Museum Of Vancouver Graphic Standards Manual

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Museum of Vancouver Image Bank

In gallery photography application form

One week’s notice is required from any/all commercial organizations wishing to photograph within the Museum.  No exceptions. To book, contact the Marketing Manager at marketing@museumofvancouver.ca. Photography for personal use is permitted without having to sign this form, UNLESS tripods, monopods, lights, etc are required for use. In that case, the form must be filled out. 

2024

Museum of Vancouver Launches SAGE Toolkit to Advance Sustainability in Arts and Culture

SAGE: Sustainable Arts and Green Ecosystems & BC Exchange Hub Aims to Decarbonize Arts & Culture Sectors

For Immediate Release: December 9, 2024 — On Thursday, December 5th, the SAGE Toolkit was officially launched at the Museum of Vancouver amongst a group of collaborators from museums, galleries and theatres, as well as designers and sustainability specialists. SAGE: Sustainable Arts and Green Ecosystems is a project led by the MOV focused on climate action and circularity in the arts sector. The SAGE Toolkit offers guidance to organizations willing to make a pledge towards sustainable practices.

Museum of Vancouver Makes Donation to the Association of Forest Communities of Petén in Guatemala

One-Third of Sales from Reclaim + Repair: The Mahogany Project will go towards reforestation efforts in the Maya Biosphere Reserve

For Immediate Release: November 7, 2024 — The Museum of Vancouver is pleased to announce that a donation of $5,000 has been made to the Association of Forest Communities of Petén (ACOFOP) in Guatemala, thanks to purchases of art, furniture, jewellery and more from Reclaim + Repair: The Mahogany Project. A cheque presentation ceremony was held at the Consulate General of Guatemala in Vancouver on October 28, 2024.

Tŝilhqot’in & Museum of Vancouver Work Together in Repatriation

Over 60 Tŝilhqot’in ancestral belongings repatriated to Tŝilhqot’in territory

For Immediate Release: October 15, 2024 — The Tŝilhqot’in National Government (TNG), in partnership with the Museum of Vancouver (MOV), have completed the repatriation of over 60 Tŝilhqot’in ancestral belongings back to the Tŝilhqot’in territory. In February 2024, a delegation of elders, youth, children, Women’s Council members and former Tŝilhqot’in leaders travelled to Vancouver to bring the belongings home. The items repatriated include: 29 qatŝ’ay (coiled root baskets), 29 lithics, one birch bark knife sheath (embroidered with dyed porcupine quill), and one pair of snowshoes made from wood, rawhide and sinew.

Museum of Vancouver and Château d’If Partner for New School Program

D’un continent à l’autre : l’humain et la nature -- From one continent to another: humans and nature

Vancouver’s children will soon get a closer look at water pollution in France while French children can learn about deforestation and Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh teachings on stewardship as part of an international collaboration between the Museum of Vancouver and the Château d’If in France.

As part of French Immersion educational offers for elementary schools, the Museum of Vancouver and the Château d’If in France have developed a partnership to offer a joint virtual school program titled D’un continent à l’autre : l’humain et la nature (From one continent to another: humans and nature).

Creation Stories: Carrying Our Traditions Forward

Featuring 10 emerging and mid-career Indigenous artists, Creation Stories: Carrying Our Traditions Forward provides an opportunity for the 2022 YVR Art Foundation (YVRAF) scholarship recipients to exhibit works created with their awards.

A variety of art practices are explored in Creation Stories, but a common thread is the important role that family connection and mentorship play in carrying cultural traditions forward, and that creativity is a gift to be shared.

Mirage: Disused Public Property in Taiwan

Mirage: Disused Public Property in Taiwan covers 10 years of artist Yao Jui-Chung’s use of photography to expose Taiwan’s “mosquito halls” and it opens at the Museum of Vancouver on May 30, 2024.

Starting in the 1970s, Taiwan has invested in convention centres, sports facilities, schools and other public structures, only to abandon them—leaving them to breed mosquitos, waste money and add to urban decay. Yao Jui-Chung, Taiwan’s leading contemporary artist and photographer and his team, the Lost Society Document (LSD), photographed and researched these haunting modern-day ruins, showing that photography is a form of social activism.

Land, Sea, Sky: Celebrate Earth Day at Vanier Park

The Museum of Vancouver (MOV), the Vancouver Mari􀆟me Museum (VMM) and the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre proudly announce that they are joining forces to celebrate Earth Day on April 20, 2024. The three attractions, representing land, sea and sky, will come together to offer kid-friendly activities in honour of our planet.

The event will be shared between the three attractions located in Vanier Park, where families can enjoy a variety of interactive and educations activities.

