MuseNews Ep. 53: Dinosaurs, Directors and Donations

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month, we recap some of the latest breaking news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond.

Stories from October 2025:

• Dinosaurs invading Penticton at visiting museum exhibit
• Indigenous artifacts held in Vatican Museums finally heading back to Canada
• B.C.’s Sveva Caetani always wanted her art to be hung in Rome. Now, 30 years after her death, it’s on display
• Heritage BC Announces Annual Conference 
• Royal BC Museum looking for new CEO, fourth in five years
• National Toy Museum reopens in downtown Victoria with grand opening weekend
• Canadian Tire will start selling iconic Hudson’s Bay blankets, donating proceeds to Indigenous fund

Bonus: New Museum of Vancouver exhibition documents the lives of people living with Long COVID

This has been Muse News for October 2025! If you have news you want to share on this program, please email us at bcma@museum.bc.ca.

BCMA thanks Digital Museums Canada for their sponsorship.