Beaty Biodiversity Museum

One month left in Daphne Boyer's exhibition Li bootee mishiwayitay – The Beauty of It All. Experience her digital beading technique, where seeds and berries become individual beads in patterns that echo traditional Métis handwork. On until November 22nd, 2026.

Limited Spots Remaining! Join us at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum for a FREE professional development day designed for educators. Discover how our exhibits support K-12 and through post-secondary education through numerous programs. For more info visit beatymuseum.ubc.ca/open-house

Calling all Educators! Join us at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum for a FREE professional development day designed for educators. Discover how our exhibits support K-12 and through post-secondary education through numerous programs. For more info visit beatymuseum.ubc.ca/open-house OR link in bio

Biodiversity Lecture Series: Building, Using and Teaching the Tree of Life, with Doug and Pam Soltis, Tuesday, November 17! What can the Tree of Life reveal about our planet, and how can it help address some of society’s biggest challenges? Check beatymuseum.ubc.ca/bls for more details. #BeatyMuseum

🎉We’re turning 16!🎈 Beaty Biodiversity Museum is celebrating 16 years of inspiring curiosity about the natural world, and we’d love to celebrate with you! 🌟Admission by donation all day!🌟 Explore our iconic blue whale and more than 500 exhibits on display on this very special date. See you soon

Educator Open House! Join us at the Beaty Museum for a FREE professional development day on OCT. 23. Discover how our programs and resources support learning from KG through post-secondary education. Registration is required. Visit beatymuseum.ubc.ca/open-house #SciEd #BCschools #PDD #BCteachers

Thursday, October 15, 5–8:30PM. Spend an evening at the museum after hours with admission by donation. Start with a guided tour beneath the iconic Blue Whale skeleton, explore our collections, and watch the Raising Big Blue documentary. Check out the full schedule at: beatymuseum.ubc.ca/nocturnal 🐋🌙

The museum will be closed for Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30, 2026. This is a day of remembrance for the ongoing harm that the residential school system has inflicted on Indigenous communities. Read more at beatymuseum.ubc.ca/calendar.

Nature Club is back! Get ready for the new season with our first edition: "Spooky Species" on October 3. FREE for #UBC campus families. All families are welcome to join us, museum admission rates apply. Come and discover the wild side of #biodiversity! Learn more at beatymuseum.ubc.ca/nature-club

𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘋𝘳𝘺, 2019 by Daphne Boyer. Photographs of maple leaves printed with pigmented ink on Japanese paper and hand-tinted. Join a tour of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘵 𝘈𝘭𝘭 with Daphne Boyer September 16th or 17th at 2pm. beatymuseum.ubc.ca/visit/calendar/

Want to get involved with the Beaty Biodiversity Museum? We’re looking for enthusiastic #volunteers to join our team and help connect visitors with the fascinating world of #biodiversity. Apply by September 28, 2026 Learn more and apply: beatymuseum.ubc.ca/volunteer

Artist Daphne Boyer is leading a tour of her exhibition, The Beauty of It All at 2pm on Wednesday, September 16th and Thursday, September 17th. Included with regular admission, register here: beatymuseum.ubc.ca/visit/calendar/

Back to our regular schedule tomorrow! Starting Tuesday, September 1, 2026, the Beaty Biodiversity Museum will be open regular hours - Tuesdays to Sundays, from 10 AM to 5 PM. Plan your visit and check our daily schedule at beatymuseum.ubc.ca/calendar. See you at the museum! 🐋

We have a special Beaty Nocturnal this month! Join us on June 18 for a special edition of our monthly Beaty Nocturnal featuring an artist-led tour of 𝘓𝘪 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘺 — The Beauty of It All, with Métis artist and plant scientist Daphne Boyer. Read more at beatymuseum.ubc.ca/visit/calendar/.

