Museum of Vancouver
@museumofvan.bsky.social
Vancouver's story begins here. #AtMOV We are open seven days a week! 🕔 Sun—Wed: 10am—5pm 🕗 Thu—Sat: 10am—8pm Book tickets & learn more about the MOV: http://bit.ly/39tFYvm
Halloween at MOV! -Murder at the Museum: Oct 17 -Haha, History! A Halloween Comedy Show: Oct 24 -Spooky Storytime for Kids! Oct 30 -Around the Fire: Ghost Stories Across Cultures: Oct 30 -Press Start: A Game History Pop-Up: free for ppl in costume Oct 31! museumofvancouver.ca/events-progr...
We’ve added one fina Austerity Tour on Oct 21! These tours highlight how a lack of funding have affected the MOV & have been selling out! This last one will be followed but a panel with other arts leaders on how austerity has affected their ors too. museumofvancouver.ca/final-auster...
Sunday is Pay What You Can Day at the MOV! The first Sunday of every month is!
MOV staff offering a workshop at the conference on how to use the tools you already have to save money! Perfect for your financial teams!
BC Museums Association@bcma.bsky.social · last mo.2026 BCMA Conference Session Highlight: Harnessing the Power of Power Apps – Strategies for Using the Digital Tools You Already Have to Work Smarter, Not Harder; Thurs, Nov 5 To learn more, visit the preliminary conference schedule: museum.bc.ca/2026-bcma-co... @museumofvan.bsky.social
They're turning Science World's FIFA World Cup dome pieces into totes, duffle bags, and patio umbrellas. Proceeds will support Science World's STEAM initiatives for young learners. #vancouver #upcycling #worldcup
Own a Piece of the Science World FIFA Dome
Science World is removing the FIFA World Cup wrap but you can own a piece of this legacy through an upcycling and fundraising initiative.
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Going to the PNE this weekend? Remember to stop by the new Japanese Canadian Hastings Park Interpretative Centre! 1-6 pm A reminder of how fragile Freedom can be. #cdnpoli #bcpoli #Vanpoli Here's the story on opening of the Centre: vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/28/v...
Memorial honours Japanese Canadians incarcerated at Hastings Park
For Daniel Tokawa, the pain of having his community ripped apart by prejudiced policies from eight decades ago is finally beginning to heal.
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Join our "Truth and ReconciliACTION" workshop, led by Kung Jaadee, on Sept. 20. Use code GROUPTRC and get 30% off tickets when you purchase 2+! Attendees will create a personalized action plan that encourages learning, understanding and meaningful change. museumofvancouver.ca/truth-and-re...
False Creek 1947 Burrard Bridge on the left, old Granville Bridge on the right, Kitsilano Trestle Bridge (used by BC Electric 🚃) in the middle, Connaught Bridge in the distance 📸 1947 public domain, #Vancouver Archives 📸 2025 My photo for comparison 🗃️ #history #thenandnow #vancouver #canada
"Memorial honouring Japanese Canadians incarcerated at Hastings Park opens" #vanpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli vancouver.citynews.ca/video/2026/0...
Memorial honouring Japanese Canadians incarcerated at Hastings Park opens
A new exhibit at the PNE honors the thousands of innocent Japanese Canadians who were taken from their homes during the Second World War, detained, and forcibly relocated across Canada, the course of ...
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Hey teachers! Time to plan your field trips to the MOV! 2026-27 programs & brochures are now available: museumofvancouver.ca/school-and-y...
On Sep24, Oct 1, 8 & 15 we’re hosting Austerity Tours: How Decades of Funding Stagnation Affects the MOV. See the problems: buckets catching leaks, the oldest continuously operating freezer, a vintage iPod powering exhibitions & maybe a hall filled with ants. museumofvancouver.ca/austerity-to...
Yes, please 🌊 Vancouver Kelp Festival is on Sunday at @museumofvan.bsky.social -- Explore educational seaweed science booths, do kelp-inspired arts and crafts, enjoy a kelp pancake breakfast, and try your hand at kelp bugling while discovering why these remarkable marine ecosystems matter.
Vancouver Kelp Festival
Vancouver Kelp Festival's official website!
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Leading up to the civic election this fall, @museumofvan.bsky.social will hosts Austerity Tours to highlight the problems, risks and missed opportunities museums typically hide from view. The aim is to make voters understand the risks austerity pose to irreplaceable cultural heritage.
Austerity Tours Offered by Museum of Vancouver
Museum of Vancouver will hosts Austerity Tours to highlight the problems, risks and missed opportunities museums typically hide from view.
