We are reopening - June 11, 2020!

We are excited to announce that, after almost 3 months of public closure, Museum of Vancouver will be reopening its doors on June 11, 2020! Click here for more information on our updated hours of operation , the online ticket purchasing process, and our updated Health and Safety Procedures . We look forward to welcoming you back!
Great Canadian Giving Challenge

The Great Canadian Giving Challenge is a Canada Helps initiative running through the month of June. Here's how it works: You make a donation of any size to your favourite charity and you are entered in a draw to donate an additional $20,000.00 to that charity. 

You can participate by visiting our  donation page  on the Canada Helps website. The minimum donation to be entered in the draw is only $3. The winners will be drawn on July 1, 2020.
Vancouver History Galleries Virtual Tour

MOV Bilingual Learning Program Assistant, Kendall Kloosterman, introduces Boom Bust War , the second of 4 permanent history galleries on display at the Museum of Vancouver .
View all 4 of the permanent history galleries intro videos here:

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.⁠
Neon Vancouver, Ugly Vancouver

Originally built as The Clarendon, The American Hotel has had its ups and downs over the years, including numerous changes, a closure in the late 2000’s and an extensive renovation. For several years it housed the popular live music venue, Electric Owl before reopening as a bar and reclaiming its original name in 2016. Click here to learn more about this iconic Vancouver sign.

Enjoy the big city lights of Vancouver and catch a glimpse of the city from the 1950s through to the 1970s with this extraordinary collection of neon signs!
Upcoming Exhibition...
A Seat at the Table: Chinese Immigration and B.C.

Satellite exhibition in the Hon Hsing Building - 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.
Sunrise Tofu

You may have heard of Sunrise Tofu before - but did you know about its humble beginnings as a mom and pop shop in Vancouver’s Chinatown? From making small batches of fresh tofu every morning to becoming a staple in grocery stores all across Canada!

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.
Here’s a look at the city in 1907, heading down Granville Street from Georgia, in some of the oldest surviving footage of Vancouver. Visit the history galleries at MOV to learn more!
Why arts and culture groups need support now more than ever

The arts have a profound way of bringing people together through creative expressions that capture imaginations, challenge the way we think about our world, and provide meaning during difficult times. We need the arts now more than ever. Vancouver Foundation is proud to have supported more than 60 arts, culture, and community benefit organizations through the Community Response Fund that we know will play a critical role in the province’s recovery. Keep Reading.
The Black Lives Matter chapter is a cause that supports the organizing work of black folks and allies in undoing systemic racialized violence. Black Lives Matter is a cause cognizant of the ongoing struggles of all marginalized folks and they strive to honour that in the work they do. Black Lives Matter centres the voices of Black folks as well as other folks of colour and hopes to lift up those who are queer, women, trans, differently abled, poor or otherwise marginalized.⁠
Hogans Alley advocates for Black Vancouverites who have endured the legacies of urban renewal and their erasure from the official historical narrative.⁠ Through their initiatives they hope to build the capacity of racialized and marginalized communities to participate in city building⁠. Learn More.
Afro Aan Connect powers the voices of African Descent Youth. Their core values are to heal the community, create opportunity and educate youth through conversation, collaboration, creation & performance.⁠ Learn More.
Riot Walk tour recounts dark moment in Vancouver's history

It takes a couple of hours to complete the  360 Riot Walk , which is free and requires only a mobile device connected to the internet. It leads people through 13 stops beginning in Gastown, and continuing through Chinatown, the Downtown Eastside, and into what was known at the time as Japantown. Learn More.
Unsettling Native Art Histories on the Northwest Coast Book

Inseparable from its communities, Northwest Coast art functions aesthetically and performatively beyond the scope of non-Indigenous scholarship, from demonstrating kinship connections to manifesting spiritual power. Contributors to this volume foreground Indigenous understandings in recognition of this rich context and its historical erasure within the discipline of art history. MOV's Curator of Indigenous Collections and Engagement Sharon Fortney has written a chapter in this newly released book! Learn More.
We acknowledge we are on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.