The Royal BC Museum's exhibit galleries are world famous for their realism and innovative presentations. The Exhibit Companion adds another dimension to your visit - or if you can't visit, it will give you a taste of what makes our exhibits so popular. This personal guide through the exhibit galleries is packed with dazzling photographs and interesting stories about the objects and displays. And like any good tour guide, the Exhibit Companion reveals a few secrets about the exhibits, like what our Woolly Mammoth is really made of.

Susan Mayse is a fourth generation Vancouver Islander who grew up on stories of the mining towns of Cumberland, Bevan, Nanaimo, and Wellington. She has written for many national and international publications including The Daily Mail, The Toronto Star, and The Malahat Review. She is also the author of a prizewinning novel, Merlin's Web and Ginger: The Life and Death of Albert Goodwin, a BC Bestseller and winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for True Crime and the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction. She is the daughter of the late journalist and author Arthur Mayse.

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Gerald Truscott was born and raised in British Columbia and spent most of his professional life publishing books, editing and writing for the Royal BC Museum. He also writes fiction and non-fiction, has published several short stories and articles and was the author of Free Spirit: Stories of You, Me and BC (RBCM 2008).

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