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Congratulations to organizers of Filipino Canadian Book Festival for programming such a stellar lineup. It runs from Friday to Monday, with big days being the free panel discussions on Saturday and Sunday at @museumofvan.bsky.social. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/filipino-can...
Filipino Canadian Book Festival showcases a thriving diasporic Pinoy writing community - Pancouver
Manila-born, Scarborough-raised, and New York-based author and historian Adrian De Leon will deliver the keynote address.
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Field trips are for all children—or at least they should be. But transportation is a barrier. Thankfully, @easypark.bsky.social is supporting the Above & Beyond program, a subsidy to help cover the costs of school buses. More kids can visit the MOV with your help! www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/131038
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Pancouver@pancouver.bsky.social · 3mo agoPancouver art director Jessica Sung designed this online cover featuring Vancouver artist Gu Xiong. The @museumofvan.bsky.social is presenting a major retrospective of his life's work extending over 6,000 square feet. Photo by Dennis Ha. Learn more by visiting pancouver.ca
Aug 2 is our final Summer Pay What You Can Day, which includes a Mini Art Market and free caricatures! This was filmed on our July PWYC Day, so you can expect similar chill vibes with artists selling jewellery, prints, zines and more fun stuff. Plus you can get a free caricature!
Museum of Vancouver celebrates Gu Xiong’s groundbreaking artistic career with major retrospective. Learn more in Part 1 of a two-part series in @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/museum-of-va...
Museum of Vancouver celebrates Gu Xiong's groundbreaking artistic career with major retrospective - Pancouver
In the first article in a two-part series, Gu explains how art saved him after he was sent to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution.
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Plaque recognizes Japanese Canadian veterans winning the right to vote vancouversun.com/news/plaque-...
Vancouver is a place with lots to do, but for some reason, you have to “be in the know” to know about it. It’s even more challenging for tourists. We’d love to see more promotion from @destinationbc.bsky.social of our cultural scene—cause there is so much culture & history here.
The Province@theprovince.com · 3mo agoDouglas Todd: Low on 'culture and history,' world's tourists rank Vancouver a surprising 70th theprovince.com/opinion/colu...
Really nice - and long overdue! - to see Vancouver and Canada celebrate its videogame history 🍁🕹️! Did you even know this is where Counter-Strike was born? Or that various city landmarks appear in the Skate series? Not to mention that the infamous Gravis sound cards and controllers originated here?
The Canadian Video Game Museum is levelling up
Canada is the only major video game-producing country that doesn't have a permanent museum.
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Smilin' Buddha neon sign gets an unlikely companion at the Museum of Vancouver vancouversun.com/news/smilin-...
We’ll be there with @spacecentreyvr.bsky.social & Vancouver Maritime Museum between Yew & Arbutus!
CJSF 90.1 FM@cjsfradio.bsky.social · 4mo ago🪞🐇 Wander into wonder at Khatsahlano, Vancouver's largest free music + arts festival, taking place Jul. 11 on West 4th Ave between Burrard + MacDonald: fest info + artist lineups at khatsahlano.ca.
This Sunday we offer Pay What You Can admission, plus there will be vendors and free caricatures from Toe Comics. And you can create your own shipping label as inspired by Gu Xiong's installation, A River of Migration. Plus there's morning Yoga for $25. museumofvancouver.ca/events-progr...
Very proud that Sharon Fortney, our Senior Curator of Indigenous Collections, Engagement, and Repatriation, is part of this commendable list !
Pancouver@pancouver.bsky.social · 5mo agoPancouver Bridge Builders Awards honour cultural navigators who are making a difference @pancouver.bsky.social pancouver.ca/pancouver-br...
Hope Meets Action: Echoes Through the Black Continuum highlights the contributions of BC’s Black leaders across the centuries. On display now at @museumofvan.bsky.social through September 13. museumofvancouver.ca/hope-meets-a... #Juneteenth #Vancouver
We’re co-hosting a Patio Party w/ our neighbours, the HR MacMillan Space Centre & the Vancouver Maritime Museum on July 3! Enjoy live music, local artists & makers, hands-on activities, astronomy experiences, food, mocktails & a beer garden, all just steps apart. www.spacecentre.ca/kits-point-p...
The opening event for our latest exhibition, Hope Meets Action, is this Sunday, June 14, from 2-5pm. Juneteenth Listening Room: Ancestral Memory Dialogue & Performance will feature curator Josh Robertson sharing insights into the research, stories and community collaborations that shaped it!