True Tribal: Contemporary Expressions of Ancestral Tattoo Practices

True Tribal: Contemporary Expressions of Ancestral Tattoo Practices explores 30-plus years of Indigenous tattooing from around the world and the artists who are reconnecting with traditional skin marking practices. The revival of ancestral tattoo designs and motifs, the re-envisioning of meaning and protocols, and the re-fashioning of ancestral application methods is part of Indigenous peoples’ efforts to reclaim their lands, cultures and identities.

2023

Home Brew: How Vancouver and Beer Made Each Other

Museum of Vancouver releases interactive online catalogue about the history of beer culture in Vancouver

The explosion of craft breweries in Vancouver over the past decade is not the first wave of breweries to operate in the city. From the 1880s until the 1910s, a number of small breweries produced beer for Vancouver’s thirsty population—which is explored in Home Brew, the Museum of Vancouver's online catalogue on the history of Vancouver's beer culture. The catalogue will be released on December 15, 2023 at a launch party at the MOV.

Refuge Canada Opens on October 12, 2023

Explore Canada's place in the global refugee crisis.

Through images, soundscapes, first person accounts, and artifacts, Refuge Canada begins “no one wants to be a refugee, anyone could become a refugee.” This powerful exhibition opens to the public on October 12, 2023 at the Museum of Vancouver.

Moving through major waves of arrival from the Second World War era up to present day, Refuge Canada does not shy away from opportunities to portray the darker chapters of history. Hopeful stories of optimism and success are balanced by moving accounts of shattered lives, fear, and examples of Canada’s mixed record in welcoming refugees.

Refuge Canada was produced by the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 and will be on display at the Museum of Vancouver from October 12, 2023 through February 4, 2024. An opening reception will be held on October 11, 2023. 

New Exhibition - GHETTO: How Can We Live Together?

VANCOUVER, BC – September 8, 2023 – Henriquez Partners Architects, known for inclusive, mixed-use developments, is announcing that its theoretical project GHETTO – originally displayed at the European Cultural Centre (ECC) 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale, and Art Gallery of Ontario (2022) – is travelling to the Museum of Vancouver (MOV), between August 23 and November 12, 2023.

On September 14th, the public is invited to join an Open House at the MOV with food, drinks and music for this theoretical rezoning, which aims to encourage meaningful dialogue on our collective responsibility to care for one another through the creation of inclusive cities. Public input will be gathered at the Open House and throughout the duration of the exhibition through an online survey.

New Exhibition - Reclaim + Repair: The Mahogany Project

Come celebrate the creativity and craft of Vancouver’s design community.

VANCOUVER, BC—The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) proudly presents Reclaim + Repair: The Mahogany Project, a new feature exhibition opening to the public on July 20, 2023.

 A diverse group of 31 emerging and seasoned local designers and makers were selected to create 22 objects made from vintage mahogany provided by MOV. The exhibition features a wide array of design objects from furniture, lighting and household objects, to jewelry, and much more. This exhibition is curated by Propellor Studio in collaboration with Museum of Vancouver.⁠ ⁠

 The exhibition celebrates the creativity and craft of Vancouver’s design community, while engaging with questions central to the role of design in advancing sustainability as well as social and environmental justice.⁠ The idea for Reclaim + Repair: The Mahogany Project was born out of a desire to honour this material and the places from which it originated.⁠

New Exhibition - Dressed for History: Why Costume Collections Matter

Women’s Fashion 1750–2000

VANCOUVER, BC—The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) proudly presents Dressed for History: Why Costume Collections Matter, a new feature exhibition opening to the public March 16, 2023.

Clothing is the most personal of artefacts. It reveals so much about who we are, what we do and what we value. Clothing conveys information about occupation, social and economic status, gender and cultural identity and political and religious affiliation.

Clothing not only expresses aspects of a wearer’s identity, but it also reveals much about the larger context of production. As products of available raw materials, textile technologies, designs and styles, what we wear connects us to local and global stories of resource extraction, trade, labour and technology.

New Mirco-Exhibition - Spirit Journeys: Walking with Resilience, Wellbeing and Respect

Select works of emerging and mid-career Indigenous artists from BC and the Yukon to be displayed at the Museum of Vancouver.

VANCOUVER, BC – On January 26, 2023 a new micro-exhibition featuring emerging and mid- career Indigenous artists opens at the Museum of Vancouver (MOV). The exhibition, titled Spirit Journeys: Walking with Resilience, Wellbeing and Respect, provides an opportunity for the 2021 YVR Art Foundation (YVRAF) scholarship recipients to exhibit artwork they have created over the past year. This is the third year that MOV has hosted this collaborative exhibition.

