BC Museums Week 2025
Building the Future
May 12 – 18, 2024 | #BCMW25
For BC Museums Week 2025, our theme is “Building the Future.”
Last year, our theme was “Imagine the Future,” and in 2025, the BCMA is highlighting members who are actively building a new future within their community.
From building new relations to centre Indigenous voices, to creating new hands-on STEAM experiences to inspire future generations of innovators, to literally rebuilding museums, BCMW2025 will highlight work our members are doing to help build brighter futures in their communities.
2025 Media Kit
In 2025, the BC Museums Association is asking our members for their help telling the story of how museums, galleries, and heritage sites change lives.
May 12-18 is BC Museums Week, and on International Museum Day (Sunday, May 18), we call upon our members to share a story about the impact you have on the lives of your community.
Special Events & Highlights:
Monday
May 12
BCMA Representatives Meet with the Honourable Spencer Chandra Herbert
Interim Executive Director Lorenda Calvert will mark BC Museums Day with the Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport.
Spread the News!
BCMA is sharing our #BCMW25 Media Kit for you to use on your social media channels.
Tuesday
May 13
BC Museums Week Live Podcast – ‘Exploring Models of Cultural Engagement’ with Nina Buddhdev
May 13, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Join us live for a podcast recording with Nina Buddhdev! Listen and participate live as we discuss Nina’s work (and insights) on building brighter futures with her communities within the arts and heritage sector. Nina’s dedication to advancing heritage arts through belonging, adaptation and respectful representation of living cultures is carried through her multifaceted work and roles in the sector. Nina sits on the Advisory Council for the BCMA, is a globally acknowledged curator, artist, and the founder of the Bandish Network.
A live podcast is a new format of programming for the BCMA. Done in Zoom webinar format, with participant camera and audio turned off, the live podcast is an opportunity for members to help shape the discussion through the Q&A feature in the chat! Podcasts will then be edited and shared on the BCMA website for future listening.
Recording Coming Soon!
Wednesday
May 14
Beyond the Margins: Networks Book & Media Club
May 14, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM 
Chapter 3 (“Remember”) from Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Come join us for a special rendition of Beyond the Margins for BC Museums Week! Beyond the Margins seeks to create a supportive intersectional space focused on community building in the arts, culture, and heritage sector. This growth-oriented network provides a space to learn from one another and build solidarity amongst queer and IBPOC folks through the exploration of diverse media. Haven’t had a chance to listen to/read the media? You are always welcome to join us for conversation! Please get in touch if you need assistance in accessing the media. Hosting joint network events is intended as a way to celebrate and hold space for intersectionalities of identity and fill gaps in this type of programming – all who identify as IBPOC and/or 2SLGBTQIA+ are welcome!
Thursday
May 15
BC Museums Week: Building the Future of History Project and the Maritime Museum of BC Webinar
May 15, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM 
After years of searching for a new home, the Maritime Museum of British Columbia (MMBC) is exploring an exciting new opportunity to return to Victoria’s iconic Inner Harbour. In collaboration with the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations, a proposal has been put forward to create a new, dual-purpose historical site that would reshape how coastal history is presented. Tentatively called “The Future of History,” this project envisions a re-imagined Steamship Building and an adjoining floating structure that would be dedicated to the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations.
Join the BCMA and the Maritime Museum of BC to learn about the Future of History Project, how it came to be, the collaborative partnerships, and what happens next!
BCMA Podcast with Jeff Doctor
Lorenda Calvert chats with Jeff Doctor to talk Nationalism, Fascism and Technology (among other things!) in this podcast.
Hear more of the BCMA’s conversations with Jeff and others in our Technology Resources.
Podcast Coming Soon!
Friday
May 16
From the Vault: BCMA Resources You Might Have Missed
A ‘best of the BCMA’ sharing some of our staff’s favourite previous BCMA content. Keep your eyes on our social media!
Sunday
May 18
Happy International Museums Day!
Before noon on Sunday, May 18, we ask members to share curated BC Museums Week images and text on their preferred social media accounts. Be sure to tag the BC Museums Association on social media so that we can share your moments on our channels on Monday, May 19.
Introducing a New Season of BCMA Book Club: Decolonizing the Museum Community Chat
Last Tuesday of every month, from May 27 to September 30, 10:00 – 11: 00 AM
BCMA Book Club is changing, bringing you a Decolonizing the Museum Community Chat. Lorenda and Leia will be available on the last Tuesday of each month, from 10:00 – 11:00 AM, to discuss what your organizations are working on or struggling with. We want to get into action with you! We ask that attendees come ready to share their work or struggles so we can discuss, brainstorm ideas and resources, or help find a path of action together.