Experience a one-night-only celebration where fashion, biodiversity, and Indigenous storytelling come together beneath the skeleton of the largest animal on the planet. Purchase tickets here beatymuseum.ubc.ca/whale-runway Date: Thursday, June 25, 2026 Time: 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM #VIFW #BeatyMuseum #

Join us during Nature Club to learn about entomology with museum interpreters, volunteers, and special guests! While our family-friendly activities are geared towards kids 5-12; everyone is welcome to join in. Join us 10:30am-1pm on Saturday, June 6. 🐜 🐞 🦋 🐝 🦟 🐛 🕷️ beatymuseum.ubc.ca/nature-club

Join us on May 22 for the International Day for Biological Diversity, with admission by donation all day! This year’s theme, Acting locally for global impact, highlights how local action connects to global change. Visit our daily schedule for more information: beatymuseum.ubc.ca/calendar

Happy International Museum Day from the Beaty Biodiversity Museum! At the Beaty, we’re proud to share stories of biodiversity that connect people to nature and to the world around us. #InternationalMuseumDay2026 #BCmuseums #BeatyMuseum #Biodiversity #Museums

Congratulations to the team behind the award-winning Wheaton Walk Through Time project on receiving the CSLA Award of Excellence! Special congratulations to our Manager of Exhibitions, Derek Tan, for being part of this outstanding achievement. Read more at www.csla-aapc.ca/awards-atlas....

Summer just got better! From May through August 2026, the Beaty Biodiversity Museum is open 7 days a week, 10 AM – 5 PM. Come wander, explore, and discover the wonders of our natural world. Visit beatymuseum.ubc.ca/calendar for our daily schedule. #UBCcampus #YVRevents #BCmuseums #UBCevents #SciComm

Big news for summer! 🐋 From May through August 2026, the Beaty Biodiversity Museum will be open 7 days a week, including Mondays, from 10 AM to 5 PM. Te museum is closed on stat holidays. Check our daily schedule here: beatymuseum.ubc.ca/calendar #biodiversity #BCmuseums #UBCcampus #YVRevents

Join us during Nature Club to learn about the world of plants with museum interpreters, volunteers, and special guests! Everyone is welcome to join in. Sign up online or drop in between 10:30am-1pm on Saturday, May 2. beatymuseum.ubc.ca/nature-club #beatymuseum #natureclub #InspiredUBC #plants #UBC

Curious about life on Earth and the incredible biodiversity around us? Our monthly #BeatyNocturnal is back on April 16! Explore the museum after hours from 5:00 to 8:30 PM with admission by donation. All ages welcome! Visit beatymuseum.ubc.ca/calendar for the full schedule.

Today is UBC Giving Day 2026! Support the #BeatyMuseum by funding Beaty Boxes, bringing real #biodiversity specimens and hands-on learning to students and educators. Your gift today helps expand access to science education and inspires future environmental stewards! givingday.ubc.ca/32770/gd2026...

Exciting news! This year, from MAY through AUGUST, the Beaty Biodiversity Museum will be open on Mondays too, from 10 AM to 5 PM! That means you can visit us 7 days a week all summer long. Come explore, discover, and experience the wonders of #biodiversity any day! beatymuseum.ubc.ca.

April's Nature Club features birds, reptiles, and amphibians! Our family-friendly activities are geared towards kids 5-12; everyone is welcome to join in! Sign up online or drop in between 10:30am-1pm on Saturday, April 4. 🐸 🐍 🦆 beatymuseum.ubc.ca/nature-club #biodiversity #museums #science #UBC

Spring Break! Insects are such an amazing group of animals, have you spotted any in your neighborhood as the weather gets warmer? Stop by the museum today to learn about #entomology, and use our guide to help identify some common groups on your way home! beatymuseum.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2016/0...

Spring Break Fishes. Today our focus is on our aquatic fishy friends! One of our most popular videos shows salmon swimming upstream to spawn. This incredible behavior, anadromy, is shared by several species of fish, salmon, trout, and eulachon just to name a few! Watch here youtu.be/ZjS3eSNuX_c?...

Spring Break - Tetrapods - March 27, 2026. Plenty of birds make their home on our living roof, including Anna’s hummingbirds. Check out this video, and see if you can spot one this spring! www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2t2... Visit beatymuseum.ubc.ca/calendar for the full schedule!

Spring Break, Fossils, March 26. As you explore the Beaty looking for fossils, you’ll come across our trackways, displaying casts of real footprints preserved in rock. This shows how dinosaurs were moving across the landscape of BC millions of years ago! How do your hands compare to the footprints?

Spring Break - Marine Invertebrates. The largest specimen in the museum, the blue whale, depends on a very small marine invertebrate – krill! Today we’re highlighting #MarineInvertebrates in the museum. Visit beatymuseum.ubc.ca/calendar for more details! 📷 beatytreasures.com/post/1260265...

