In the vicinity of the Royal BC Museum are several cultural attractions. Collectively called the Cultural Precinct, it consists of the Thunderbird Park and the historic sites built on it, such as the Wawadit’la (Mungo Martin House), the Helmcken House, St. Anne’s Schoolhouse, and the Netherlands Centennial Carillon. Thunderbird Park, just next to the museum and established in 1940, takes its name from the mythological Thunderbird of Indigenous North American cultures, which