New Exhibition - All We Want Is More: The Tobias Wong Project

Come see why Tobias Wong remains one of Canada’s most brilliant and provocative designers

VANCOUVER, BC—The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) proudly presents All We Want Is More: The Tobias Wong Project, a new feature exhibition opening to the public November 17, 2022.  

In the early 2000s, Tobias Wong (1974–2010) took the design world by storm. Born and raised in Vancouver, he was a brilliant and prolific artist, whose career was all too short. Defying easy categorization, his work was wide ranging, pushing and dissolving disciplinary boundaries between conceptual art, performance, fashion and product design. Wong’s international career took off and developed in New York City, where he resided until his untimely death in 2010.

 All We Want Is More: The Tobias Wong Project is an invitation to revisit Wong’s artistic contribution with fresh eyes. Recent social, environmental and technological events have transformed the way we see the world and inevitably the way we see Tobias Wong’s work.

June 2022 is last month to view city’s largest collection of vintage neon signs at the Museum of Vancouver

MOV reveals plans for where signs in the Neon Vancouver Ugly Vancouver exhibition will go in 2023

VANCOUVER, BC (May 18, 2022) – Today, on International Museum Day, the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) announced that one of its most popular exhibitions will close to the public on June 29, 2022. Neon Vancouver Ugly Vancouver, which opened in the fall of 2011, tells the story of the city’s unique love-hate relationship with neon signs. The 22 signs displayed, most of which were rescued from the Neon Products scrapyard, have been restored to their former glory and harken back to a time when Vancouver was the neon capital of North America. At its height, in the 1950’s, the city boasted over 19,000 neon signs – more than Las Vegas at the time.

Although the exhibition will be closing at the end of June, the public will again be able to view and experience these iconic signs alongside new signs from MOV’s collection in the fall of 2023, when the highly anticipated redevelopment at 349 West Georgia Street—The Post—is completed. The Museum is proud to partner with The Post’s developer, QuadReal Property Group, in bringing these pieces of Vancouver history back into the downtown core where they will be on display in the publicly accessible areas of the building.

2021

The Museum of Vancouver looks to the future with increasing public access, diversity, sustainability, and decolonization as strategic priorities

MOV releases five-year strategic plan, which starts in 2022

VANCOUVER, BC – The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) is asking itself and the city an important question. 5 years from now, what will Vancouver look and feel like?

A lot can happen in 5 years. The city’s skyline can transform and evolve, civic priorities can shift focus, technological advancements can fundamentally change how we live our lives.

Today (November 22, 2021), the Museum of Vancouver publicly released its 5-year strategic plan in an effort to answer this question and plan for the future. "After months of engaged planning and consultation with the board, staff, and our partners, the board is excited to present MOV's 5-year strategic plan," says Eddy Adra, Board Chair, Museum of Vancouver, "we are looking forward to actualizing this ambitious plan over the next five years."

New traveling exhibition celebrates Indigenous Art and Activism through Skateboard, Snowboard, and Surf culture in Canada

Boarder X opens at the Museum of Vancouver on October 2, 2021

VANCOUVER, BC – Tonight (October 1, 2021) the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) will host a virtual and in-person opening celebration for its newest feature exhibition, Boarder X. Originally exhibited at the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) in 2016, the traveling exhibition reveals skateboarding, snowboarding, and surfing as vehicles that challenge conformity and status quo.

Boarder X features work by contemporary artists from Indigenous nations across Canada including Amanda Strong, Bracken Hanuse Corlett, Jordan Bennett, Meagan Musseau, Roger Crait, Steven Davies, Mark Igloliorte, Mason Mashon, Meghann O’Brien, Michael Langan and Les Ramsay. Included from the MOV collections are works by contemporary Indigenous artists K.C. Hall, Olivia George, Skokaylem Zac George, and Takeover Skateboarding as well as older works by unknown Indigenous artists.

Select works of emerging and mid-career Indigenous artists from BC and the Yukon to be displayed at the Museum of Vancouver and later at YVR Airport this fall

Indigeneity Rising, a new micro-exhibition at MOV featuring artwork by the 2020 YVR Art Foundation scholarship recipients

VANCOUVER, BC – On September 15, 2021, a new micro-exhibition featuring emerging and mid-career Indigenous artists opens at the Museum of Vancouver (MOV). The micro-exhibit, Indigeneity Rising: Celebrating Our People, Our Stories, and Our Traditions, provides an opportunity for the 2020 YVR Art Foundation (YVRAF) scholarship recipients to exhibit artwork they have created over the past year. This is the second year that MOV has hosted this collaborative exhibition.

