New exhibition on view!

Reclaim + Repair: The Mahogany Project

On view until August 7, 2024

Reclaim + Repair: The Mahogany Project, curated by Propellor Studio, in collaboration with Museum of Vancouver, celebrates the creativity and craft of Vancouver’s design community, while engaging with questions central to the role of design in advancing sustainability as well as social and environmental justice.

A diverse group of 31 emerging and seasoned local designers and makers were selected to create 22 objects made from vintage mahogany provided by MOV. The exhibition features a wide array of design objects from furniture, lighting and household objects, to jewelry, and much more. The idea for Reclaim + Repair: The Mahogany Project was born out of a desire to honour this material and the places from which it originated.⁠

Limited spots still available!

Unity Garden Plant Walk with Deanna Miller

Friday, August 11, 2023 | 11:15am - 12:00pm and 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Did you know that Museum of Vancouver has a “living exhibition”? The Unity Indigenous Plant Garden - was created in partnership with the Musqueam, Skwxwu7mesh and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. The Garden was also planted and designed by T'uy't'tanat Cease Wyss, Indigenous Plant diva from the Skwxwú7mesh Nation. 

This summer, we invite you to take a special guided plant walk of the garden with Katzie educator and knowledge-holder Deanna Miller. Deanna will highlight the Indigenous uses of the plants that are featured in the Garden, as well as speak to the connections between plants, land and language.

Limited spots still available!

Across Our Queer Bodies: A Sash Decorating Textile Workshop to Celebrate Pride

Sunday, August 13, 2023 | 1:00pm - 3:30pm

Celebrate Pride by joining queer interdisciplinary artist Sarah Wong in a textile workshop that explores pageant sashes as wearable objects of pride that reflect both movements of resistance and expressions of fantastical glamour. Each participant will be given a pre-sewn sash and materials to decorate it. They will also be guided through a brainstorming session to conjure imagery and language to inspire their crafting. Facilitated from an embodied approach, participants will be encouraged to craft as a form of care, and to reflect on the ways their bodies can act as a canvas for expressions of queer multiplicity. 

No sewing or textile experience required. All materials will be provided, but guests are welcome to bring their own personal objects and materials (pins, patches, etc.) that they may want to include in their sash decorating.

Just Announced!

Dressed for History - Catalogue Launch

Thursday, August 24, 2023

Join us for an in-person catalogue launch of "Dressed for History - Why Costume Collections Matter (Women’s Fashion 1750 - 2000)".

The popular exhibition features remarkable and rare collections of women’s fashion from 1750 to 2000 from notable world-class collectors Clause Jahnke, Ivan Sayers, Melanie Talkington, and the members of the BC Society for the Museum of Original Costume (SMOC). Dressed for History makes the case that fashion and costumes are significant and enduring expressions of personal identity and of political and social change. 

At this special catalogue launch, meet some of the collectors behind the exhibition! Come “dressed for history” and have artist Forest Tomlin create a fashion illustration of your outfit.  

Tickets to the event includes admission to the exhibition and the MOV galleries prior to the panel.

📸: Rebecca Blissett

Dressed for History: Why Costume Collections Matter

Women's Fashion 1750 - 2000

On view until November 2023

The Museum of Vancouver has invited four remarkable local collectors, Ivan Sayers, Claus Jahnke, Melanie Talkington and the members of the B.C. Society of the Museum of the Original Costume (SMOC) to share their deep knowledge of costume history by showcasing pieces from their collections. Dressed for History: Why Costume Collections Matter makes the case that fashion, and costumes are significant and enduring expressions of personal identity and of political and social change. This exhibition confirms Vancouver as home to world-class costume interpreters, collectors and historians.

Reclaim + Repair: The Mahogany Project finds inspiration in wood that was going to waste, at Museum of Vancouver

Stir

INSPIRATION COMES IN many forms. Sometimes it emerges from a struggle—be it mental, physical, or metaphysical—and other times it just lands in your lap.

For the local artisans featured in the Museum of Vancouver’s new exhibition, Reclaim + Repair: The Mahogany Project, inspiration arrived in tangible form, embodied in piles of tropical hardwood that had been harvested in the previous century.



Viviane Gosselin, MOV’s director of collections and exhibitions and curator of contemporary culture, tells Stir that the mahogany on view in the exhibition came from a local business that specialized in designing and manufacturing marine equipment. When that company shuttered its factory, the wood went into the care of a cultural organization that kept it in storage for many years. 

