Orcas: Our Shared Future Opening

Orcas: Our Shared Future is an immersive, interactive exhibition featuring life-size Orca replicas, fossils, films, objects from popular culture, and original artwork from the Indigenous peoples of the North American west coast.


Highlights include:

  • 140 original objects and specimens, including an articulated adult female orca skeleton, and a life-size family of three replica orcas.
  • Digital and physical interactives including orca sounds, orca anatomy, and whale/human brain comparisons
  • Films featuring orca research, Indigenous art, and orca rights.
  • Indigenous artworks including a carved wooden screen by renowned Haida artist and master carver Bill Reid.


Visit us on opening day, May 16 and be among the first to dive deep into this exciting new exhibition, plus you’ll take home a special souvenir pin to mark the occasion! (While supplies last)


Orcas: Our Shared Future runs until October 19, 2025 at Royal Alberta Museum!

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Dive into Orcas: Our Shared Future on opening day at the Royal Alberta Museum and get a free limited-edition Orcas pin!
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