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The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) connects Vancouverites to each other and connects Vancouver to the world. The museum is a gathering place that encourages social engagement and inspires conversation about the future.

MOV-logo-web-250-VIA The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) connects Vancouverites to each other and connects Vancouver to the world. The museum is a gathering place that encourages social engagement and inspires conversation about the future. MOV exhibitions and collections invite exploration of contemporary issues and stories from the past. MOV activities ignite a passion for Vancouver and its people. Follow us: blog, Twitter, Facebook, or share your visions of the city with us on Instagram: #ofVancouver

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Built City @MOV: Arbel & Karsh Discuss Structure and Form

These two designers will present how they design—the alchemy they perform with the dross of wood, glass, concrete, steel and wire. Architecture critic/curator Trevor Boddy will moderate the evening.

The globular clusters of Omer Arbel’s hand-blown glass light fixtures have received international design prizes. Some have previously been installed in the lobby of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. A South Surrey house designed by Arbel won the inaugural NewCity Design Award in 2012. Erick Karsh is one of Canada’s leading innovators in engineered wood. His projects include the UBC Earth Sciences complex for Busby Perkins Will and, with Michael Green Architects, the Ronald McDonald House and North Vancouver City Hall.

Date: Thursday, January 29, 2015

Time: 7:00pm

Admission: $14 General | $11 Seniors & Students | $11 RAIC Members | $5 MOV Members

Get Tickets: https://builtcityjan29.eventbrite.ca

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Winter Wander at Vanier Park

This Family Day weekend, bring your family down to Vanier Park for a day of music, history, science, and art - with live performances by Vancouver Academy of Music students and Bard on the Beach's Young Shakespeareans. Plus, enjoy face painting, local food vendors and enter to win prizes.

Best of all? Your $5 admission includes entry to:

  • Museum of Vancouver
  • H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
  • Vancouver Maritime Museum
  • Vancouver Academy of Music
  • City of Vancouver Archives

Date: Saturday, February 7, 2015

Time: 10am - 5pm

Admission: $5 - Kids under 5 years old are free!

More info: http://winterwander.com

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Joy Runs Deeper: The Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs - West Coast Launch

The Museum of Vancouver is pleased to be hosting the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre and the Azrieli Foundation’s Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Series West Coast Launch of Joy Runs Deeper, by Bronia & Joseph Beker, television personality, fashion designer, and daughter of holocaust survivors.

Date: Thursday, February 19, 2015

Time: 7:00pm

Admission: Free, but space is limited. Please RSVP at https://joyrunsdeeper.eventbrite.ca. Those in attendance will receive a complimentary copy of Joy Runs Deeper.

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On view now at the Museum of Vancouver:

the city before the city: An unprecedented series of exhibitions about Musqueam's ancient landscape and living culture.

From Rationing to Ravishing: The Transformation of Women's Fashion in the 1940s and 1950s - closing March 8.

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The Museum of Vancouver is located at 1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, BC (In Vanier Park)