Welcome to the oldest museum of Canada, dating back to 1894. The current building was designed in New Formalism style by architect Gerald Hamilton and I quite like this special architecture that looks like a crossover of an UFO and a circus tent. The museum itself focusses on the past, present and future of the city of Vancouver and the selection of topics is pretty broad: for example they connect the topic of empty publicly owned residential buildings at Taiwan with Vancouver, asking where the residents see vacancy in their city.
What I really liked is the section about the city before the city, focusing on the First Nations living here before. Unfortunately the history of Vancouver currently ends at this museum with the Hippie movement and its influence – feels like there should be something afterwards as well. Coming from Downtown Vancouver the museum is on the other side of the False Creek. Best way to access it is taking the Aquabus to Maritime Museum, the MOV is located in Vanier Park directly next to it. And don’t forget to visit Kitsilano Beach also nearby.
Museum of Vancouver (MOV)
Vancouver
British Columbia
Canada
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