Beaty Biodiversity Museum
2212 Main Mall V6T 1Z4 Vancouver, BC, Canada

In our Beaty@Home Live this week, our interpreter Shiela will present examples of two ecosystems that have undergone significant changes as a result of climate change, particularly in terms of their composition or diversity. One is an intertidal ecosystem and the other focuses on a subtidal kelp ecosystem. Join us this Wednesday, December 16 at 1:00 pm PST. To register please visit link in Bio or beatymuseum.ubc.ca/calendar. Sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) from BC..., one of the Beaty's treasures! The sunflower star inhabits rocky surfaces and other substrates in the intertidal and subtidal, to depths of 435 m. It is found on the Pacific coast of North America from Alaska to California. #museumfromhome #scicomm #scied #biodiversity #marineinvertebrates #ocean #zoology

From the Museum's conception to the planning, and finally it's construction and full operation, Dr. Wayne Maddison experienced it all! In 2020, the Beaty Biodiversity Museum celebrates the first 10 years open to the public and you can watch our celebratory video here bit.ly/3mSStSz. The Beaty Biodiversity Museum is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam people. For a virtual journey inside the Museum, visit bit.ly/393Z4pH. ... #MuseumFromHome #NaturalHistoryMuseum #Biodiversity

A list of science-related activities for the 2020 Holiday Season!

At the Beaty Biodiversity Museum, we are over the moon in love with owls! Visit bit.ly/38UmGg9 to check out our new blog post 'Owls: heavenly creatures or omens of doom?' and take a 5-minute survey by Professor Alexander Roulin and Psychologist Christine Mohr from the Université de Lausanne, who are investigating how owls are perceived globally. Survey results will be used for educational purposes to promote greater global appreciation for these wonderful birds. Barred ...Owl designed by Anna & David Hall, carved in Indonesia by two families with centuries of carving heritage, purchased at fair trade wages. The owl is carved from Albesia wood, a very swift growing tree in Indonesia, which makes it a replenishable and sustainable material for art and other manufacturing. This sculpture was part of the ‘Innovation Award’, awarded by the BC Museums Association to the Beaty Biodiversity Museum for the 'Perspectives on Biodiversity Sturgeon Harpoon Knowledge Web.' See more

Watch our new Researchers Revealed video where Megan Szojka, a recent Master graduate student in the Biodiversity Research Centre, describes her research on how diversity is maintained within an ecosystem. She also shares her favourite research memory and favourite organism!

Join us at 1pm, in just a few minutes, for our weekly museum tour over zoom! Sign up on the link below

Nature Club is this weekend! Enter your photos, stories, art, and ideas to our community contributions and your submissions will be featured in our upcoming nature club editions. You’ll also be entered to win prizes like items from our gift shop or a virtual tour of the Beaty! Visit beatymuseum.ubc.ca/nature-club/#community to submit. Nature Club is free for UTown UBC University Neighbourhoods Association UBC Okanagan and #UBC staff, faculty, students and their families. T...his submission from Nicole B. shows a rock covered in bryophytes (mosses) and a snail. The photo was taken in Oregon! Where have you found marvellous mosses before? Share your story with us in the link above! #BeatyMuseum #UBCcampus #UTown #NatureClub #Biodiversity

Please read our new policies and procedures here: beatymuseum.ubc.ca//covid-19-update-we-welcome-you-back-t/ Hours: The museum is open 10:00am 5:00pm, Tuesdays to Sundays.... For more information, please visit: beatymuseum.ubc.ca

Jared Grummer, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Biodiversity Research Centre, describes his research on the genetic adaptations of rainbow trout in British Columbia. He also shares his favourite research memory and favourite organism! ---------------------------------------- Additional Images used Licensed under Creative Commons... Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) and Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)

Meet one of our amazing museum interpreters, Kashifa Hafeez! Kashifa has been working at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum since 2014 and she just loves to see familiar faces among our visitors. Thank you all for your support over the last 10 years!

In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we are showing you some of our team members. Meet Linda Jennings, UBC Herbarium Collections Curator Vascular Plants & Algae, and find out what's her biggest memory at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum! Join us in celebrating our 10th Anniversary this Friday, October 16, in-person from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, or virtually at 3:00 pm for a live-streamed museum tour, interview with one of our curators, and more. Book your timed-entry ticket here tickets.ubc.ca/beaty or register to watch online at https://bit.ly/36ZsXX7. Admission by donation!

We celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Beaty Biodiversity Museum’s public opening day on October 16, 2020! In this video, our museum interpreters will take you on a virtual tour of the Museum for a view into our collections, and an interview with Dr. Wayne Maddison, Director of the Spencer Entomological Collection. You will also see clips of our 10-anniversary celebration video.

Today is #GivingTuesday and you can show your support by registering for our Beaty@Home Live tomorrow at 1:00 pm PST. This is a free weekly online museum tour, but we really appreciate your donation and support! Our theme this week is Dinosaurs, and our interpreter Kashifa will walk you through some of the museum’s dinosaur-related exhibits, including dinosaur trackways found in BC. Please register here: https://bit.ly/3mv7aez. You can also donate here https://support.ubc.ca...//awe-inspiring-biodiversity-outrea/. Thank you! #givingtuesday2020 #dinosaurs #naturalhistorymuseum #biodiversity #museumsfromhome #bcmuseums #scicomm #onlinetour

You don’t have to be in Vancouver to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Beaty Biodiversity Museum! Join us from anywhere in the world, one hour from now at 3:00 pm PST, for a special Livestream celebration with a virtual museum tour, interviews, videos and more. Watch on Facebook Live or Zoom.