📸: Rebecca Blissett

Sharon Fortney

Curator of Indigenous Collections and Engagement

Sharon Fortney is the recipient of the Hnatyshyn Foundation Award for Curatorial Excellence ($15,000). Fortney is the Curator of Indigenous Collections and Engagement at the Museum of Vancouver. Having grown up in Victoria and been fascinated by the Royal BC Museum (RBCM) from a young age, Fortney pursued archaeological studies and has worked in museums ever since. She began working as a curator in 2000. Fortney discovered her Coast Salish heritage thanks to her experiences at the RBCM, during which she recognized Salish baskets made in the same style as those at her grandparents’ home. During her career, she has worked with institutions as well as directly with First Nations.

📸: Christian Zane Media

Know before you go:

• Museum of Vancouver is open from Sunday-Wednesday 10:00am - 5:00pm and Thursday-Saturday 10:00am - 8:00pm.



• Please note that ticket sales end 45 minutes before closing.

• Visit MOV on the first Sunday of each month and pay what you can for admission.

• Visit MOV on the last Sunday of each month for Low Sensory Sundays.

• We are located at 1100 Chestnut Street in beautiful Vanier Park in the neighborhood of Kitsilano in Vancouver.

• The Museum is wheelchair, stroller and scooter accessible, including washrooms, ramps and elevators, and wide entrances and exits.

• When booked in advance, groups of 10 people or more are eligible for a discounted rate. Learn more.

• The Museum is easily accessible by Mobi Bike Share, Translink (#2 bus), Evo Car Share and False Creek Ferries. Car parking is available at the parking lot run by EasyPark. Please remember to pay for parking before entering the building. Street parking is also available. Learn more.

• Admission is free for the people who self-identify as Indigenous.

Ricecake Events presents...

Ricecake: Splash!

Sunday, August 6, 2023 | 3:00pm - 9:00pm

Last year, our Pride party was too hot and heavy, so this year, we’re going to get wet and wild with a day-time Pride party at the Birdhouse on Sunday, August 6th - happening right after the Vancouver Pride Parade!

To make a splash, we're bringing in a wading pool, bubbles, misters, water guns, and floaties that you can use to keep ultra cool, while you lounge in your tankinis/bikinis/speedos and boogie with other beautiful queers at our parking lot pool party. We’re just minutes away from the new festival site so walk your cute butts over, and splash around with us!

International Indigenous Hip Hop Awards Show

Saturday, August 12, 2023

The 3rd Annual International Indigenous Hip Hop Awards Show will be taking place live from the host City of Vancouver BC, Canada on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Join the International Indigenous Hip Hop Awards Show movement as we aim to increase the national and international exposure of Indigenous urban arts performers and small businesses through live music engagement and educational conferences. The International Indigenous Hip Hop Awards & Festival is a 2-day celebration of arts and culture. The event 2023 will be LIVE in person / August 11 – 12, 2023 at the Vancouver Playhouse, 600 Hamilton St, Vancouver, BC, Canada we will also stream the tradeshow & awards event online.



Through the execution of a music conference followed by an awards show, we will shed light on the movers and shakers who are helping shape our urban economy, by celebrating and acknowledging the dedication, community impact and artistic merit of export-ready Indigenous hip hop artists, singers, visual artists, spoken word poets, producers, deejays & more that all make up the Indigenous urban entertainment culture.

Industrial Lands Walking Tour - Mt Pleasant Vancouver with Erik Aderneck

Friday, September 8, 2023 | 2:00 - 4:00pm

See, hear, and learn about industrial lands in the Mt Pleasant area of Vancouver. Local industrial tourism / working staycation at its best!



This walking tour will engage participants about 'what is industrial' and what uses are supportive and compatible, or conflicting and incompatible, with traditional and/or modern industrial activities in an urban environment.

Meet Chen Cheng - Po

Friday, September 8, 2023 | 2:00 - 4:00pm

You are cordially invited to an exclusive art exhibition featuring the masterpieces of the renowned Taiwanese artist, Chen Cheng-Po (1894-1947). This extraordinary event is set to be a celebration of art, technology, and the environment, embracing the future of arts curation, education, collection, and creation.

Follow the link to know more about the Artist and learn more about Taiwan Fest's Programs and Exhibits. - Learn More

Date: September 18th, 2023

Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Venue: Museum of Vancouver

Hosted by:

• Mauro Vescera, CEO Museum of Vancouver
• Angel Liu, Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office
• Charlie Wu, TAIWANfest Vancouver

We acknowledge that MOV is located within the unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

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