One of those picture perfect moments!
Photo: @calledesign
Did you know? We have officially lowered our admission rates from now until the end of 2020!
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Adults (12+) - $10
Children (6 to 11) and Seniors (65+) - $5
Children (5 and under) – Free
Individuals self-identifying as Indigenous - Free

Tickets only available online with a 14 person limit to each 15 minute timeslot. Due to new health and safety procedures put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19 admissions are limited and no tickets will be available at the door.
Wilson's YVR Art Foundation 2019 scholarship artwork - Master of the Mountains
c̓əc̓əwitəl̕ | helping each other | ch’áwatway
On view until December 9, 2020 in the MOV Studio

This micro-exhibition in the Museum of Vancouver studio called c̓əc̓əwitəl̕ | helping each other | ch’áwatway, provides an opportunity for the 2019 YVR Art Foundation scholarship recipients to exhibit their final works. This exhibition explores themes of resilience, memory and identity, through reconnection with ancestral knowledge and lands.

"I wanted to honour the relationship between the Haisla and the mountain goat by carving this mask. As a hunter, I have experienced the challenge of harvesting these animals and understand why they are so well respected. This mask will be gifted to the people of Kitamaat Village and will be put on display with their artifact collection."⁠

- Nathan Wilson, Haisla⁠
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Acts of Resistance
On view until Winter 2020

In this video, Indigenous artist and activist Will George shares his firsthand experience as a member of the 2018 aerial blockade.

Learn more about Acts of Resistance and Indigenous Engagement at MOV with Curator of Indigenous Collections and Engagement, Sharon Fortney in this new video. Engage with the stories of the Indigenous artists behind the seven Greenpeace protest banners from the 2018 Aerial Blockade protesting the Trans Mountain Pipeline Project at Acts of Resistance.⁠
Upcoming Exhibition...
A Seat at the Table: Chinese Immigration and British Columbia
MOV location opening November 19, 2020

The Museum of Vancouver and the University of British Columbia proudly present a new feature exhibition, A Seat at the Table: Chinese Immigration and British Columbia. This exhibition explores historical and contemporary stories of Chinese Canadians in BC and their struggles for belonging. It looks to food and restaurant culture as an entry point to feature stories that reveal the great diversity of immigrant experience and of the communities immigrants develop.

A Seat at the Table is an opportunity to consider the contributions that Chinese migrants and their descendants have made to British Columbia, a province built from the interaction of successive and concurrent waves of migration and uninterrupted occupation by Indigenous peoples.
Sister exhibition at the Chinese Canadian Museum of BC on view at the Hon Hsing Building in Vancouver Chinatown, 27 E Pender Street - now on view! Learn More.
Webinar - Lessons from the Forests: Natural dyeing with mushrooms, lichens, and plants
Saturday October 24, 2020

Join wildlife ecologist and mushroom dyer Zoe McDonell and local Musqeaum artist Rita Kompst as they provide an overview of foraging and harvesting natural dyes from the forests of the Pacific Northwest using mushrooms, lichens, and plants. Discover how to ethically harvest mushrooms as they discuss the deep roots of these colours through blending traditional Coast Salish knowledge with modern science. This webinar is for anyone looking to view the forests around us in a different light and for anyone who wonders what is out there after the rains come.
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Drake Hotel located at 606 Powell Street⁠
Drake Hotel neon sign, 1958 (H996.22.41)⁠
Does anyone remember The Drake Hotel located at 606 Powell Street in Vancouver?⁠
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This neon sign is a good example of the type of sign many hotels erected in the 1940s and 50s. The word ‘hotel’ flashed off and on. Comparable to the Astoria and Niagara (Ramada) hotel signs in Vancouver. ⁠
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Come see what all the buzz is about and catch a glimpse of the city from the 1950s through to the 1970s in the Neon Vancouver Ugly Vancouver exhibition - currently on view at MOV⁠⁠!
The Vancouver Podcast Festival
November 18–22, 2020

The Vancouver Podcast Festival programming committee was already working on its third annual festival when coronavirus became a global crisis. We know that some restrictions are lifting and the country is slowly opening back up in different ways, but a virtual event remains the safest, most responsible way to proceed. Following DOXA’s successful virtual festival this past June, the third annual Vancouver Podcast Festival by DOXA will run online November 18-22, 2020. Learn More.
Artist: Joelle Joyner (Black + Kauwets'a:ka/Cherokee)
#POWERSHARE: A Fund for Black, Indigenous & Racialized Artists

The Black Lives Matter movement, and the ongoing fight to uphold Indigenous rights and land recognition, have prompted arts organizations across North America to publicly address systemic racism. SEARA’s fundraiser POWER SHARE provides these organizations with a tangible opportunity to move beyond performed activism, develop lasting connections across communities and invest in actionable change

In the wake of COVID-19, the Sector Equity Alliance for Anti-Racism in the Arts (SEARA) aims to raise $500K – $1M for BC-based BIPOC Artists facing financial hardship. Donate now to support equity in the arts! Learn More.
We acknowledge that MOV is located within the unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.