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Exhibition Panel – Vanishing

Beaty Biodiversity Centre 2212 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This panel discussion will consider innovative approaches to creative collaboration across disciplines and how activating aesthetic reconsideration of scientific collections addresses our present moment of ecological precarity. The event is held in conjunction with the exhibition Vanishing, presenting new work by 2023 Karsh Award photo-based artist Christine Fitzgerald. Integrating historical and current photographic technologies, Fitzgerald […]

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Artist Tour – Vanishing

Beaty Biodiversity Centre 2212 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Join photo-based artist Christine Fitzgerald for a walk through Vanishing, an exhibition of new images of bird eggs and nests from historical museum collections paired with specimens from the Beaty Biodiversity Museum. Learn how early photography techniques combine with modern practice, and how natural history collections inform us about the biodiversity we see today.

Included with general admission. UBC Cardholders are free.

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Invasive or Introduced?

Beaty Biodiversity Centre 2212 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

As people and goods move around the world, so do other organisms, sometimes intentionally and sometimes by accident. These organisms can become established in new areas and may be out of balance with the local ecosystem.  The Beaty Biodiversity Museum holds a record of changes in biodiversity, including these types of events. Artist, Eden Zinchik […]

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Artist Talk – Bettina Matzkuhn presents Meteobotany

Beaty Biodiversity Centre 2212 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Join Bettina Matzkuhn, the multimedia artist behind Meteobotany, at the next Beaty Biodiversity Museum Nocturnal on October 19th, 2023. Bettina will talk about the process of making her textile works featuring embroidered lichen specimens over BC weather patterns, including iteration and experimentation to combine a range of materials with a scientific and creative perspective. Admission by […]

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UTown@UBC Nature Club: Vascular Plants

Beaty Biodiversity Centre 2212 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This event is part of the 2023 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 2–9, 2023. Plants like trees, shrubs, flowers, and ferns are known as vascular plants, which means they have inner structures that transport water, sugar, and nutrients around their bodies. Learn about new and familiar plants while we explore different groups and their […]

Beaty Nocturnal – Drift: from the forest to the sea

Beaty Biodiversity Centre 2212 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Join us for a special Beaty Nocturnal with Bettina Harvey, the artist behind the current feature exhibition, Drift: from the forest to the sea. Bettina will talk about her artistic journey, as well as the role of citizen scientists in monitoring biodiversity, and environmental grief and resilience. The talk will be followed by a panel discussion with artists and […]

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Beaty Nocturnal: Pressed Plants – Making a Herbarium

Beaty Biodiversity Centre 2212 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Beaty Biodiversity Museum is pleased to invite you to attend the book launch of an amazing new book Pressed Plants, Making a Herbarium by Linda PJ Lipsen (Linda Jennings), curator of the UBC Beaty Biodiversity Museum Herbarium. You are invited to learn more about pressing plants and to socialize with fellow naturalists, botanists, and hobbyists during the event. There […]

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Nocturnal – Beaty Biodiversity Museum

Beaty Biodiversity Centre 2212 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Join artist Bettina Harvey for a meet-and greet about her new exhibition, Drift: from the forest to the sea. Harvey's illustrations of driftwood explore themes of time, love, and ecology. Nocturnal by-donation general admission from 5:00-8:30pm. Admission is always free for UBC students, staff, and faculty with valid UBC ID.

Nocturnal: Preventing Extinctions – An evening with Island Conservation

Beaty Biodiversity Centre 2212 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Hosted by Penny Becker, Chad Hanson, and Andrew S. Wright! Preventing Extinctions: Architecting the Accretocene is an exhibit on habitat restoration and rewilding that has been a decade in the making. This exhibit celebrates the successes that Island Conservation has had across the world in saving species from extinction on remote islands. The Beaty’s Nocturnal […]

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Special Tour with Artist Sarah Ronald: Disrupting Wild Echoes

Beaty Biodiversity Centre 2212 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Join Sarah Ronald, the artist of the new exhibition Disrupting Wild Echoes opening on March 17, 2022, at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum. Sarah will welcome visitors and take them for a special walk-through of the exhibition, explaining each section and answering questions.

Spring Break at the Beaty Museum

Beaty Biodiversity Centre 2212 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Join us this Spring Break for a different activity every day, brought to you by volunteers, staff, curators, and special guests! From identification tips & tricks to art, games, crafts, and hands-on activities, you’ll be a biodiversity pro in no time.