Director

Lorne lives with gratitude in Saanich on the treaty lands of the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, part of the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples.

Lorne Hammond, former Curator of History at the Royal BC Museum, spent 26 years working with collections and exhibits. His latest work contributes BC content to Beyond the Beat: Music of Resistance and Change (RBCM, May 30, 2025 – Jan 15, 2026).

He taught at the University of Victoria, earning an MA in BC fur trade history (1988), a doctorate on the 19th-century lumber trade (University of Ottawa, 1993), and a Fulbright on Canada-US studies (Columbia University, 1993-94). His work experiences include farm labour, a hydro project, bookstores, pizza delivery, punk music, sawmill work, and studying poetry.