Museum of Vancouver

06/03/2026

The Museum of Vancouver is happy to announce the opening of a new exhibition, Hope Meets Action: Echoes Through the Black Continuum, which will be on view from June 14 through September 13, 2026.

Created by the BC Black History Awareness Society in partnership with the Royal BC Museum, Hope Meets Action highlights the contributions of BC’s Black leaders across the centuries.

On Sunday, June 14, 2026, Hope Meets Action will officially open with a special event led by curator Josh Robertson as part of the Juneteenth Listening Room: Ancestral Memory Dialogue & Performance. In addition, Hogan’s Alley Society and the Vancouver Black Therapy & Advocacy Foundation will have community booths. Learn more about the exhibition and RSVP for the opening event here: https://museumofvancouver.ca/hope-meets-action

Photos include Old Teenie, the Hudlin Family and Richard Stokes.

06/02/2026

Cheers to our new partnership!

06/02/2026

The first Sunday of every month is a Pay What You Can day at the MOV, but this summer, they’re extra special!

On June 7, July 5 and August 2 you can get a free caricature of you and your friends in the History Galleries from Toe Comics!

And a rotating lineup of local vendors and artists will be on site so you can discover unique, locally made work while supporting creative communities. Featured in the post: Antoni’s Atelier, Carboniferous Cuties, Cedar Hot Sauce, Hannah Stewart aka Litkw Creative, Julianna Yue, Marcela J Villaca, One More Life Gallery and Marisa Crafts Things. We'll share more about the artists leading up to each event!

Plus, the Museum is air-conditioned—a perfect place to get out of the summer sun! Find more info here: https://museumofvancouver.ca/summer-pay-what-you-can-days

06/01/2026

June is Indigenous History Month! The MOV has multiple exhibitions where you can learn more about Indigenous history with a focus on our host nations, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations:
- Unity Indigenous Plant Garden: A Living Exhibition showcases indigenous plants and their traditional uses alongside their names in hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Skwxwú7mesh snichim.
- That Which Sustains Us explores different traditions in the Vancouver area including traditional ecological knowledge, deforestation and urbanization and the return to sustainable land use practices.
- c̓əsnaʔəm: The City Before the City aims to generate discussions about heritage and Indigenous history, and to raise awareness of the significance of c̓əsnaʔəm for the Musqueam people and for the City of Vancouver.
- The Work of Repair: Redress & Repatriation at the Museum of Vancouver (which is only on view until June 28!) explores how MOV is working to move beyond its history as a colonial institution through repatriation and redress.

Visit the MOV to see these exhibitions in person!

05/31/2026

An evolving photo exhibition and archive of photos taken by Foncie Pulice. Explore the current collection and add to it by submitting your photos. We encourage you to include heart-felt personal stories of life, death, trauma and joy, that when experienced together tell a larger historic story of life in British Columbia from the 1930s to the end of the 70s. There is cultural richness in Foncie’s photos and in the history they reveal in those flash moments on Granville Street in downtown Vancouver – over the course of almost half a century.

Take a walk through time with Foncie's Photos on our free, little educational website! http://fonciescorner.ca/

05/27/2026

We are so very excited for visitors to come and see our latest exhibition, Becoming: The Art of Gu Xiong starting tomorrow, May 28 and through February 7, 2027.

The exhibition traces the evolution of Gu Xiong’s artistic practice and the major influences that defined it. An internationally recognized multidisciplinary artist, Gu works across mediums, including painting, sculpture, photography, video, and site-specific installations. His work redefines how we understand migration, hybridity, and globalization.

Highlights include Enclosures (1989-2026), an installation not seen since the 1989 China/Avant-Garde Exhibition; the Crushed Cans painting and silkscreen print series (1991-93), an embodiment of Gu’s experience with culture shock; and Yellow Cargo (2016-26) a large-scale installation that explores globalization through the lens of migrant workers in Canada.

Click here to learn more about the exhibition and make a plan to visit the MOV and see it in person! https://museumofvancouver.ca/becoming-the-art-of-gu-xiong

05/26/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to our comedy series: Haha, History! We hope you had lots of belly laughs thanks to our host, Myles Anderson and the line up of comedians: Charlie Demers, Graham Clark, Christine Bortolin, Sophia Johnson, Rachel Schaefer & David MacLean.

Thank you also to all the partners and sponsors who helped make the series tastier and full of prizes: Mocktails, Fred's Restaurant, Fable Kitchen, The Improv Centre, Last Door, and The Greater Vancouver Food Bank.

These photos are from the last night of the series and were taken by Bruce McPherson.

Are you a business looking to support arts, culture and heritage in Vancouver? We want to hear from you! Click here for information: https://museumofvancouver.ca/sponsor-now

05/25/2026

On Thursday, June 18th, the Museum of Vancouver’s former Board Chair, Bruce Granville Miller, will present a lecture reflecting on repatriation and the evolving role museums play in this ongoing work.

Drawing from decades of collaboration with Coast Salish communities, Bruce will share stories from repatriation efforts undertaken by the MOV alongside Indigenous partners. He will also discuss his research into the lasting impacts of museum collecting practices and the return of ancestors to their homelands.

This event is free but registration is required. Click here for more information and to sign up! https://museumofvancouver.ca/blood-and-the-bones

05/24/2026

Former MOV Education Program Officer, Ashley Jones, introduces You Say You Want a Revolution, the final stop on a tour of the four permanent history galleries on display at the Museum of Vancouver.

Explore the Vancouver History Galleries on a virtual tour here:

Matterport 3D Showcase.

05/23/2026

Meet Elder Larry Grant, the Elder-in-residence at the Justice Institute of BC and the University of British Columbia’s First Nations House of Learning, and writer Scott Steedman, who has worked in publishing for 35 years and teaches publishing at SFU, on Wednesday, June 17th.

Larry and Scott will discuss their book, Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong, in which Larry reflects on a life shaped by Musqueam and Chinese heritage, colonial policy, and the search for belonging.

The event explores stories of family, place and the ongoing process of reconciling with history and identity in Canada.

The event is free but registration is required. Find more info and save your spot here: https://museumofvancouver.ca/larry-grant-reconciling