NEW - Vancouver History Galleries Virtual Tour

MOV Education Program Officer, Ashley Jones, introduces You Say You Want a Revolution , the final stop on a tour of the 4 permanent history galleries on display at the Museum of Vancouver .

View all 4 of the permanent history galleries intro videos here:

Our newly adopted social distancing lifestyles look and feel very different than the lives we were leading just one month ago. During this time of self-Isolation Museum of Vancouver is collecting personal stories to help ensure this significant part of Vancouver's history is well-documented.⁠

Share your videos, writings, photos, performances or even a new hobby and include the hashtag  #IsolatingTogetherMOV on Instagram and Twitter or join our Facebook Group.⁠

Thank you to everyone who have posted their submissions so far!
Take a Virtual Tour of Acts of Resistance!
Acts of Resistance , showcases the artwork of seven indigenous artist activists from the Pacific Northwest, whose designs flew from the Iron Workers Memorial bridge on July 3, 2018 to protest the Trans Mountain Expansion Pipeline project. The exhibition features all seven of the 40-foot-long streamers created for the aerial blockade. 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 B.C.
Opening Summer 2020

A Seat at the Table: Chinese Immigration and B.C. will propose a framework for understanding Chinese immigration to this province as a story that is local and global, historical and contemporary. Using food and restaurant culture as narrative entry point and visual platform, the exhibition will address themes of mobility, belonging, racism, agency, resilience and reparation. Learn More.
“Which dish tells your family story”?

A smell, a taste, a moment, and a memory. All in one dish! Her father's northeastern Chinese dumplings tells Jessica Wang's family migration story from Shandong, Jiamusi, and Harbin, to Vancouver. What about you?

Share photos of your favourite Chinatown restaurants and businesses using the hashtag #ASeatAtTheTableBC! Follow us on social media to see more sneak peak videos like this one coming up.
NEW - MOV at Home: Pest control tips from a Conservator

In this video, follow MOV Conservator, Hayley Monroe, as she applies museum pest management techniques to ordinary houseplant care!
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Sáx̌va - Online Show
Preview Tuesday, May 26, 2020 - Art sale Monday, June 29, 2020

Titled  sáx̌va  (to be isolated from one’s group), Lattimer Galley is launching an online show June 29, 2020 that will include a variety of pieces that range in price and size. This show has been designed to meet all budgets and to provide KC with a blank canvas (numerous canvases, in fact!) upon which to create. Featuring small works and skate decks, this show enabled KC to work with any colours and themes he desired. A preview will be up on our site beginning on May 26 and the pieces will be available for sale starting at 10am PST on June 29. The show will run until July 12. Learn More.
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COVID-19: Museums looking for B.C. residents to share their pandemic experiences

The Museum of Vancouver wants people to share their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic — and so does the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria. The two institutions launched separate projects this week to document how people are working their way through the crisis. The Museum of Vancouver’s #IsolatingTogetherMOV  is a “crowdsourcing and narrative collection campaign” that looks to collect and share “videos, writings, hobbies and more on Instagram and Twitter". Keep Reading.
Artifacts of a dangerous time: A scarf, a mask, a shoe are just some of tomorrow’s museum exhibits

As the pandemic continues and lives are lost, museum curators across the country are scrambling to collect objects to enlighten future generations - everything from scarves to shoes. Maureen Peters, curator of history at The Rooms, the provincial museum for Newfoundland and Labrador, already has her first COVID-19 artifact. Keep Reading.
Multi Voices One Heart
May 23 & May 24, 2020

Multi Voices One Heart Anti-COVID-19 Cantonese Opera Benefit Concert will be live-streamed from Hong Kong in four parts over this weekend (May 23 & 24, HK time)! Attend the concert virtual on Facebook or watch on YouTube here: Watch

For every “like” received during the concert, U Sing Pavilion will donate $1 (CAD) and $10 (HKD) up to a maximum of $15,000 (CAD) and $100,000 (HKD) respectively to the following beneficiaries: PCHC-MoM Society  + The Wong Yue Sang Scholarship Foundation at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. They will also match every dollar raised during the concert for “Anti-COVID Lunch Boxes” for the disadvantaged in Hong Kong up to a maximum of about $28,000 (HKD).

Attend this incredible concert virtually and help make a difference during this time!
Haida Modern - The Art and Activism of Robert Davidson
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 9:00pm

Vancouver director Charles Wilkinson’s new documentary, Haida Modern – a portrait of legendary Haida artist Robert Davidson – will have its broadcast premiere on British Columbia’s public broadcaster, Knowledge Network at 9:00pm on Tuesday, June 2. The Knowledge Original film tells the life story of Davidson, an artist who has travelled a path from cultural oppression to become one of the foremost modern artists and cultural activists on the continent. Robert’s call, through his work and his words, to revisit the wisdom of his 14,000 year-old culture is especially timely given the pandemic currently roiling the global community – a pandemic that by all accounts is very much related to our lack of respect for the natural world and its creatures. The creatures that populate Robert Davidson’s work. Learn More.
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