This is an archived event from Culture Days 2025.
Images
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![The view of the Museum of Vancouver building with crab statue/fountain in front.]()
The Museum of Vancouver is located at 1100 Chestnut Street in Vancouver. -
![A view of the 1950s era gallery at the MOV including 1950s era car, neon signs and more.]()
The '50s Gallery is part of the MOV's History Galleries. Photo by Rebecca Blissett. -
![Chez Paris neon sign with a 1930s hair salon set up behind it, including a mannequin in the permanent wave machine and a hair dryer chair where guests can sit.]()
The 1930s section of the Vancouver History Galleries at the MOV includes the Chez Paris neon sign and hair salon set up, including this permanent wave machine. -
![Promo image for The Work of Repair exhibition. The right side of the image includes three colourly dressed women in ribbon skirts holding up repatriation baskets. They face away from the camera towards a mountain range. On the left the text reads: The Work of Repair: Redress and Repatriation at the Museum of Vancouver.]()
The Work of Repair is a feature exhibition on now featuring the MOV's redress and repatiation work. Photo by Jeremy Williams.
Pay What You Can at the Museum of Vancouver
In-person
Design Climate Action History & heritage Indigenous Museum Photography Self-guided Truth and ReconciliationDate and time
Location
Museum of Vancouver
1100 Chestnut Street
Vancouver, BC
Directions: Please note that parking is not included. Please pay for parking before entering the building.
Access
Free, and accepts optional pay-what-you-may donations for admission.
Offered in English.
Wheelchair accessible, has gender-neutral washrooms, and offers closed captioning or subtitles.
About
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. Be sure to visit our website to stay up-to-date on the MOV’s workshops and special events too!
Visit Vancouver’s oldest cultural institution—a gathering space that fosters connection, learning, and new experiences of Vancouver’s diverse communities and histories.
The first Sunday of every month is Pay What You Can!
Links
- Find more information about the MOV museumofvancouver.ca
Organizer
Museum of Vancouver
The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) is Canada’s premier civic history museum.
Our Vision:
To inspire and foster a more socially connected, resilient, and publicly engaged city.
Our Mission:
To be a gathering space that fosters connection, learning, and new experiences of Vancouver’s diverse communities and histories.
As a civic organization we are committed to deepening our collective understanding of the City through our common stories, objects and experiences. MOV conceptualizes this through our engagement priorities, which have been focus into 4 broad areas that we have deemed our pillars. These include:
- Redress and Decolonization
- Immigration and Diversity
- Environment and Sustainability
- Urban and Contemporary Issues