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
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
🏠 Mini Miniature Show at MOV
Sunday, December 7, 2025
Brought you by the Vancouver Dollhouse Miniature Show, this Mini Miniature Show will showcase previous Miniature Show winning exhibits as well as miniatures from other shows!
Learn more: museumofvancouver.ca/mini-miniature-show
Sunday, December 7, 2025
Brought you by the Vancouver Dollhouse Miniature Show, this Mini Miniature Show will showcase previous Miniature Show winning exhibits as well as miniatures from other shows!
Learn more: museumofvancouver.ca/mini-miniature-show
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🏠 Mini Miniature Show at MOV
Sunday, December 7, 2025
Brought you by the Vancouver Dollhouse Miniature Show, this Mini Miniature Show will showcase previous Miniature Show winning exhibits as well as miniatures from other shows!
Learn more: museumofvancouver.ca/mini-miniature-show
Sunday, December 7, 2025
Brought you by the Vancouver Dollhouse Miniature Show, this Mini Miniature Show will showcase previous Miniature Show winning exhibits as well as miniatures from other shows!
Learn more: museumofvancouver.ca/mini-miniature-show
Free tour included with admission! This Sunday, November 16th, get an exclusive guided tour of Future Makers: Chairs by New Designers, led by the emerging designers from KPU’s Wilson School of Design who created the works on display.
🪑 Learn more: museumofvancouver.ca/tours-by-the-designers
🪑 Learn more: museumofvancouver.ca/tours-by-the-designers
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Free tour included with admission! This Sunday, November 16th, get an exclusive guided tour of Future Makers: Chairs by New Designers, led by the emerging designers from KPU’s Wilson School of Design who created the works on display.
🪑 Learn more: museumofvancouver.ca/tours-by-the-designers
🪑 Learn more: museumofvancouver.ca/tours-by-the-designers
Join Squamish beaders Jason Nahanee and Joanne Natrall for a day of beadwork! Make a pair of earrings in either a Santa or Elf style. Expect hands-on guidance, traditional techniques, and leave with a beautiful piece of wearable art
Buy Tickets: www.showpass.com/advanced-beading/
Buy Tickets: www.showpass.com/advanced-beading/
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Join Squamish beaders Jason Nahanee and Joanne Natrall for a day of beadwork! Make a pair of earrings in either a Santa or Elf style. Expect hands-on guidance, traditional techniques, and leave with a beautiful piece of wearable art
Buy Tickets: www.showpass.com/advanced-beading/
Buy Tickets: www.showpass.com/advanced-beading/
👑 Sunday, October 19, 2025
👑 Long Live Kings: Drag King Histories
Learn more about this event at All The Kings at www.showpass.com/long-live-kings-mov/ and get 30% off with code: HISTORY. See you on October 19!
👑 Long Live Kings: Drag King Histories
Learn more about this event at All The Kings at www.showpass.com/long-live-kings-mov/ and get 30% off with code: HISTORY. See you on October 19!
October 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
👑 Sunday, October 19, 2025
👑 Long Live Kings: Drag King Histories
Learn more about this event at All The Kings at www.showpass.com/long-live-kings-mov/ and get 30% off with code: HISTORY. See you on October 19!
👑 Long Live Kings: Drag King Histories
Learn more about this event at All The Kings at www.showpass.com/long-live-kings-mov/ and get 30% off with code: HISTORY. See you on October 19!
The MOV includes multiple exhibitions highlighting Indigenous culture and history, including the feature exhibition, The Work of Repair, which explores the Museum's redress and repatriation efforts.
museumofvancouver.ca/feature-exhibitions
museumofvancouver.ca/feature-exhibitions
September 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The MOV includes multiple exhibitions highlighting Indigenous culture and history, including the feature exhibition, The Work of Repair, which explores the Museum's redress and repatriation efforts.
museumofvancouver.ca/feature-exhibitions
museumofvancouver.ca/feature-exhibitions
Today is Truth and Reconciliation Day and we're offering admission by donation to the Indian Residential School Survivors Society (www.irsss.ca).
