Museum
of Vancouver

Founded in 1894, the Art, Historical and Scientific Association of Vancouver (they were fond of long titles back then) developed the first exhibit the what we now know as the Museum of Vancouver. The museum has undergone several moves and iterations, and in 1968 it opened in its current location at Vanier Park within the neighbourhood of Kitsilano. The museum is touted as the largest civic museum in Canada, and in addition to providing a historical record of the development of Vancouver and the surrounding area, several exhibits are intended to spark conversation of what the city could become. And given Canada’s extensive history with the First Nations of the west coast – indeed, the museum is actually built on unceded lands of the Coast Salish People – much of the collection at the museum is representative of the Pacific Northwest Coast First Nations.