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Here’s Where to See the Best New Art in Canada — Including Montreal’s First Indigenous-run Art Center
Where to See Art in Canada: the Best New Museums, Galleries, and Art Centers | Travel + Leisure Over the past two years, Canada has seen an art boom, including Daphne, Montreal’s first Indigenous-run art center, and Qaumajug, the world’s largest museum dedicated to Inuit art. www.travelandleisure.com
17 new museums opening in 2022
Many new museums around the world are ready to welcome visitors for the first time, as the attractions industry looks forward to a brighter 12 months. We take a look at the top 17 new museums opening in 2022.
How three Canadian museums are reckoning with their past mishandlings of Indigenous history
An exhibit from the third floor of B.C. Royal Museum is pictured in Victoria, Wednesday, December 29, 2021. The museum announced that it will be closing the third floor including parts of the First Peoples Gallery in an effort to decolonize the institution.
MONOVA, UN PETIT MUSÉE QUI VEUT RACONTER L’HISTOIRE DE SES COMMUNAUTÉS
Les municipalités de North Vancouver et du District of North Vancouver ont leur premier musée depuis le 4 décembre dernier. Un projet que caresse les deux municipalités depuis des décennies. Richard Thériault nous présente MONOVA.
Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations sign memorandums of understanding with MONOVA
A first for any museum in Coast Salish territories, MONOVA: the Museum of North Vancouver, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and Səlílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nation have signed respective memorandums of understanding, in an effort to strengthen the relationship between the two host Nations and the museum.̓
North Vancouver Museum moves to spacious new home in Shipyards District
MONOVA director Wesley Wenhardt with a restored streetcar that used to run up-and-down Lonsdale. PHOTO BY NICK PROCAYLO /PNG
The North Vancouver Museum has always had an impressive collection. The problem was, it didn’t have the room to properly display it. The 16,000 square foot museum cost $7 million, and is on the ground floor of a Polygon condo development, Promenade at the Quay.