Please note we expect the day to be busy and be patient with our limited staff.
🧡 We are open 10am-5pm (Last entry: 4:30pm).
#TruthAndReconciliation
Please note we expect the day to be busy and be patient with our limited staff.
🧡 We are open 10am-5pm (Last entry: 4:30pm).
#TruthAndReconciliation
September 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Today is Truth and Reconciliation Day and we're offering admission by donation to the Indian Residential School Survivors Society (www.irsss.ca).
Please note we expect the day to be busy and be patient with our limited staff.
🧡 We are open 10am-5pm (Last entry: 4:30pm).
#TruthAndReconciliation
Please note we expect the day to be busy and be patient with our limited staff.
🧡 We are open 10am-5pm (Last entry: 4:30pm).
#TruthAndReconciliation
Attention teachers! Looking for a workshop for Provincial Pro-D Day this October 24th? Join the MOV Education Team for a day of learning, networking, and professional development!
✏️ Space is limited—don’t miss this chance to connect with fellow educators!: www.showpass.com/pro-d-day-at...
✏️ Space is limited—don’t miss this chance to connect with fellow educators!: www.showpass.com/pro-d-day-at...
September 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Attention teachers! Looking for a workshop for Provincial Pro-D Day this October 24th? Join the MOV Education Team for a day of learning, networking, and professional development!
✏️ Space is limited—don’t miss this chance to connect with fellow educators!: www.showpass.com/pro-d-day-at...
✏️ Space is limited—don’t miss this chance to connect with fellow educators!: www.showpass.com/pro-d-day-at...
The program wraps up with performances by the starring kings themselves Theo Rhetical, Jeff Garbage, Percy Pegg, and Velvet Ryder.
Learn more about this event: museumofvancouver.ca/long-live-kings
Learn more about this event: museumofvancouver.ca/long-live-kings
September 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The program wraps up with performances by the starring kings themselves Theo Rhetical, Jeff Garbage, Percy Pegg, and Velvet Ryder.
Learn more about this event: museumofvancouver.ca/long-live-kings
Learn more about this event: museumofvancouver.ca/long-live-kings
Upcoming Truth and Reconciliation programs at the MOV!
🧡 One in Spirit Writing Workshop with Randy Fred:
museumofvancouver.ca/one-in-spirit
🧡 Film Screening: The Great Salish Heist:
museumofvancouver.ca/the-great-salish-heist
🧡 One in Spirit Writing Workshop with Randy Fred:
museumofvancouver.ca/one-in-spirit
🧡 Film Screening: The Great Salish Heist:
museumofvancouver.ca/the-great-salish-heist
September 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Upcoming Truth and Reconciliation programs at the MOV!
🧡 One in Spirit Writing Workshop with Randy Fred:
museumofvancouver.ca/one-in-spirit
🧡 Film Screening: The Great Salish Heist:
museumofvancouver.ca/the-great-salish-heist
🧡 One in Spirit Writing Workshop with Randy Fred:
museumofvancouver.ca/one-in-spirit
🧡 Film Screening: The Great Salish Heist:
museumofvancouver.ca/the-great-salish-heist
Ever wondered what Vancouver’s Drag King scene looked like? Did you know there is a long history of drag kings before you?
Long Live Kings, a web series that was created and stars some of the local artists themselves. Watch three on the big screen at the MOV where history becomes queer.
Long Live Kings, a web series that was created and stars some of the local artists themselves. Watch three on the big screen at the MOV where history becomes queer.
September 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Ever wondered what Vancouver’s Drag King scene looked like? Did you know there is a long history of drag kings before you?
Long Live Kings, a web series that was created and stars some of the local artists themselves. Watch three on the big screen at the MOV where history becomes queer.
Long Live Kings, a web series that was created and stars some of the local artists themselves. Watch three on the big screen at the MOV where history becomes queer.
