Has the crab sculpture ever looked this good?
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Museum of Vancouver continues to remain open to the public and we welcome you to come with your immediate household members for a safe and physically distanced experience!

At this time, all visitors must pre-book a ticket online to be admitted into the museum.
P.S. Did you know that light painting is a photographic technique where light is “painted” or “drawn” into the photograph using a hand held light source during a long exposure.
First session starts tomorrow - Still a few spots left!
Fish Skin Tanning: Virtual Workshop with Janey Chang
February 20 and February 27, 2021 (It’s a two-part workshop!)

Learn the process of transforming raw fish skins into a beautiful, durable textile that can be used to make clothing, pouches, wallets, footwear, art and anything you would use leather for. In this two part class, explore tea tanning using things you will find around your home. Participants will learn everything they need to know to have their own Home Tannery!
MOVirtual: Livestream Exhibition Tour Series – Haida Now
Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Join us for another installment of the monthly virtual tour series at MOV. This next event will give you the opportunity to tour MOV’s feature exhibition, Haida Now: A Visual Feast of Innovation and Tradition, from the comfort of your home. Led by Haida guest interpreter, Lia Hart, the tour will give an overview of the exhibition and follow with a brief Q&A period. The tour is free for any individuals that self-identify as Indigenous.
Photo: @jaycido⁠
A Seat at the Table: Chinese Immigration and British Columbia
Now on view!

The Museum of Vancouver and the University of British Columbia proudly present 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.
Shadow Buffet @ MOV
Now on view!

Shadow Buffet, an extension of A Seat at the Table and presented in partnership with Mere Phantoms is now on view!

Using food and restaurant culture as entry point, the central installation takes the form of a "shadow buffet". A series of round, plate-shaped paper food suspended from the ceiling just above eye level, hovering over a long white table. Each piece is top-lit so that its shadow – a collection of food items -- is cast onto the tabletop below. These paper cut-outs not only reference food, they connect to moments and places associated with the experience of eating. 
Sister exhibition at the Chinese Canadian Museum of BC on view at the Hon Hsing Building in Vancouver Chinatown, 27 E Pender Street! Learn More.
c̓əc̓əwitəl̕ | helping each other | ch’áwatway
On view until Tuesday, June 15, 2021

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 andSḵwx̱wú7meshsnichim, 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.
New - Online Exhibition!
Foncie's Corner

An evolving photo exhibition and archive of photos taken by Foncie Pulice. Explore the current collection and add to it by submitting your photos. We encourage you to include heart-felt personal stories of life, death, trauma and joy, that when experienced together tell a larger historic story of life in British Columbia from the 1930s to the end of the 70s. There is cultural richness in Foncie’s photos and in the history they reveal in those flash moments on Granville Street in downtown Vancouver – over the course of almost half a century.
Black History Month Feature

This purple satin warmup jacket sports the name of the Harlem Aces basketball team across the back. If you look closely (or check the other photo to zoom in) you can make out where the words "Nocturne Cabaret" were once stitched below Harlem. ⁠
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The Harlem Nocturne Cabaret was Vancouver’s only Black-owned nightclub when it was in business from 1957 to 1968 at 343 E. Hastings. It was co-owned by showgirl Marcella “Choo Choo” Williams and her husband, trombonist and band leader Ernie King until 1967 when it was taken over by DL Clark. ⁠
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The Nocturne offered entertainment which ranged from burlesque acts including “Lottie the Body” to famous trumpeter Charles Ellison, and performers such as Eleanor Collins, the first Black North American artist to host a weekly national television series, and rock and roll star, Ike Turner.⁠ Learn More.
From the Collection // The Museum of Vancouver’s Expo Ernie Key Chain

For this edition of From The Collection, Brendan Brooks, Operations Manager at the Museum of Vancouver, shares a souvenir that commemorates both a historic local event and an invaluable personal memory. Keep Reading.
Museum of Vancouver exhibit shows city's history of vintage neon signs

In the 1950s, tens of thousands of neon signs lit up Vancouver’s streets – even more than were displayed in Las Vegas. While some residents saw the signs as a representation of big city life, others thought that 19,000 of them ruined the natural beauty of Vancouver. An exhibit at the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) will immerse you in the city’s bright past and delve into the divide that changed its urban landscape. Keep Reading.
Still Moon Arts Society

Last fall, Still Moon Arts Society hosted their annual month-long Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival celebrating the full moon, harvest abundance, and diverse cultural traditions. This community driven festival involves youth and supports diverse emerging and established artists! Constellations and Transformations was the year's theme inspired by the ways communities have come together and stayed connected while remaining physically distant during these changing times. Learn More.
The Fifth Element - Online Event
Saturday, February 20, 2021

Learn about the rich history of the 5 Elements, and of the lands we live on today. This is the 5 Elements of Hip Hop program where we will dive in and explore each of the five elements: Knowledge, Djing/Lyricism, Breakdancing/African dance, and Graffiti.
Our goal is to use Hip Hop pedagogy to embed themes of identity, power, resistance and creativity in the sessions to re-engage Black and Indigenous youth in this society. Learn More.
Us: A Black Peoples Month Festival
Until Thursday, February 25, 2021

Us is an online arts festival in celebration of Black Peoples Month (aka Black History Month). Curated by Black artists Adrian Neblett and Mariam Barry, the festival features theatre, films, podcasts and staged readings from the diaspora. Us reminds us that we belong as we celebrate what was, what is and what could be.

Us is presented by Ensemble Theatre Company as part of their commitment to anti-racism. Learn More.
We acknowledge that MOV is located within the unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.