Spring Break - #Herbarium: Plants, Algae, Fungi & Lichen - March 24, 2026. Identifying fungi and #mushrooms in your area is a fun way to learn about the world around you! Use a trusted guide, like Mushrooms Up! to help you learn their interesting features. explore.beatymuseum.ubc.ca/mushroomsup

This could be you! We're accepting applications for Education Volunteers to start this spring. Apply online at beatymuseum.ubc.ca/volunteer before March 31! #biodiversity #museums #science #biology #BeatyMuseum #volunteer #UBC

Spring Break - Fossils - March 22 and 26, 2026. Fossils are like photographs of the past, filling in the puzzle of past life on earth! Read this blog post about a whale ancestor: beatymuseum.ubc.ca/2023/08/08/w... Visit beatymuseum.ubc.ca/calendar for more details!

Spring Break - Herbarium: Plants, Algae, Fungi & Lichen - March 21 and 24, 2026. Did you know that our slice of Western red cedar is over 700 years old? During your next visit, be sure to visit stumpy and count those rings for yourself! Visit beatymuseum.ubc.ca/calendar for more details!

Spring Break 2026 - Marine Invertebrates - March 20 and 25. Marine invertebrates are a huge part of the ecosystem, and research on one group, the copepods, has spanned decades at UBC. Learn about two researchers in the video below: explore.beatymuseum.ubc.ca/researchers-revealed/c_forbes/ Visit

Spring Break - Entomology - March 19 and 29. Today’s focus is on our entomological collection. Check out the incredible images on our entomology database, which use very unique photography techniques to capture all of their details: zoology.ubc.ca/entomology. Visit beatymuseum.ubc.ca/calendar for

Spring Break - Fishes - March 18 and 28. Fish are critical to so many people around the world! Dive into the relationship of sturgeon and #Musqueam, through this interactive knowledge web: explore.beatymuseum.ubc.ca/knowledge-web. Visit beatymuseum.ubc.ca/calendar for more details. #BeatyMuseum

Spring Break - Tetrapods - March 17 and 27. The Blue Whale is the largest tetrapod in the museum’s collection, and its a whale-y big job to keep her in good shape! Check out a video of a detailed whale skeleton cleaning: www.youtube.com/watch?v=95cB... Visit beatymuseum.ubc.ca/calendar for mor

The results are in! The Biodiversity Research Photo Competition showcase the diversity of research and researchers at UBC’s Biodiversity Research Centre. View the 2026 winners and all of the science photography from the competition at explore.beatymuseum.ubc.ca/BRC-photo-co...

March's Nature Club is all about marvelous marine invertebrates! Our family-friendly activities are geared towards kids 5-12; everyone is welcome to join in! Sign up online or drop in between 10:30am-1pm on Saturday, March 7. Tell us about your favourite invertebrate below! 🐙 🪸 🐚 🪱

In honour of the UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the Beaty Biodiversity Museum is proud to celebrate Laurel Bohart (née Dick). Read Laurel’s incredible story on our blog beatymuseum.ubc.ca/blog. #WomenInScience #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience #BeatyMuseum #WomenInSTEM

Community Choice Award Voting Now Open! Voting runs until February 20 and is open to members of the Biodiversity Research Centre community. View the photos and vote for your favourite photo here: explore.beatymuseum.ubc.ca/BRC-photo-competition

February's #NatureClub is all about the fantastic world of fishes! Our family-friendly activities are geared towards kids 5-12; everyone is welcome to join in! Sign up online or drop in between 10:30 am-1 pm on Saturday, February 7. 🐟 🐠 🦈 beatymuseum.ubc.ca/nature-club

Have you ever wondered what a day in the life of a Beaty Biodiversity Museum volunteer looks like? Read the full story at beatymuseum.ubc.ca/blog #biodiversity #museums #science #volunteering #BeatyMuseum

#KidsTakeOverUBC returns for its 9th edition on Sun, Feb 15, 2026. Explore campus with family-friendly arts, culture, STEM, tours, and performances. Visit the Beaty Biodiversity Museum and drop in 11 am – 2 pm for hands-on #biodiversity activities. Tickets online only at Kidstakeover.ubc.ca

New exhibition opens this Thursday, JAN 15! "Slippage: shaped by time" by Michael Cox. Michael’s interest in erosion grew as he turned seventy and witnessed accelerating environmental change. Read more: beatymuseum.ubc.ca/exhibitions/... #biodiversity #scicomm #sciart

Please note that the Beaty Biodiversity Museum will be closed for maintenance on Saturday, January 10, 2026. We will see you on Sunday, January 11 at 10:00 am!