Back by popular demand, we're hosting another Ink from Elsewhere: Natural Dyes from Invasive Plants with Joshua Ralph, this time for the Fall Edition on October 12! 🍂
Learn more: www.showpass.com/ink-from-elsewhere-fall
#InkMaking #DyeMaking #NaturalDye #NaturalInk #InvasivePlants #ArtWorkshop
Learn more: www.showpass.com/ink-from-elsewhere-fall
#InkMaking #DyeMaking #NaturalDye #NaturalInk #InvasivePlants #ArtWorkshop
September 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Back by popular demand, we're hosting another Ink from Elsewhere: Natural Dyes from Invasive Plants with Joshua Ralph, this time for the Fall Edition on October 12! 🍂
Learn more: www.showpass.com/ink-from-elsewhere-fall
#InkMaking #DyeMaking #NaturalDye #NaturalInk #InvasivePlants #ArtWorkshop
Learn more: www.showpass.com/ink-from-elsewhere-fall
#InkMaking #DyeMaking #NaturalDye #NaturalInk #InvasivePlants #ArtWorkshop
Discover the wonders of Vancouver with the Vanier Park Pass!
Explore the Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver Maritime Museum (official), and H.R. MacMillan Space Centre.
All for over 20% off! ⛴️🪐🏛️
Visit Ships, Stars, and Stories, all in one spot.
Grab your pass here: www.tiqets.com/en/vancouver...
Explore the Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver Maritime Museum (official), and H.R. MacMillan Space Centre.
All for over 20% off! ⛴️🪐🏛️
Visit Ships, Stars, and Stories, all in one spot.
Grab your pass here: www.tiqets.com/en/vancouver...
September 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Discover the wonders of Vancouver with the Vanier Park Pass!
Explore the Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver Maritime Museum (official), and H.R. MacMillan Space Centre.
All for over 20% off! ⛴️🪐🏛️
Visit Ships, Stars, and Stories, all in one spot.
Grab your pass here: www.tiqets.com/en/vancouver...
Explore the Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver Maritime Museum (official), and H.R. MacMillan Space Centre.
All for over 20% off! ⛴️🪐🏛️
Visit Ships, Stars, and Stories, all in one spot.
Grab your pass here: www.tiqets.com/en/vancouver...
The Black Spaces Summit & Symposium 2025 is back better than ever!
Date: Saturday, October 4, 2025
Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm
Location: Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut St, Vancouver, BC
Tickets: Free RSVP
Date: Saturday, October 4, 2025
Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm
Location: Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut St, Vancouver, BC
Tickets: Free RSVP
September 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Black Spaces Summit & Symposium 2025 is back better than ever!
Date: Saturday, October 4, 2025
Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm
Location: Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut St, Vancouver, BC
Tickets: Free RSVP
Date: Saturday, October 4, 2025
Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm
Location: Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut St, Vancouver, BC
Tickets: Free RSVP
We're looking for volunteers to help out this Fall 2025 across a range of areas 🍁🍂
From data entry to organizing office supplies, supporting events, and maintaining the garden—there’s something for everyone!
If you're interested, please submit your application here: forms.gle/dPasjJFCmZpW...
From data entry to organizing office supplies, supporting events, and maintaining the garden—there’s something for everyone!
If you're interested, please submit your application here: forms.gle/dPasjJFCmZpW...
September 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We're looking for volunteers to help out this Fall 2025 across a range of areas 🍁🍂
From data entry to organizing office supplies, supporting events, and maintaining the garden—there’s something for everyone!
If you're interested, please submit your application here: forms.gle/dPasjJFCmZpW...
From data entry to organizing office supplies, supporting events, and maintaining the garden—there’s something for everyone!
If you're interested, please submit your application here: forms.gle/dPasjJFCmZpW...
🗳️ Vote for Us!
The MOV has been nominated for Best Museum in The Georgia Straight’s Best of Vancouver 2025 Awards! 🏆
Click the link below and send your support (open until 11pm. on August 31): fl6myeqzzm6.typeform.com/to/mYNopyrQ
The MOV has been nominated for Best Museum in The Georgia Straight’s Best of Vancouver 2025 Awards! 🏆
Click the link below and send your support (open until 11pm. on August 31): fl6myeqzzm6.typeform.com/to/mYNopyrQ
August 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
🗳️ Vote for Us!
