TipTap the MOV 

An Easy Way to Donate When You Visit

Imagine… you’ve just had a great visit to the Museum of Vancouver. You learned about Vancouver’s history, enjoyed the neon signs, played a song on the jukebox, watched a film in the That Which Sustains Us gallery around the fireplace. You feel both educated and entertained—maybe even a little more cultured. You think, “I want to support the MOV.” 

You can! The easiest way to do this is to find the TipTap sign near the Museum’s exit, by the Gift Shop. This sign makes making a small donation really easy. Just tap your credit card, debit card or even your ApplePay and make a quick donation of $2, $5 or $10! It’s quick and simple and you don’t have to provide any additional details.

If you’d like to donate and get a tax receipt, just visit our CanadaHelps page. More information is required, but you’ll be issued a receipt for your taxes. Either way, thank you for supporting the Museum of Vancouver!

Events at the MOV

New Lunar Year, New Bag Workshop

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 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.

BCMA Webinar: SAGE Project

January 20, 2025

Take a deep dive into the SAGE Toolkit, with the BC Museums Association and Viviane Gosselin, Director of Collections and Exhibitions at the MOV and SAGE Lead on Monday, January 20th at noon online! The SAGE Toolkit is designed to support museums and theatres in reducing waste associated with exhibitions and productions. This session will explore how the Toolkit complements other online sustainability resources in our sector, what some local and international examples of low-waste exhibitions are, and dive into Barder.Art, a free peer-to-peer material exchange platform. Register for this free webinar here.

Weave a Bag: A Salish Weaving Workshop

February 8 & 9, 2025

The first run of this workshop was so popular that we’re holding another session! Learn traditional Salish weaving directly from Chepximiya Siyam Chief Janice George and Skwetsimeltxw Willard (Buddy) Joseph. They were recently featured at the opening of Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week and are artists in residency at the Blue Cabin. No prior weaving experience needed. This intensive workshop is 12 hours of instruction over two days. With all supplies provided, participants will be guided through each step of the process to create a woven bag using Salish weaving techniques. Click here to learn more and sign up.

Name the MOV's Education Crab!

Students Provided Suggestions. Vote on Your Favourite

Our crab friend needs a name! 

We asked kids who visited the Museum of Vancouver for field trips in December 2024 to suggest names for our crab friend—and now we need you to vote on the crab’s name! 

This crab likes to learn and loves museums. What do you think their name should be? 

Cinnamon

Crabberry

Pinchers

Salty

Squirt

Vote and fill in your contact information and you’ll be entered into a draw to win two complimentary tickets to visit the Museum of Vancouver (one entry per vote) You do not need to enter your contact info to vote, but it is necessary to enter the contest. Contest closes on February 14th, 2025. The name with the most votes will determine the name of the Education Crab.

Thanks to the students at Crescent Heights Academy, Stratford Hall and Trafalgar Elementary School for the name suggestions!

MOV in the News

From Vancouver and Around the World

The Museum of Vancouver continues to make appearances in the media. In case you missed it, here are some highlights:

Vancouver is Awesome, which, as their name suggests, highlights everything awesome about Vancouver, featured five odd things from our collection, including illegal beer and courage soap and a piece on the history of rental bathing suits at city beaches. 

The repatriation of over 60 belongings to the Tŝilhqot’in People garnered a lot of media attention including articles in the Georgia Straight, Saanich News, My Cariboo Now, Pancouver, and an interview with our Senior Curator of Indigenous Collections, Engagement & Repatriation, Sharon Fortney on CJSF, SFU’s student and community radio station, which was re-posted on the audio platform, Frequency. This repatriation story will be featured in the upcoming exhibition, The Work of Repair: Redress & Repatriation at MOV, which will open in the Spring.

Medium named the MOV as one of Vancouver’s top five educational sites. On the education trend, CBC Radio’s North by Northwest stopped by as part of their Field Trip Series to discover the Unity Indigenous Plant Garden (which will be part of an education program in the fall). 

Early in December 2024, the MOV launched the SAGE Toolkit. Aimed at the arts and culture sectors on how to implement sustainability practices, the launch event was covered by Pancouver as well as the Georgia Straight. And our Director of Collections and Exhibitions and SAGE Lead, Viviane Gosselin was interviewed (in French) on Radio Canada’s Panorama.

The Museum is regularly featured in tourism news. We’re one of the reasons why Kitsilano is one of the coolest neighbourhoods to spend a weekend, why Vancouver is one of the top 15 must-see places on the West Coast according to Italian travel magazine Dove and why museum hopping in Vancouver is one of the best winter activities and best spring activities. 

Plus, you can feel like a tourist in your own town by taking advantage of TransLink’s offers, which allows you to show your Compass Card or proof-of-fare to get discounts at attractions across town, including here! The article includes a video highlighting what’s at the Museum too!

Stop by and see what all the fuss is about.

📸: 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.
• 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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