Post today your photo at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum (old or new) tagging @beatymuseum with the #BeatyMuseum, on any of our social media channels, and win this cool 10-years commemorative postcard. Let’s celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Beaty Biodiversity Museum’s public opening day! #ubcscience #ubc #ubccampus #bcmuseums #yvrevents

October is our 10th anniversary celebration month and we will be showing you the faces of some of our team members from today and from the past 10 years! Today you will meet Dale Gintner, our Marketing, Communications & Events Coordinator, and find out what was her reaction when she first saw Big Blue. Join us in celebrating our 10th Anniversary this Friday, OCTOBER 16, in-person from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, or virtually at 3:00 pm for a live-streamed museum tour, interview with one of our curators, and more. Book your timed-entry ticket here tickets.ubc.ca/beaty or register to watch online at https://bit.ly/36ZsXX7. Admission by donation!

Meet our one and only Maggie Décarie, Visitor Services Supervisor at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum, and learn why some of her happier hours in the Museum were spent in the Vertebrate Specimen Preparation Lab. Join us in celebrating our 10th Anniversary TODAY, in-person from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, or virtually at 3:00 pm for a live-streamed museum tour, interview with one of our curators, and more. Book your timed-entry ticket here tickets.ubc.ca/beaty or register to watch online at https://bit.ly/36ZsXX7. Admission by donation!

Congratulations to UBC Biodiversity Research Centre conservation biologist Claire Kremen for winning the 2020 Volvo Environment Prize for her work on diversified farming systems and conservation to preserve biodiversity!

TOMORROW, October 16, is the tenth anniversary of the Beaty Biodiversity Museum’s public opening day! Join us in celebrating our anniversary in-person from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, or virtually at 3:00 pm for our Livestream celebration. Admission is by donation! If you’re on campus tomorrow, please stop by and say hello! Book your timed-entry ticket at tickets.ubc.ca/beaty. If you can't be with us in-person, join us online at 3:00 pm PST. We’ll be joined by a variety of museum ...staff and faculty who will take you on a museum tour, peer into collections work, answer your questions, and more! Register for the zoom link here https://bit.ly/2T4ye7j, or join us on Facebook Live. Closed captioning will be available on Zoom. If you visit or if you have a photo at the Beaty Museum, post it tomorrow on one of our social media channels, tagging the @BeatyMuseum with #BeatyMuseum, and you'll get a postcard with the image of this post! Thank you all for your support of the Beaty over the years.

Thank you Scout Magazine for featuring one of our three cool Cuvier’s Beaked Whale skulls and our Lead Curatorial Assistant, Chris Stinson.

The Beaty Biodiversity Museum is hiring a Young Canada Works position to help communicate the work of the Biodiversity Research Centre through the museum’s online and in-person exhibits and programs. The position as written emphasizes web programming, however, skills in science communication will also be weighted heavily. Application Deadline: October 15!... For a complete job description and eligibility criteria, please visit: https://bit.ly/30LRv1P

CONTEST ALERT - Nature Club is back this weekend, October 10 - 11 and a special prize will be raffled among participating registered families. To enter the contest all you have to do is register for our next online or in-person edition of Nature Club! Nature Club offers biodiversity activities for children ages 5 - 12 years old accompanied by their families and it's open to all. Thanks to the support of Campus and Community Planning @campusubc, UBC and UBCO campus families ca...n take part for free. Other families can join our Online Nature Club for $10 per household, or use their membership or regular admission tickets to explore the museum on Nature Club weekends. For more information visit beatymuseum.ubc.ca/nature-club. The winning family will be selected by a random draw and will be announced on Tuesday, October 13 at 5:00 pm. The prize is an amazing 4D Augmented Reality Science Lab by SpiceBox (approx. value of $39.99). Rules: - Register for our next Nature Club, online or in-person edition. The winner will be asked to show proof of registration. For registration and details, please visit beatymuseum.ubc.ca/nature-club - The winner will be selected by a random draw and will be announced on October 13, 2020, at 5:00 pm. We will contact the winner via email. Prize can be picked up in person at the Beaty Museum's front desk until December 30, 2020, during museum hours, Tuesday Sunday 10:00 am 5:00 pm (the museum is closed Mondays and statutory holidays). The prize can also be mailed to the winner family if they live outside Vancouver. One prize issued per family group. - To be eligible to enter the contest, you must be a legal resident of, and the age of majority in, the province of British Columbia. Definitions: - Campus Families: families that live on UBC and UBC Okanagan campus, University Neighbourhoods Association and UTown UBC, as well as #UBC and #UBCO staff, students & faculty with their children. - Family definition: up to 2 adults & 4 children. * This contest is not sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or associated with, Instagram or Facebook.

Today you meet our amazing Education & Outreach Manager, Jackie Chambers! She and her fantastic team develop programs, activities, and resources for our general public and especially for educators. Join us in celebrating our 10th Anniversary TOMORROW, October 16, in-person from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, or virtually at 3:00 pm for a live-streamed museum tour, interview with one of our curators, and more. Book your timed-entry ticket here tickets.ubc.ca/beaty or register to watch online at https://bit.ly/36ZsXX7. Admission by donation!

Nature Club is back this weekend!

NOTICE - the Beaty Biodiversity Museum will be exceptionally CLOSED TOMORROW OCT. 4, 2020 for maintenance. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, October 6. See you soon!

Mark your calendar! We are celebrating our 10th anniversary on October 16, 2020, and you are our special guest, in-person or online! Read all the details here https://bit.ly/2GkYqrb