The MOV has been nominated for Best Museum in The Georgia Straight’s Best of Vancouver 2025 Awards! 🏆
Click the link below and send your support (open until 11pm. on August 31): fl6myeqzzm6.typeform.com/to/mYNopyrQ
The MOV has been nominated for Best Museum in The Georgia Straight’s Best of Vancouver 2025 Awards! 🏆
Click the link below and send your support (open until 11pm. on August 31): fl6myeqzzm6.typeform.com/to/mYNopyrQ
The debossed MOV journals are back by popular demand!
Stop by the MOV gift shop to pick up one of our colourful debossed MOV journals. Only $24.99, and available in a range of MOV colours or a traditional appointment book black. Pick up your supplies for work or school that help support the MOV!
Stop by the MOV gift shop to pick up one of our colourful debossed MOV journals. Only $24.99, and available in a range of MOV colours or a traditional appointment book black. Pick up your supplies for work or school that help support the MOV!
August 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The debossed MOV journals are back by popular demand!
Stop by the MOV gift shop to pick up one of our colourful debossed MOV journals. Only $24.99, and available in a range of MOV colours or a traditional appointment book black. Pick up your supplies for work or school that help support the MOV!
Stop by the MOV gift shop to pick up one of our colourful debossed MOV journals. Only $24.99, and available in a range of MOV colours or a traditional appointment book black. Pick up your supplies for work or school that help support the MOV!
📣 Advanced Beading Workshop with Joanne Natrall, Jessica Natraoro, and Doris Paul
Sunday, August 31, 2025
You’ll get to choose your own project—either a pair of earrings or a barrette. Expect hands-on guidance, traditional techniques, and leave with a beautiful piece of wearable art.
Sunday, August 31, 2025
You’ll get to choose your own project—either a pair of earrings or a barrette. Expect hands-on guidance, traditional techniques, and leave with a beautiful piece of wearable art.
July 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
📣 Advanced Beading Workshop with Joanne Natrall, Jessica Natraoro, and Doris Paul
Sunday, August 31, 2025
You’ll get to choose your own project—either a pair of earrings or a barrette. Expect hands-on guidance, traditional techniques, and leave with a beautiful piece of wearable art.
Sunday, August 31, 2025
You’ll get to choose your own project—either a pair of earrings or a barrette. Expect hands-on guidance, traditional techniques, and leave with a beautiful piece of wearable art.
Deep-Seated Histories showcases over 150 chairs, from 18th-century antiques to tiny dollhouse treasures, each revealing a piece of Vancouver’s past. Future Makers highlights bold, sustainable designs by KPU students who transformed mahogany into imaginative seating for a new era.
July 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Deep-Seated Histories showcases over 150 chairs, from 18th-century antiques to tiny dollhouse treasures, each revealing a piece of Vancouver’s past. Future Makers highlights bold, sustainable designs by KPU students who transformed mahogany into imaginative seating for a new era.
Take a Seat and Beat the Heat!
Cool off at the MOV, our AC is on, and the chairs are waiting!
Looking for a breezy summer activity? Come chill out in our air-conditioned building and explore two featured exhibitions about the art, history, and future of chairs.
Cool off at the MOV, our AC is on, and the chairs are waiting!
Looking for a breezy summer activity? Come chill out in our air-conditioned building and explore two featured exhibitions about the art, history, and future of chairs.
July 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Take a Seat and Beat the Heat!
Cool off at the MOV, our AC is on, and the chairs are waiting!
Looking for a breezy summer activity? Come chill out in our air-conditioned building and explore two featured exhibitions about the art, history, and future of chairs.
Cool off at the MOV, our AC is on, and the chairs are waiting!
Looking for a breezy summer activity? Come chill out in our air-conditioned building and explore two featured exhibitions about the art, history, and future of chairs.
📚 Join Massy Books (@massybooks.bsky.social), Raincoast Books, MacMillan Children's Publishing, Capilano University Library, and Angeline Boulley for the launch of Sisters in the Wind, on September 6th, 2025 at 3pm at the Museum of Vancouver!