Indigeneity Rising features the work of the 2020 YVR Art Foundation scholarship recipients including: Christopher Auchter, Cyril Bennett-Nabess, Marlo Wylie Brillon, Shoshannah Greene, Jade Hanuse, Jared Kane, Cody Lecoy, Sage Nowak, Toonasa (Jordana Luggi), and Naomi Watkins. The YVRAF’s scholarship program awards $5,000 annually to BC and Yukon Indigenous emerging and mid-career visual artists to pursue their art practice through mentorships, education, or community focused art projects.

The Museum of Vancouver will offer free admission to all Canadian Healthcare Workers for the entire month of September

MOV is honoured to provide this small token of gratitude to all Canadian Healthcare Workers this coming September

VANCOUVER, BC – Starting September 1, 2021, the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) will offer free admission to all Canadian Healthcare workers.

Healthcare workers wishing to visit the Museum of Vancouver can simply show any form of Healthcare Worker ID to obtain free admission to MOV. This offer does not extend to guests and can only be processed in person at the MOV admissions desk. 

A Seat at the Table, Exhibition on Chinese Canadian History Receives CHA Public History Prize

VANCOUVER, BC (June 17, 2021) – A Seat at the Table: Chinese Immigration and British Columbia, co-produced by Museum of Vancouver and University of British Columbia in partnership with Chinese Canadian Museum of BC, receives the Public History Prize in the products and projects category from Canadian Historical Association.

Commended by the Canadian Historical Association (CHA) Prize Committee in their award announcement, A Seat at the Table is "based on deep research and extensive community consultation and collaboration... Food is a key part of the story…which invites visitors to ‘take a seat’ and engage with home video, personal stories, artifacts and public art projects. The project strikes an effective balance between challenging histories of racism and discrimination, and stories of resilience and vibrant community life.”

The annual Public History Prize recognizes work that achieves high standards of original research, scholarship, and presentation; brings an innovative public history contribution to its audience.

VIFF & MOV Announce Who We Are film series for Indigenous History month

VANCOUVER, B.C - JUNE 7, 2021

To commemorate Indigenous History Month, the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) and Museum of Vancouver (MOV) are pleased to present Who We Are film series in conjunction with MOV's latest exhibition, That Which Sustains Us. Launching on VIFF Connect on National Indigenous Peoples Day (June 21), the series programmed by Indigenous Curators Rylan Friday, Jasmine Wilson and Sharon Fortney includes five feature films showcasing a diversity of Indigenous experiences.

That Which Sustains Us explores how Culture has shaped our relationships to Forests and the Natural Environment in Vancouver

MOV’s newest long-term exhibition opens to the public on June 3, 2021

VANCOUVER, BC – On June 3, 2021, the upcoming long-term exhibition That Which Sustains Us opens to the public at the Museum of Vancouver (MOV). Situated within the Vancouver Stories galleries, That Which Sustains Us will tell the story of Vancouver’s forests and natural environments through a unique and non-linear narrative.

The curatorial collective behind the project included Musqueam, Squamish, and Tseil-Waututh Nation cultural experts, environmental historians, and forestry researchers, facilitated by Sharon Fortney, MOV’s Curator of Indigenous Collections and Engagement. The City of Vancouver’s Green Infrastructure team also supported the project with expertise on Climate change and strategies for improving water quality and increasing biodiversity within our city.

Local emerging artist collective to “take over” MOV gift shop this summer

The Museum of Vancouver partners with THE ART SHOP, a local artist collective, to host a pop-up shop featuring over 20 local emerging artists in its existing gift shop

VANCOUVER, BC – The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) is pleased to announce a new collaboration that will support local emerging artists by hosting a pop-up shop location within MOV’s existing 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.

With the Lattimer Gallery and Gifts formally leaving the space in mid-June 2021, the pop up will run for a 1-month period, starting July 3rd, 2021. MOV hopes to host further pop ups after this period by partnering with other local artist collectives and rotate them within the space on a bi-monthly basis.

The Museum of Vancouver announces new hours of operation starting this Spring Break

MOV to open to the public on Wednesdays and extend opening hours

VANCOUVER, BC – The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) announced today that as of March 15, 2021 the organization will be extending opening hours and will additionally be open one more day in the week.

“In the spirit of creating more access to the MOV and the City’s collection, coupled with our new discounted rates, engaging feature exhibitions, and virtual programing, we hope that these additions will motivate Vancouverites to come and learn about their City’s unique and evolving history here at the MOV.” – Mauro Vescera, CEO of the Museum of Vancouver.

