, postcards, photographs and film.
People's History Project
Stories submitted to the People's History Project will be incorporated into the Free Spirit exhibition, so no matter how many times you visit, there will always be something new to discover about British Columbia and your place in it.
Royal BC Museum, 675 Belleville Street, on the Inner Harbour
Victoria, BC Canada V8W 9W2
Tel: 250-356-7226 / Fax: 250-387-5674 / Email: reception@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
Open every day except Christmas Day and New Year's Day
Museum: 9am - 5pm (and until 10pm most Fridays and Saturdays, June 6 to September 27, 2008)
IMAX: 10am - 8pm
Shop: 9am - 5pm
Cafe: 9am - 5pm
Archives: Hours of Operation
Teachers and instructors:
visit the Free Spirit Conservation Tour with your class and use this guide to help plan your trip. It includes a description of exhibition highlights, tips on how to experience the tour, links to online resources and ideas for ways you can engage students before and after your visit. The Royal BC Museum and BC Hydro Power Smart are proud to support the education of British Columbia's school-aged children. Click here to download the guide now.
For more information, contact your local museum in Fort St John, Prince George, Kamloops, Revelstoke, Courtenay and Langley.
