Introducing Discover Days at MOV!
Sunday, September 27, 2020

Enjoy discounted admission at the Museum of Vancouver on the last Sunday of every month with Discover Days at MOV!

Adults (12 and up) - $10
Children (6 to 11) - $5
Children (5 and under) - Free

Tickets only available online with a 10 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.
It’s the season finale of Bard Around Town!

In this episode, Bard on the Beach Operations Coordinator, Max Forsyth, explores Vancouver’s theatre history and discovers some hidden treasures in the Museum of Vancouver vault with MOV Conservator, Fiona Hernandez.
c̓əc̓əwitəl̕ | helping each other | ch’áwatway
Now 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. The title, written in both hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh snichim, shows our respect for the teachings of our host communities – the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations while acknowledging that this exhibition is taking place within their shared traditional territories.
Photo Credit: Greenpeace Canada
Acts of Resistance
On view until Winter 2020

Engage with the stories of the Indigenous artists behind the 7 Greenpeace protest banners from the 2018 Aerial Blockade protesting the Trans Mountain Pipeline Project at Acts of Resistance.⁠ Featured artists include: Brandon Gabriel, Will George, Ronnie Dean Harris, Ocean Hyland, Jackie Fawn Mendez, Marissa Nahanee, and Ed Archie Noisecat.
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 in Chinatown 27 E Pender St - now on view! Learn More.
Familiar Faces: Getting to know the people behind Museum of Vancouver!
Jasmine Wilson, Indigenous Programs and Community Engagement Coordinator

MOV is excited to welcome Jasmine Wilson to the team in the new role of Indigenous Programs and Community Engagement Coordinator. Jasmine is a Musqueam community member, who has recently completed her BA in Arts at the University of British Columbia. She has previously worked with the Musqueam Summer Recreation program and Salishan Catering.

Jasmine began working at MOV in 2018 as an Intern in MOV’s Education Department through a museum mentorship program funded by the Royal Bank of Canada. After completing this internship, Jasmine became an auxiliary staff member, leading educational programs and tours as part of MOV’s Learning Team. These include tours of the Haida Now exhibition, delivering the Resilience and Reconciliation school program in the c̓əsnaʔəm: the city before the city exhibition, and assisting with the annual Winter Wander Event in Vanier Park. She also supported youth during MOV’s Reconciled Futures Art Camp for Indigenous Youth in 2019. Jasmine's new projects will include MOV’s Indigenous Artisan Workshop Series and assisting with the expansion of reconciliation training initiatives hosted by the museum.
Photo credit: City of Vancouver
In 2019 we partnered with the City of Vancouver Green Infrastructure Team to pilot a one-week Spring Break Art Camp for Indigenous youth. The 9 participants created designs that will be used for five public art installations at the rain garden at 63rd and Yukon.
The art camp, named Reconciled Futures, also brought together prominent host nations artists to deliver a series of workshops specifically designed for youth. ⁠
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Here is a sneak peek at the fabricated art pieces (above) and some photos showing the design process (below)!⁠
Museum of Anthropology presents...
A Talk with Kent Monkman
Saturday, September 26, 2020

Join MOA and Indspire, a national Indigenous charity, for a special virtual artist talk with acclaimed Cree artist Kent Monkman. Monkman will discuss his exhibition, Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience, with Jennifer Kramer, MOA Curator (Pacific Northwest), and Roberta Jamieson, President and CEO of Indspire. Kent Monkman’s Shame and Prejudice takes you on a journey through the past 150 years of Canada. It is a journey that reclaims and reinserts Indigenous voices into the collective memory of our country, challenging and shattering colonial ideas of our history. The exhibition is on view now at MOA—until January 3, 2021. Learn More.
Orange Shirt Day
Wednesday, September 30, 2020

The annual Orange Shirt Day on September 30th opens the door to global conversation on all aspects of Residential Schools. It is an opportunity to create meaningful discussion about the effects of Residential Schools and the legacy they have left behind. A discussion all Canadians can tune into and create bridges with each other for reconciliation. A day for survivors to be reaffirmed that they matter, and so do those that have been affected.

Next Wednesday, wear an orange shirt to remember the legacy of residential schools, and to show your support for a reconciled future. Learn more.
Paul Wong at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden.
Photo credit: Jennifer Gauthier / Starmetro
Occupying Chinatown Continued

Paul Wong’s Occupying Chinatown residency has received a new life this Summer as the City of Vancouver’s Public Art Program installed Wong’s work at its permanent home at 475 Main Street. On August 26, 2020 the City of Vancouver Public Art Program installed the artwork “鹹水埠溫哥華 / Haam Sui Fow/ Wun Goh Wah” by artist Paul Wong on the building-side of 475 Main Street in the alleyway between Hastings and Pender, parallel to Main Street on the west side. Learn More.
We acknowledge that MOV is located within the unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.