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Enjoy the Festive Season! 

Holiday Hours for Your Visit to the MOV

Season’s Greetings from the Museum of Vancouver! We’re wishing you and yours a restful and joyful season!


If that includes a visit to the Museum, be sure to keep our holiday hours in mind:


Christmas Eve: 10:00am-3:00pm. 

Christmas Day: closed. 

New Year's Eve: 10:00am-3:00pm. 


Every other day (including Boxing Day & New Year's Day, we're open 10:00am-5:00pm.

Events at the MOV

Lunar New Year for Kids + Upcycling Leather

A Year of Blessings

Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 1:00pm and 3:00pm

Five Blessings will perform “Bun Fun New Year,” the first episode of their audio play series A Year of Blessings—about traditional and contemporary celebrations of Chinese holidays made for young audiences. These kid-focused performances include original songs and a dance that the audience can participate in. After, there will be a short presentation by the Chinese Canadian Museum on the history and traditions of Lunar New Year and how it is celebrated by different communities. Plus, attendees can put on temporary tattoos and colour in pages based on the characters from the play! This event is free, but registration is required. Find more information here.



Upcycled Leather Notebook Workshop with Creations by Night

Sunday, January 19, 2025

In this beginner friendly workshop, we will make a leather notebook with reclaimed leather. Participants will work with a variety of coloured leather, handpicked hardware, and colourful thread and can customize their book with rivets, eyelets and other fun materials. During the workshop, we’ll learn about the history of leather work within Indigenous communities including the ways hides have played a significant part in keeping Indigenous communities alive. Sign up here.

Last Chance for a 2024 Tax Receipt!

Plus, Win a Private Tour!

It’s the end of the year, meaning it’s time to think about… your taxes!


December 31st is your final chance to make a donation to the Museum of Vancouver in order to get a tax receipt for 2024. Use CanadaHelps and make your donation before midnight on the 31st!


Plus, if you donate a minimum of $100, or if you become a monthly donor before the end of the year, you’ll be entered into a draw to win a private tour of the MOV’s collection! Watch this video for a sneak peek.


The team at the MOV is so appreciative of your donation and it will be put to good use, caring for the collections as well as putting on programs, exhibitions and school programs!

Woodward's Santa says Merry Christmas!

Check Out These Catalogues from Decades Ago

In 1892, Charles Woodward established the first Woodward store at the corner of Main and Georgia Streets in Vancouver. On September 12, 1902, Woodward Department Stores Ltd. was incorporated and a new store was built on the corner of Hastings and Abbott. Woodward's operated in Alberta and BC before its sale to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1993.


During those 100 years in operation, Woodward’s was a much beloved store known for its “Food Floor,” “$1.49 Day” sales, and their Christmas windows.


These holiday catalogues span the decades from 1953 to 1992 while this Santa was featured in the 1971 and 1972 catalogues. Santa was rescued by Gerald Day, who worked at Woodward's starting in the 1970s and remained with the firm through to the end of the business in 1993. Gerald took Santa in the early 1980s, thinking that his children might enjoy it, and eventually donated it to the MOV in 2021.


MOV Catalogue Numbers:

Santa: H2021.60.1. Catalogues: H996.16.8; H996.16.10; H996.16.11; H996.16.13; H996.16.14; H996.16.15; H996.16.17; H996.16.22; H996.16.23; H996.16.28; H996.16.29; H996.16.35; H996.16.40; H2024.48.34; H2024.48.35; H2024.48.36; and H2024.48.37.

📸: Christian Zane Media

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Know before you go:


  • Museum of Vancouver is open 10:00am-5:00pm, seven days a week. We anticipate resuming evening hours on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays in the spring.
  • Holiday hours at the MOV are Christmas Eve (December 24th): 10:00am-3:00pm; Christmas Day (December 25th): Closed; New Year’s Eve (December 31st): 10:00am-3:00pm. All other days, including Boxing Day (December 26th) and New Year’s Day (January 1st), we will be open from 10:00am-5:00pm.
  • Ticket sales end 30 minutes before closing.
  • Visit on the first Sunday of the month and pay what you can for admission.
  • Admission is free for people who self-identify as Indigenous.
  • Visit on the last Sunday of the month for Low Sensory Sundays.
  • The Museum is wheelchair, stroller and scooter accessible, including washrooms, ramps and elevators, and has wide entrances and exits.
  • Find additional accessibility information on our FAQ page.
  • When booked in advance, groups of 10 or more are eligible for a discounted rate. Learn more.
  • The MOV is located at 1100 Chestnut Street in Vanier Park in Kitsilano.
  • The Museum is accessible by Mobi Bike Share, TransLink (#2 bus), Evo Car Share and False Creek Ferries.
  • Car parking is available in the parking lot run by EasyPark. Please pay for parking before entering the building. We do not manage this lot and EasyPark tickets vehicles that have not paid.
  • Street parking is also available.
  • Find more directions here.
  • Note that Museum Admissions are currently discounted due to HVAC repairs.

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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