Art for Sale!
Season of Giving Auction
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Did you know that the Museum of Vancouver is a charity? The MOV relies on your support to deliver exhibitions, education, and public programming—and to steward a collection of over 80,000 artifacts and belongings on behalf of the City of Vancouver. That’s why we hold a “Season of Giving” every year.
As part of 2023’s Season of Giving, we’re having an auction!
Our online auction features just seven items for you to bid on. One is an exclusive opportunity to take a specially designed tour of the Museum and its collection with Viviane Gosselin, our Director of Collections & Exhibitions and Curator of Contemporary Culture. The others are six beautiful pieces of art by Inuit artists, known as the Dorset Prints.
The Dorset Prints come from artists who were part of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative, located in Kinngait, also known as Cape Dorset. Since the 1950s, this community has been known as the Inuit art capital of the world. You can learn more about the Co-operative and its artists here.
The auction is open now and will continue through December 15. Bid now and bid often! Not only will you get an amazing piece of art and/or an amazing experience, but you’ll also be supporting the Museum. Check out all the items on our auction webpage here.
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More Art for Sale!
Reclaim + Repair: The Mahogany Project
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Reclaim + Repair: The Mahogany Project, curated by Propellor Studio, in collaboration with Museum of Vancouver, showcases the creativity and craft of 31 emerging and seasoned local designers and makers.
They created 22 objects—from furniture, lighting and household objects, to jewelry, and much more—made from vintage mahogany that was harvested between the 1950s and 1970s in Guatemala and Nicaragua. This wood came from a now closed local boating equipment business. Their leftover wood went into storage for many years before being donated to the MOV.
The idea for Reclaim + Repair: The Mahogany Project was born out of a desire to honour this material and the places from which it originated.
And now you can own a piece of it!
The works in the exhibition are for sale. Proceeds from the sale will be divided between the designer, MOV, and an Indigenous-led reforestation program in Central America, where the mahogany was extracted. Check out our sales page for details on how you can own a piece of the exhibition.
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Speaking of Art Being for Sale...
Mini Indigi-Market on December 3!
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Join us for our first Mini Indigi-Market at the Museum of Vancouver!
Support local Indigenous artisans and makers by buying their art as gifts this holiday season (or shop for yourself). You'll be able to purchase jewellery, art prints, hoodies, t-shirts, zines, books and more!
This special one-day event will be held on Sunday, December 3 from 10:30am-5pm. Admission to the market is included in your admission to the Museum—and since it's the first Sunday of the month, admission is pay what you can!
Check out all the vendors that have signed up so far:
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"Not Playing by Society's Rules"
Community Connections: Ken Brock
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Ken Brock collects mementos, images and objects highlighting the course of his life as a gay man, with a special focus on three monumental periods: his time in the U.S. Air Force, AIDS, and his move to Canada.
Since 2005, the Museum of Vancouver and the City of Vancouver Archives have worked together to acquire a significant portion of Ken’s collection. This project is part of our Community Connections Series, which centres often underserved and under- or mis-represented communities. As Ken mentions in this interview, “people might collect things, but they would tell their best friend: when I die, you come in and get rid of everything that even hints at me being gay.” This stigma has led to a shortage of artifacts commemorating LGBTQ+ history, making Ken's collection all the more valuable.
Watch the video with Ken here and see more videos from the series here—additional videos will be added next year.
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Silent Movie Mondays: Laurel & Hardy Shorts
November 27, 2023 at the Orpheum
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Escape to the roaring 1920s at Silent Movie Mondays! Bring the whole family to the historic Orpheum for Laurel & Hardy Shorts accompanied by Michael Dirk on the theatre’s rare Wurlitzer organ—an instrument originally created to accompany silent films and the last in Canada still in its original home. The evening will also feature a live Jazz Band performance one hour before the show, a fun thematic photo booth, and popcorn and drink specials.
Enjoy three hilarious and family-friendly short films starring slapstick comedy kings Laurel and Hardy: Two Tars (1928), Second Hundred Years (1927) and Battle of the Century (1927). Complete with legendary pie fights, prison breaks, dramatic chases, and banana peel slips, these shorts are suitable for audiences of all ages. Tickets start at only $15.50. Click here for tickets and information.
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Know before you go:
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Museum of Vancouver is open from Sunday-Wednesday 10:00am - 5:00pm and Thursday-Saturday 10:00am - 8:00pm.
- Please note that ticket sales end 45 minutes before closing.
- Visit on the first Sunday of the month and pay what you can for admission.
- Visit on the last Sunday of the month for Low Sensory Sundays.
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The MOV is located at 1100 Chestnut Street in Vanier Park in Kitsilano.
- The Museum is wheelchair, stroller and scooter accessible, including washrooms, ramps and elevators, and wide entrances and exits.
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When booked in advance, groups of 10 or more are eligible for a discounted rate. Learn more.
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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 remember to pay for parking before entering the building. Street parking is also available. Learn more.
- Admission is free for people who self-identify as Indigenous.
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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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