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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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
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Pancouver 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.
Douglas 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!
🪞🐇 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 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!
The first Sunday of every month is a Pay What You Can day at the MOV, but this summer, they’re extra special! On June 7, July 5 & August 2 get a free caricature from Toe Comics and there'll be a mini market with vendors and artists selling locally made work. museumofvancouver.ca/summer-pay-w...
Becoming: The Art of Gu Xiong is now open for viewing at the MOV! There are three galleries spanning from the '70s in China, to when Gu moved to Vancouver in the '90s and his contemporary exploration of migrant workers. museumofvancouver.ca/becoming-the...
Join Elder Larry Grant and writer Scott Steedman for a conversation about their book Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong at the Museum of Vancouver on June 17th. #books #vancouver @museumofvan.bsky.social
Book Talk » Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong
Join Elder Larry Grant and writer Scott Steedman for a conversation about their book Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong at the Museum of Vancouver on June 17th.
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Thanks for including our Pay What You Can day for International Museum Day tomorrow!
Events around Vancouver today:
Monday is International Museum Day and admission will be Pay What You Can! Plus, select Heritage Minutes published by Historica Canada will be played continuously for you to view all day!
Join Elder Larry Grant and writer Scott Steedman for a conversation about their book Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong. Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at @museumofvan.bsky.social, 5:00 - 6:30pm. RSVP: museumofvancouver.ca/larry-grant-...
For Mother's Day, we're hosting a Botanical Art Card workshop led by artist and illustrator, Linnea Solomon. She'll lead you through pencil sketching and colouring to create a card for your loved one! Use code BRINGMOM and your 2nd ticket is half price! museumofvancouver.ca/botanical-ar...
What does Statistics Canada’s 2023 GSS-GVP tell us about how women and men volunteer differently in Canada? This slide deck explores the data: volunteer rates, average annual hours, total contributions, & how both have shifted from 2018-2023. -Statistics Canada, GSS-GVP 2023 (Table 45-10-0040-01)
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We're happy to announce the opening of a new exhibition, Becoming: The Art of Gu Xiong, on May 28, 2026. It will be the most comprehensive display of Gu Xiong’s artistic practice. His work redefines how we understand migration, hybridity, and globalization. More: museumofvancouver.ca/becoming-the...
The Museum is offering a special deal on Dual, Senior Dual, and Individual + Guest Memberships for the month of April! Buy or renew one of these Membership types by April 30th and receive one month free—that’s 13 months for the price of 12. museumofvancouver.ca/mov-membersh...
Have we mentioned that first Sunday of every month is Pay What You Can Day at the MOV (and at the @spacecentreyvr.bsky.social & Vancouver Maritime Museum)?!?