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

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!

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 · 2w ago

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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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!⁠

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In the heart of Davie Village in Vancouver, our 2SLGBTQIA+ neighbourhood, the bus awnings are tinted so when sunlight pours through they cast a colourful Pride progress flag on the sidewalk below 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #bus #transit #Pride

Along a sidewalk next to a red brick building, a pink bus shelter with someone sitting on the bench. The sidewalk has a colourful shadow cast down from the top of the bus stop’s awning showing pink, white, blue, and a rainbow

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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