2020

Chinese Immigration in BC told as a story that is both local and global, historical and contemporary in A Seat at the Table at MOV

Belonging, racism, agency and resilience explored through Chinese Canadian restaurant and food culture

VANCOUVER, BC –The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) and the University of British Columbia (UBC) in partnership with the Province of British Columbia proudly present A Seat at the Table: Chinese Immigration and British Columbia, a new feature exhibition opening to the public this November 19, 2020.

A Seat at the Table looks at Chinese immigration to this province as a story that is local and global, historical and contemporary. Using food and restaurant culture as an entry point, A Seat at the Table at MOV features stories that point to the great diversity of immigrant experiences and of the communities that immigrants develop.

MOV lowers admission rates to create more opportunities for access to its galleries and exhibitions this Fall season

The Museum of Vancouver will offer discounted admission rates from now until the end of 2020

VANCOUVER, BC – The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) announced today that as of October 10, 2020 the organization will be lowering admission prices to the following rates:

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

New micro-exhibition at the Museum of Vancouver celebrates emerging and mid-career Indigenous artists in BC & Yukon

VANCOUVER, BC – On September 16, 2020, a new micro-exhibition featuring 10 emerging and mid-career Indigenous artists opens in the MOV studio at the Museum of Vancouver.  The micro-exhibition, c̓əc̓əwitəl̕ | helping each other | ch’áwatway, provides an opportunity for the 2019 YVR Art Foundation (YVRAF) scholarship recipients to exhibit their artworks. Each year, since 2005, recipients have exhibited their artworks at a celebratory event held at the Vancouver International Airport. This year’s event was cancelled to due to COVID-19.

The micro-exhibition features the work of the 2019 YVR Art Foundation scholarship recipients including: Stephanie Anderson, Morgan Asoyuf, Marlo Wylie Brillon, Ddhälh kït Nelnah / Teresa Vander Meer-Chassé, Reuben Mack, Atheana Picha, Kelly Robinson, Skilaaw / Captain Stewart-Burton, Joshua Watts, and Nathan Wilson. The YVRAF’s scholarship program awards $5,000 annually to BC and Yukon Indigenous emerging and mid-career visual artists to pursue their art practice through mentorships, education, or community focused art projects.

Chinese Canadian Museum launches temporary exhibition in Vancouver Chinatown

VANCOUVER, BC - Starting Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, people can visit the Chinese Canadian Museum’s temporary exhibit in Vancouver Chinatown for free. A Seat at the Table: Chinese Immigration and British Columbia is the first offering from the new museum. It is located at the Hon Hsing Athletic Club, 27 East Pender St., and is open Friday until Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The exhibit will run through 2021.

The temporary exhibit explores the history of Chinese immigration and communities through individual narratives and opportunities to promote story sharing. It features interactive story panels, videos and audio to provide snapshots from Chinese Canadians’ lives. Visitors can learn how Chinese migrants and their descendants have found ways to earn a living, challenge systemic racism, connect with others, survive and thrive through hope and resilience.

The Museum of Vancouver will officially reopen to the public on Thursday June 11, 2020

VANCOUVER, BC – The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) is pleased to announce it will be reopening its doors to the public on June 11, 2020. Following the guiding principles of health and safety procedures outlined in Phase II of BC’s Go-forward strategy, MOV has implemented new measures to ensure the safety of its visitors and staff. MOV is excited to be reopening alongside the Vancouver Maritime Museum, which will also be reopening on the same day.

“The MOV team has worked very hard to meet the COVID-19 health protocols and we are confident that the museum will be able to offer a safe and secure cultural experience for our visitors,” says Mauro Vescera, MOV CEO, “We are excited to be reopening and invite the community to come visit and rediscover Vancouver’s history.”

Museum of Vancouver is working to document the collective history of the City in a time of self-isolation

VANCOUVER, BC – On Monday, April 20, 2020 the Museum of Vancouver launched a crowdsourcing and narrative collection campaign named #isolatingtogetherMOV. The initiative allows the public to share their stories of isolation during the COVID 19 pandemic; assisting cultural institutions in capturing history in the making.

Social Docent opens creative space for meaningful conversations: Come with your questions and an open heart.

VANCOUVER, BC - Presented April 1-4, 2020 by Boca del Lupo and Museum of Vancouver, the show Social Docent offers perspective-shifting impact for audiences. Through it’s innovative format for community dialogue, Social Docent offers people the opportunity to safely “ask questions that change how we see each other, and to see other people through many lenses.”

 Social Docent is an immersive experience created and moderated by playwright, emcee and social activist Donna-Michelle St. Bernard (The 54ology including Gas Girls, Sound of the Beast, Salome's Clothes.)  