Learn more here: museumofvancouver.ca/sisters-in-t...
Learn more here: museumofvancouver.ca/sisters-in-t...
July 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
📚 Join Massy Books (@massybooks.bsky.social), Raincoast Books, MacMillan Children's Publishing, Capilano University Library, and Angeline Boulley for the launch of Sisters in the Wind, on September 6th, 2025 at 3pm at the Museum of Vancouver!
Learn more here: museumofvancouver.ca/sisters-in-t...
Learn more here: museumofvancouver.ca/sisters-in-t...
Join us this summer for our “Growing Together: Garden Walking Tour” Presented by Afro Van Connect and Black Space Media INC in partnership with the MOV and the Vancouver Maritime Museum.
🌱 Saturday, August 23, 2025 or
🌱 Sunday, September 14, 2025
museumofvancouver.ca/growing-toge...
🌱 Saturday, August 23, 2025 or
🌱 Sunday, September 14, 2025
museumofvancouver.ca/growing-toge...
July 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Join us this summer for our “Growing Together: Garden Walking Tour” Presented by Afro Van Connect and Black Space Media INC in partnership with the MOV and the Vancouver Maritime Museum.
🌱 Saturday, August 23, 2025 or
🌱 Sunday, September 14, 2025
museumofvancouver.ca/growing-toge...
🌱 Saturday, August 23, 2025 or
🌱 Sunday, September 14, 2025
museumofvancouver.ca/growing-toge...
This all-ages-friendly session invites participants to sketch directly from the Museum’s historic chair collection featured in Deep-Seated Histories and newly designed chairs from Future Makers. With a focus on chairs as everyday design icons, this is still life drawing.
July 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This all-ages-friendly session invites participants to sketch directly from the Museum’s historic chair collection featured in Deep-Seated Histories and newly designed chairs from Future Makers. With a focus on chairs as everyday design icons, this is still life drawing.
🪑 Draw Yourself a Seat!: An Observational Drawing Workshop
Sunday, August 24, 2025
Take a closer look at design, form and function in this 2-hour drawing workshop. Taught by artist and educator Ellie Martin!
Learn more and book your spot here: museumofvancouver.ca/draw-yoursel...
Sunday, August 24, 2025
Take a closer look at design, form and function in this 2-hour drawing workshop. Taught by artist and educator Ellie Martin!
Learn more and book your spot here: museumofvancouver.ca/draw-yoursel...
July 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🪑 Draw Yourself a Seat!: An Observational Drawing Workshop
Sunday, August 24, 2025
Take a closer look at design, form and function in this 2-hour drawing workshop. Taught by artist and educator Ellie Martin!
Learn more and book your spot here: museumofvancouver.ca/draw-yoursel...
Sunday, August 24, 2025
Take a closer look at design, form and function in this 2-hour drawing workshop. Taught by artist and educator Ellie Martin!
Learn more and book your spot here: museumofvancouver.ca/draw-yoursel...
Get ready for our Land & Love Pride Market on August 16! The Market will take place in the MOV’s upper lobby for a day celebrating Two-Spirit, Indigiqueer and/or LGBTQA+ artists. Discover amazing art, crafts and goodies from talented local makers who are here to share their creations with you 🏳️🌈💝
July 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Get ready for our Land & Love Pride Market on August 16! The Market will take place in the MOV’s upper lobby for a day celebrating Two-Spirit, Indigiqueer and/or LGBTQA+ artists. Discover amazing art, crafts and goodies from talented local makers who are here to share their creations with you 🏳️🌈💝
Internationally renowned textile and performance artist, Evelyn Roth, celebrated for her environmentally conscious storytelling at festivals, schools and community events, will be donating a selection of the performance costumes she originally wore in the 1970s to the MOV!
July 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Internationally renowned textile and performance artist, Evelyn Roth, celebrated for her environmentally conscious storytelling at festivals, schools and community events, will be donating a selection of the performance costumes she originally wore in the 1970s to the MOV!