Modernization
Learn more about government’s intention to modernize the museum to protect our historic holdings and provide better access to our collections.
Royal BC Museum ebooks and audibooks are available on Kindle, Kobo, Overdrive, Audible, Libro.fm and anywhere else you prefer to buy, as well as through your local library’s digital lending programs (you may need to put in a purchase request). Below are all our books currently available in Kindle, ePub or audiobook format. Follow the Goodreads links for options to buy, or get them direct from our distributor.
Great Expectations: Reflections on Museums and Canada | |
By Snowshoe, Buckboard and Steamer: Women of the British Columbia Frontier | |
Coal Dust in My Blood: The Autobiography of a Coal Miner by Bill Johnstone |
Spirits of the Coast: Orcas in Science, Art and History edited by Martha Black, Gavin Hanke and Lorne Hammond with Nikki Sanchez | |
Sharks, Skates, Rays and Chimeras of British Columbia by Gordon McFarlane and Jackie King | |
Henry & Self: An English Gentlewoman at the Edge of Empire by Kathryn Bridge | |
Once Well Beloved: Remembering a British Columbia Great War Sacrifice by Michael Sasges | |
The Collectors: A History of the Royal British Columbia Museum and Archives by Patricia Roy | |
Kwäday Dän Ts’ìnchi: Teachings from Long Ago Person Found edited by Richard J. Hebda, Sheila A. Greer and Alexander P. Mackie | |
Museums at the Crossroads? Essays on Cultural Institutions in a Time of Change by Jack Lohman | |
The Whaling People of the West Coast of Vancouver Island and Cape Flattery by Eugene Arima and Alan L. Hoover | |
In the Shadow of the Great War: The Milligan and Hart Explorations of Northeastern British Columbia, 1913–14 | |
Furrows in the Sky: The Adventures of Gerry Andrews by Jay Sherwood | |
Bannock and Beans: A Cowboy's Account of the Bedaux Expedition by Bob White |
Digitized publications
We also have an extensive selection of older digitized publications in PDF format, available in our webstore or through our American distributor, IPG.