Museum of Vancouver

The hippie capital of Canada. More neon than Vegas. Indigenous knowledge, immigration and racism. Deforestation and urban development. Activism and art. Vancouver’s story begins here. 

The Museum of Vancouver showcases the city’s history and new exhibitions on art, design, culture and more every few months. Visit Vancouver’s oldest cultural institution—a gathering space that fosters connection, learning, and new experiences of Vancouver’s diverse communities and histories.

Current Exhibitions:

The Work of Repair: Redress & Repatriation at the Museum of Vancouver features the MOV’s history of repatriation; the impact of a repatriation to the Tŝilhqot’in community; a community engagement initiative about traditional knowledge; and another showing Indigenous belongings now reunited with their histories. Reconciliation is multifaceted, and this exhibition explores how MOV is working to move beyond its history as a colonial institution.

The Suitcase Project asks, “What would you pack if you were forcibly removed from your home today?” In 1942, approximately 23,000 Japanese Canadians and more than 100,000 Japanese Americans living on the west coast were uprooted from their homes and placed in internment camps or incarceration. Photographed by Kayla Isomura, subjects for The Suitcase Project were given 24 to 48 hours’ notice to assemble their things, similar to what many Japanese Canadians faced in 1942.