Vanier Park hosts 9th Annual Winter Wander - A family friendly cultural event

VANCOUVER, BC – On Saturday, February 8, 2020 from 10am to 5pm, Vancouverites from across the lower mainland will visit Vanier Park — located between Kits Beach and Granville Island — for a day of cultural exploration. Winter Wander offers the local community an opportunity to experience 5 attractions for $5.00 per person, kids 5 and under are free. Vanier Park’s unique waterfront attractions include: City of Vancouver Archives, H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver Academy of Music, Vancouver Maritime Museum and special activities by Bard on the Beach.

Catch a planetarium show, participate in a live science demo and enjoy performances by Vancouver Academy of Music students. Get your photo taken at a Shakespeare inspired photo station and see some selected treasures from the vaults of the City of Vancouver Archives. Learn more about Indigenous cultures of the Northwest Coast through the Haida Now exhibition and The Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada at Museum of Vancouver. Explore local and arctic maritime history, make a pirate hat and learn how to tie some nautical knots at the Vancouver Maritime Museum. Plus enjoy local food vendors and enter to win great prizes. An experience the entire family will enjoy!

Contemporary Indigenous Activists illustrate the power of Art to disrupt and challenge the status quo

Aerial Blockade Banners from the 2018 Green Peace Trans Mountain Pipeline Protest on display at MOV beginning February 5th

VANCOUVER, BC – The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) is pleased to announce its newest feature exhibition Acts of Resistance, showcasing 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. Swaysən, Will George, a Tsleil-Waututh grassroots leader not only designed one of the featured banners, but also rappelled from the Second Narrows bridge as part of the seven-person aerial blockade to prevent an oil tanker from leaving terminal. In this exhibition, Will George will share his firsthand experience as a member of the aerial blockade in a video created in collaboration with multi-media artist Ronnie Dean Harris, whose artwork also flew in the path of tanker traffic.

2019

Pilot-project revealed through pocket gallery now open to the public at the new Chinese Canadian Museum Office in Chinatown

VANCOUVER, BC – The Museum of Vancouver has partnered with UBC to bring the Chinese Canadian Museum project office to life with a curated pocket gallery supported by the B.C. government and the City of Vancouver.

Located at the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver, the project office includes the pocket gallery, an exhibition produced by Museum of Vancouver (MOV) and curated by Denise Fong (UBC doctoral candidate focused on Chinese Canadian history in B.C.), Viviane Gosselin (Curator of Contemporary Culture at MOV) and Henry Yu (UBC Professor of History). The Planning Office and Pocket Gallery aim to familiarize the public with the CCM planning and encourage visitors to inquire about the themes and programs under consideration.

Museum of Vancouver to host Lattimer Gallery Annual Bentwood Box silent auction

Over $400,000 Raised For First Nations Organizations Since 2006

VANCOUVER, BC – Museum of Vancouver (MOV) is excited to announce that it will be the host venue for this year’s Annual Bentwood Box Auction, an event organized by Lattimer Gallery to help support the Urban Native Youth Association, a Vancouver organization which has been providing 21 prevention-focused programs and services to Native youth since 1988. Several award winning and up-and-coming Indigenous artists will be contributing a piece. What begins as a blank cedar bentwood box is transformed into a beautiful work of art, all in the name of charity.

Canadian premiere of climate crisis documentary and national campaign to amplify FRONT-LINE Indigenous leadership set for Vancouver, Nov. 29

As Amazon rain-forest burns and global youth climate movement gains momentum, “The Condor and the Eagle” documents urgent need for climate awakening through stories of Indigenous land defenders.

VANCOUVER, BC - he award-winning climate crisis documentary “The Condor and The Eagle” will have its Canadian premiere at the Museum of Vancouver on Nov. 29, telling the story of four Indigenous leaders on an extraordinary trans-continental adventure from the Boreal Forest deep into the heart of the Amazon to unite the peoples of North and South America.

The potential of extended reality technology is being introduced to Museums and Education CENTERS through an innovative partnership between MOV and SFU

‘Between Worlds,’ an immersive XR experience, is designed to give young learners a unique and personal view into the world of the ancient Greeks

VANCOUVER, BC - The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) has recently partnered with the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University to explore the potential of Extended Reality as a tool for enhanced educational programing and opportunities. Known as Between Worlds - A Greek Civilization XR Experience, this pilot project uses a repertoire of spatial interface technologies in order to implement an experimental XR digital hub that can support experiential cultural interaction and feedback within immersive virtual spaces.

Classic Vancouver Neon Lights Up Lumiere

Iconic signs will be unveiled at Lumière before brightening public spaces at The Post

VANCOUVER, BC (November 1, 2019): – QuadReal Property Group today announced its partnership with the Museum of Vancouver to bring back to life some of the classic neon signs that lit up Vancouver in the middle of the last century. Three of these signs will be unveiled at the Lumière festival before permanently lighting up public spaces at The Post, one of the most ambitious heritage redevelopment projects in Canada’s history taking shape at the site of the former Canada Post building in downtown Vancouver.

