The Museum of Vancouver is open Tuesday - Sunday 10am - 5pm with health and safety protocols to make sure your visit is safe and fun. Follow this short video to know what to expect before your next visit to MOV.

MOV is pleased to announce a new collaboration that will support local emerging artists by hosting a Pop Up shop location within MOV’s Gift Shop space. The collaborating partner, The Art Shop (TAS), is a local collective that supports local emerging artists through selling art that is accessible, relatable, and attainable.

We are hiring a Bilingual Program Assistant to join our Learning Department and Auxiliary Visitor Services Staff to join our Visitor Experience Department!

That Which Sustains Us is a long-term exhibition that explores the convergence of different knowledge traditions in the Vancouver area through an examination of people’s interactions with forests and their natural environment. It does so by showcasing traditional ecological knowledge related to forests; consequences of the deforestation and urbanization of Vancouver; and the possibility of returning to sustainable land use practices in the Greater Vancouver area.

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.

Have you already been to see A Seat at the Table at MOV? Take this survey and tell us about your experience for a chance to win free admission to MOV!

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.

Join us for a virtual conversation with Becky Lyon on her No More Stolen Sisters Jacket, identity, and family, and how they have shaped how she uses art to create pow wow jackets. She will talk about the use of language, Indigenous knowledge and how they shape identity and art/fashion. Learn more about the No More Stolen Sisters Jacket here.

MOV has partnered with the Vancouver International Film Festival to commemorate Indigenous History Month with the Who We Are Film Series. This series was selected by Indigenous Curators: Rylan Friday, Jasmine Wilson and Sharon Fortney. Their curatorial goal is to celebrate Indigenous voices in cinema, to showcase strong engaging stories from First Nations, Métis, Inuit and Maori filmmakers while showing the beauty, complexities and vibrancies of Indigeneity around the globe. The Who We Are series pass and tickets are free to Indigenous Peoples.

Join us on June 30, 2021, during Indigenous Peoples Month, for another instalment of the monthly virtual tour series at MOV. This next event will give participants a final chance to tour MOV’s landmark feature exhibition, Haida Now, before it closes in July 2021. Led by the exhibition’s co-curators, Kwi Jones and Viviane Gosselin, the tour will give participants unique insight into the collection that is both historical and personal. This virtual tour will provide guests with an overview of the themes and works that are showcased, touch on colonialism’s impacts on Haida, and reveal the resilience of their culture and artforms.

Uninterrupted-VR On Location is delighted to be launching their summer series outside at the Museum of Vancouver, which also coincides with MOV's newest exhibition That Which Sustains Us.

This cinematic work of art brings the heart of a river – and the migration of Pacific Salmon – to the heart of the city. Evolving from the 2017 site-specific event at the Cambie Bridge, the piece is now in synchronized on-location VR, bringing the salmon and the bridge together again.

Have you ever wondered if it is appropriate to wear Indigenous Art clothing if you are not Indigenous? Have you wondered how to source Authentic Indigenous Makers?⁠ Ay Lelum-The Good House of Design discusses the impact of non-Indigenous allyship and how others can show support by wearing and purchasing such products. With the shift in consumer consciousness of wanting to support Indigenous and BIPOC businesses, they also discuss how a consumer can identify Authentic Makers.⁠

Click here to access a webinar recording, which originally aired on November 28, 2021, and explores the concept of #IndigenousFirst and outlines the importance of supporting Indigenous businesses and retail.

Far from being "neutral storehouses of artifacts," museums initially served to support the colonial narrative, said Jillian Povarchook, acting curator at the Museum of Vancouver. Keep reading.

To mark Indigenous History Month, the Vancouver International Film Festival is partnering with the Museum of Vancouver to present the Who We Are film series. Selected by Indigenous curators Rylan Friday, Jasmine Wilson, and Sharon Fortney, the five films will stream through VIFF Connect. The program launches on National Indigenous Peoples Day (June 21) and running until July 4th. The movies span engaging stories from First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and Maori filmmakers, with the curatorial goal of celebrating Indigenous voices in cinema, while showing the beauty, complexities, and vibrancies of Indigeneity around the globe. Themes of healing, resiliency, joy, laughter, pain and community are woven throughout. Keep Reading.

Following the tragic, horrific findings of the remains of 215 Indigenous children at the Kamloops Residential School earlier this month, a powerful grassroots vigil and memorial took hold on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery. 215 pairs of children’s shoes were placed there in honour of the missing children. Upon hearing the news, local artist Tamara Bell (Haida Nation) said, “I was so triggered and heartbroken and completely taken aback, because I know of this in so many instances.” The next day, Bell woke up early, cried, composed herself, and came up with a plan: She put out a call to her network of Indigenous friends to help organize an installation, settling on shoes as a visual metaphor to provide both impact and scope. Learn More.

Experience your favourite location along the Sea to Sky Highway; the voices behind the iconic rotary phone; the mythology of the Squamish Nation; and the human impact on our beautiful landscape. Each solo show is on display for two weeks only, and you’ll want to take in every one. Learn More.

We acknowledge that MOV is located within the unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.