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Giving Tuesday
Tuesday, December 3, 2019

GivingTuesday  is a global movement for giving and volunteering, taking place each year after Black Friday.  On this day, communities come together and give thanks by giving back to charitable organizations who are making an impact in their community. Consider making a unique gift this year!

Your donation to Museum of Vancouver ensures that all of us have access to Vancouver’s rich cultural heritage. Thought- provoking, inspiring and intriguing school and adult programs, and award-winning exhibitions are delivered annually to over 78,000 visitors, showcasing extraordinary pieces and sharing the stories from Vancouver’s history.
MOV 125 Anniversary Greeting Cards
Offer valid until December 31, 2019.

Museum of Vancouver is celebrating 125 years of fostering a deeper understanding of Vancouver through stories, objects and shared experiences. To celebrate, anyone who signs up as a new or returning member or donates over $50 to MOV will receive a complimentary pack of MOV’s 125 anniversary greeting cards, containing 10 uniquely designed cards - inspired by the collection.
Seniors Day at MOV
Tuesday, December 3, 2019

The first Tuesday of every month is $5 admission for seniors (65+).

Pose for street photographer Foncie Pulice as he snaps portraits of the sidewalk parade. See the neon light up downtown when folks go to nightclubs and movies. Groove on Vancouver, the coolest city on the Canadian coast. Visit the hippies’ communal house, try on macramé finery, and listen to great Vancouver bands from the late 1960s!
Food Bank Donation Nights at MOV!
Friday, December 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2019

Museum of Vancouver is hosting a Food Drive in support of the Greater Vancouver Food Bank! We are super excited about the work the Food Bank is doing; providing access to healthy fresh food for its members. Your donation will help!

Bring in 2 of the top 10 most needed items to MOV on the evenings of Friday, December 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2019 (5-9 pm) and receive complimentary admission to Museum of Vancouver!

Monetary donations are also gratefully accepted! Donate to our virtual food drive here.
December Pay What You Can Nights!
December 26, 27, 28, 2019

Learn something new about the city this holiday season at the Museum of Vancouver!
Admission is by donation after 5 pm on the followings evenings:

Thursday, December 26, 2019 (5-8pm)
Friday, December 27, 2019 (5-9pm)
Saturday, December 28, 2019 (5-9pm)
On view until Sunday, January 5, 2020
On view until Sunday, January 12, 2020
Haida Now Gallery Tours at 11:30 and 1:30 from Friday to Monday.
Free for MOV Members or with museum admission.
We’ve partnered with  Point Two Designs  to create an online shop stocked with a collection of art prints that represent Vancouver's history! Each print has been digitally restored and beautifully re-colorized to bring these historical artefacts back to their original glory.

The online shop has launched just in time for the Holiday Season! Browse a wide selection of high quality fine art prints and enjoy free shipping on all orders within Canada, the US, and the UK.
Call for Artisan Submissions

Do you sell art prints or greetings cards, jewelry, ceramics, wall art, model ships, or pet portraits?

Whatever your talent, we're on the hunt for Vancouver artisans to feature their products for sale in the Museum of Vancouver's all-new e-commerce shop!
The conservation team at MOV is currently working on conserving and restoring the recently acquired aerial blockade streamers (40ft x 10ft) created for a daring Green Peace Tans Mountain protest on the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge back in 2018.

These 6 Banners will be displayed in early 2020 at Museum of Vancouver in an exhibition highlighting indigenous artists, and Vancouver’s tie to environmental activism.

Stay tuned for more info about this upcoming exhibition!

Rebooting the Greek Language XR exhibit 'Between Worlds' launches at Museum of Vancouver

On Tuesday evening, SFU’s Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies launched a Greek Civilization Experience extended reality exhibit entitled ‘Between Worlds’ with partners at the Museum of Vancouver .
The exhibit was developed as a pilot project by the SNF New Media Lab and the Spatial Interface Research Lab under the umbrella of the Rebooting the Greek Language project, which is bringing together revolutionary pedagogy and cutting-edge technologies for Greek language education throughout the diaspora. This project was made possible with generous funding from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. Keep Reading.
Indigenous-led national climate awareness campaign to kick off with documentary screening in Vancouver

A Vancouver screening of a documentary about climate justice will kick of an Indigenous-led national awareness campaign. The Canadian premiere of The Condor and the Eagle will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday (November 29) at the Museum of Vancouver (1100 Chestnut Street). The event will include several speakers: cultural preservationist and political activist Cecelia Point of the Musqueam Nation, environmental activist Audrey Siegl, journalist Angela Sterritt of the Gitxsan Nation, and poet Valeen Jules of the Nuučaanuł and Kwakwa̱ka̱wakw Nations. Keep Reading.
5 GivingTuesday Ideas in Vancouver

After the big spends of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the hope is that you’ll have a little more room in your heart, and on your holiday shopping list, to give back for Giving Tuesday today. To help you along, here are 5 of my favourite local causes (of course there are MANY more) in case you’d like to direct your giving their way this season. Keep Reading.
Annual Charity Bentwood Boxes
November 23 - December 7, 2019

For the past thirteen years Lattimer Gallery has organized an event 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. UNYA’s work includes advocacy, community development, and providing youth with meaningful opportunities to provide input into their programs and services.

All of the work in the creation of these small cedar boxes is donated: the boxes are steam-bent and constructed by Métis /Cree artist James Michels; the promotion and collected funds is donated by Lattimer Gallery; and all the artwork is donated by the artists. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Urban Native Youth Association.
Vancouver Academy of Music presents...
Koerner Recital Hall at VAM
Sunday, December 8, 2019

Enter into a musical journey with this stylistically and culturally diverse program, featuring works from Armenia, The United States and Germany. Peterson’s Tribute Trio offers a taste of his favourite composers, evoking beautiful melodies and exciting rhythms. Khachaturian’s Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano evoke Gypsy-like, carefree qualities that entrance the listener. The music dissipates like a dream in this ethereal trio to make way for the sheer might of Brahms’ Piano Quintet, a masterwork heralded as an experience not to be missed.  Learn More.
II Centro Italian Cultural Centre Presents...
Malleable
On view until December 10, 2019

This exhibition is the final installment in Il Museo’s 2019 series Gendered Voices, exploring contemporary and historic narratives about women, relationships and gender. This show, featuring the work of esteemed BC ceramic artists, examines partnerships, sexuality and social roles. The juxtaposition of traditional media (clay) with contemporary themes becomes a meditation upon long held definitions of identity and the limits they impose. Learn More.
Museum of Anthropology at UBC presents...
Playing with Fire: Ceramics of the Extraordinary
On view until March 29, 2020

In this stunning group exhibition 11 BC-based artists have created a series of installations of extraordinary ceramic works that express opinions and offer commentary on the state of the world around us. Learn More.
We acknowledge that the city of Vancouver is on the shared, unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam,  Skwxwú7mesh  and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.