This year’s Why I Design event invites Vancouver to experience the potential of a circular economy and meet purpose driven designers who are breaking rules and changing the game.

Why I Design, happening November 2, 2019 at MOV, connects people to the city’s most innovative creators and designers.

VANCOUVER, BC – The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) is pleased to present a stimulating night of inquiry, connectivity, and innovation focused on the creative process with its 5th annual Why I Design event. On the evening of Saturday, November 2, from 7-11pm, a big party packs over two dozen designers into museum spaces for drinks, demonstrations and discussion.

Why I Design offers people the opportunity to awaken their curiosity and learn about how design is shaping our city. Designers will discuss how they face challenges and change lives. They will reveal their sources of inspiration and describe why they’re working in Vancouver.

Isabelle Groc returns to the Museum of Vancouver to launch her book, Gone is Gone, on September 26

The first book in a new series of children’s books that looks at why species become endangered, how scientists are learning about endangered wildlife, what people are doing to conserve species, and ways young people can help.

VANCOUVER, BC – The Museum of Vancouver will host the launch of Isabelle Groc’s newest book Gone Is Gone: Wildlife Under Threat on September 26, 2019. The book, with foreword by Jane Goodall and published by Orca Book Publishers, is aimed at children aged 9 to 12 and looks at why species become endangered, how scientists are learning about endangered wildlife, what people are doing to conserve species, and ways young people can help.

Gone is Gone is one of the very first books in a new series, Orca Wild that explores the lives of creatures with whom we share the world and asks readers to consider the effects — both positive and negative — that humans have on vulnerable animal populations and habitats. Gone is Gone is the first of four books that Groc will be publishing with the Orca Wild series: Sea Otters: A Survival Story (Spring 2020), Conservation Canines (Fall 2020), and Elephants.

Haida monumental poles and cultural treasures begin repatriation journey home to Haida Gwaii  

Return of culturally sensitive Haida belongings from the City’s collection at MOV now underway

VANCOUVER, BC – Today on the unceded territorities of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh, at the ancestral village of Senakw /sən̓aʔqʷ, the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) hosted a cultural ceremony to mark the repatriation of Haida cultural treasures to Haida Gwaii.

 The Haida cultural treasures include two monumental poles, one from MOV and another from UBC’s Museum of Anthropology, as well as pole fragments and a number of culturally significant belongings.

For decades, a number of sacred and culturally sensitive belongings from the Haida Nation have been held in the City of Vancouver’s collection at MOV. As part of Vancouver’s ongoing commitment as a City of Reconciliation, as well as the Haida Now exhibition currently on view, MOV is actively engaged in partnership with the Haida Repatriation Committee, the Council of the Haida Nation and the Haida Gwaii Museum to deaccession and repatriate belongings from the collection to their rightful owners within the Haida Nation.

Museum of Vancouver and H.R. MacMillan Space Centre celebrate the start of summer by bringing a new dynamic event to Vanier Park 

On Friday June 21, 2019 the Museum of Vancouver and H.R. MacMillan Space Centre invite the public to a 19+ summer kick-off party in celebration of the Summer Solstice. In honour of the longest day of the year, these two organizations will open the doors of their unique building for an engaging partnership event filled with activities, lectures, traditional storytelling, Star Theatre shows, exhibitions, drinks, games, music, food and so much more.

 First Nations knowledge holders Woody Morrison and Latash Nahanee will perform Solstice themed storytelling. Participants will learn how the Haida and Squamish approach and celebrate Solstice on this day, one that is now recognized as National Indigenous Peoples Day.

 “The solstices and equinox are important events on the Squamish calendar,” says Latash Nahanee of the Squamish Nation, “It is through such events that it is possible to be prepared for harvesting the bounty made available from the Creator.”

There is Truth Here, Creativity and Resilience in Children’s Art from Indian Residential and Day Schools

The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) is pleased to announce its newest feature exhibition There is Truth Here, Creativity and Resilience in Children’s Art from Indian Residential and Day Schools. Curated by Andrea Walsh, associate professor of Anthropology at the University of Victoria, and originally held at the Legacy Art Gallery in Victoria, the exhibition has been adapted with additional works from the MOV collection. Sharon Fortney, Curator of Indigenous Collections and Engagement at MOV, leads the project of bringing the exhibition to Vancouver. There is Truth Here, opening on April 5, 2019, focuses on rare surviving artworks created by children who attended the Inkameep Day School (Osoyoos), St Michael’s Indian Residential School (Alert Bay); the Alberni Indian Residential School (Vancouver Island) and Mackay Indian Residential School (Manitoba). The focus of the exhibition is not on the schools themselves, but upon witnessing the experiences of the children/survivors as conveyed through their childhood artworks – for some the only surviving material from their childhoods.

