Photo: @chifanu
Come for the museum, stay for the view!

Plan your next trip to Museum of Vancouver and make a day of it! We are located in scenic Vanier Park only a 5 minute drive from downtown and a 15 minute stroll along the seawall to either Granville Island or Kitsilano Beach.

Also, don't forget that we have lowered our admission rates:

Adults (12+) - $10
Children (6 to 11) and Seniors (65+) - $5
Children (5 and under) – Free
Individuals self-identifying as Indigenous - Free

At this time, all visitors must pre-book a ticket online to be admitted into the museum.
MOVirtual: Livestream Exhibition Tour Series – A Seat at the Table
Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Join us for the launch of a new monthly virtual tour series at MOV. This first event will give you the opportunity to tour our newest feature exhibition, A Seat at the Table: Chinese Immigration and BC, from the comfort of your home. Led by the MOV Education team, Bérangère Descamps and Charlotte Chang, the tour will give an overview of the new exhibition and follow with a brief Q&A period.
A Seat at the Table: Curator's Tour and Panel
Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Learn about the Chinese Canadian stories that shaped BC through this FREE online event showcasing the A Seat at the Table exhibitions! This event will feature a curator’s tour of A Seat at the Table (Chinatown location), followed by a panel to discuss the development of this multi-sited and collaborative exhibition.
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!
Photo: @lynetteyao_
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 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.
Coming Soon...
Shadow Buffet @ MOV
Opening February 12, 2021 in Gallery 11

This interactive shadow installation by Mere Phantoms is presented in conversation with the A Seat at the Table project.

Also 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. Learn More.
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.
This banner is designed by Stō:lo/St’át’imc/Nlaka’pamux Vancouver based multimedia artist Ronnie Dean Harris.
Bridge photo courtesy of Greenpeace Canada, 2018.
Acts of Resistance
CLOSING SOON - On view until Sunday, January 31, 2021

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.
c̓əc̓əwitəl̕ | helping each other | ch’áwatway
EXTENDED - 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.
Immigration Nation / Canada, terre d’immigration
Grades 5-6

We offer a series of virtual programs which include fun and interactive demonstrations with guided conversations, designed to spark curiosity and encourage critical thinking! Play an immigration game through our Vancouver History Virtual Galleries. Explore the galleries and examine real suitcases from immigrants while collecting points and money towards immigrating.
Here's what proof of what vaccination looked like for Canadian immigrants in 1910
Vancouver is Awesome

The Museum of Vancouver has shared an interesting artifact from their collection; a vaccination card from 1910. They posted an image of a curator holding it on their Instagram account, explaining that it's "from the SS Lake Champlain, an immigration ship that sailed from Liverpool to Quebec starting in 1900. Passengers took this trip to immigrate to Canada. From Quebec, many immigrants travelled west to Vancouver which is how this card ended up at MOV. Keep Reading.
Des vidéos pour parer à la pandémie
La Source

Comme toute autre période instable dans l’histoire du monde, la pandémie de la COVID-19 démontre la capacité des humains à s’adapter au mode de vie qui leur est actuellement permis. Partout au monde les professeurs ont dû adapter leurs cursus à un univers où les professeurs ne sont pas autorisés à voir leurs élèves. Continue de lire.

Solidarity Forever Tote Bag

"Solidarity Forever" is an original illustration by emerging artist, Stella Zheng | @stellxtzheng. The work features a passionate Chinese elder riding atop a dragon -- a cherished and traditional symbol of power, strength and good luck. In her call to action, she grasps a sharpened pestle, referencing a traditional Chinese proverb on the importance of perseverance and hard work.

Each purchase of a bag offers a chance to win one of forty $50 gift cards from BLIM and Treasure Green Tea Company. Lottery draws will be held monthly and winners will be notified by email. Please help us reach our fundraising goal of $8,000. Learn More.
Vancouver Mural Festival Winter Arts
February 12-28, 2021

In a year marked by social distancing, VMF reimagined creative new ways to safely connect while supporting local artists and communities. In spring 2020, VMF brightened streets and inspired hope with over 60 murals on boarded up storefronts for #MakeArtWhileApart. In the summer, VMF expanded to 9 neighbourhoods with a reimagined festival featuring 60+ murals and a 3 week live performance series. More than ever, we’ve seen how public art plays an important role in connecting people and communities.
 
Now, for winter 2021, get ready to experience the city like never before with VMF Winter Arts! Blurring the line between the real and virtual world, VMF Winter Arts will transform public space across the core of Vancouver into an interactive, open-air gallery featuring Augmented Reality art to safely engage, connect and inspire. Learn More.
We acknowledge that MOV is located within the unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.