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EasyPark partners as a sponsor to Museum of Vancouver’s Enhanced Education Support Initiative.

The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) is pleased to announce that Easy Park, a current educational partner, is supporting MOV’s Enhanced Education Support Initiative, a program designed to provide access to culture and learning opportunities for children from under-resourced Vancouver elementary schools. 

Museum of Vancouver and BC Alliance for Arts + Culture present All Candidates Meeting on Arts and Culture on October 15

Museum of Vancouver (MOV) and BC Alliance for Arts + Culture have partnered to host an All Candidates Meeting prior to the Vancouver municipal election. Eight mayoral and three city council candidates will reveal their stance on the importance of arts, culture and heritage to a thriving, sustainable Vancouver, Oct. 15, 5-7 pm, at the Museum of Vancouver.

Museum of Vancouver invites Vancouverites to explore and celebrate innovation in action. 20+ designers stationed throughout the museum’s galleries, discuss their work during Why I Design.

The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) is pleased to present a stimulating night of inquiry, connectivity, and innovation focused on the creative process with its 4th annual Why I Design event. On the evening of Saturday, November 3, from 7-11pm, a big party packs over two dozen designers into museum spaces for drinks, demonstrations and discussion.

Identity explored through the works of Korean Canadian artists at MOV with in/flux: Art of Korean Diaspora

The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) and the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Vancouver proudly present In/Flux: Art of Korean Diaspora, a collaborative exhibition featuring works from three Korean-Canadian artists, on display from September 28, 2018 to January 6, 2019. Curated by Jillian Povarchook, Curatorial Associate at MOV, the exhibition features selected works of Jin-me Yoon, Junghong Kim, and Jin Hwa Kim, artists originally from the Republic of Korea now based in the Vancouver area. Carefully curated selections of photography, traditional calligraphy, and ceramics will be on display, all conveying, in their own way, the complex and dynamic nature of Canadian art and identity.

Reconciliation in Action: Museum of Vancouver announces 2018 Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) today announced new additions to its Board of Directors. Christina Clark, Chief Janice George, Melissa Holland, Leona Sparrow, and Karen Thomas were elected at MOV’s annual general meeting for two - year terms. “The Museum of Vancouver is committed to reconciliation with indigenous communities and the elections of Chief Janice George (Skwxwú7mesh Nation), Leona Sparrow (Musqueam Indian Band) and Karen Thomas (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) mark a new chapter in MOV’s history” said Joan Young, Chair of the Board of Directors, noting that “we believe that MOV is the first Vancouver cultural institution to have elected representatives from the city’s three host nations.”

Exclusive Media Tour of New Exhibition - Wild Things: The Power of Nature in Our Lives

Museum of Vancouver (MOV) and Nature Vancouver invite media to an exclusive curated tour of the illuminating exhibition, Wild Things: The Power of Nature in Our Lives, June 28, 2018, 11am-12:30pm at MOV (1100 Chestnut Street). Co-curated by Viviane Gosselin, Director of Collections & Exhibitions at MOV, and Lee Beavington of Nature Vancouver, the exhibition delves into the life stories of local animals and plants—how they relate to each other and how they connect people to nature in the city. Scenic design, videos, taxidermy, crowd-sourcing technologies, and the display of natural specimens breathe life into these tales of co-habitation. The immersive nature of the exhibition, including hands-on activities, encourages visitors to examine their relationship with nature, think about momentarily disconnecting from their devices, and find equilibrium with the natural world around them.

Museum of Vancouver Invites Urbanites to Reflect on the Environment with
Wild Things: The Power of Nature in Our Lives
 

Co-produced with Nature Vancouver in celebration of its centenary, New Exhibition Challenges Visitors to Explore and Engage with the Natural World. VANCOUVER, BC – The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) and Nature Vancouver proudly present the illuminating exhibition, Wild Things: The Power of Nature in Our Lives, on display from June 28, 2018 to September 2019. This exhibition delves into the life stories of local animals and plants—how they relate to each other and how they connect people to nature in the city. Scenic design, videos, taxidermy, crowdsourcing technologies, and the display of natural specimens breathe life into these tales of co-habitation. The immersive nature of the exhibition, including hands-on activities, encourages visitors to examine their relationship with nature, think about momentarily disconnecting from their devices, and find equilibrium with the natural world around them.