It’s a community dream that began over 40 years ago, and is now a reality. The new Museum of North Vancouver has opened in the historic Shipyards District at Lower Lonsdale.
Many of its exhibits were developed in collaboration with the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səlí̓ lwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations.
BC Historical Federation’s Mark Forsythe spoke with Museum Director Wesley A. Wenhardt and Commissioner Sheryl Rivers about this exciting project.
Longtime MONOVA supporter Kevin Evans talks to Friends Director Donna Oseen about why she volunteers and supports MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver.
For Home Movie Day 2021, MONOVA is screening a curated program of local home movies that have been acquired and preserved in the Archives of North Vancouver.
We invite you to join us and take a look back in time and experience a World War 2 war bond rally at The Shipyards, climb mountains with Neal Carter and family, take a ride on a North Vancouver street car, and so much more.
As a special bonus, our friends at the North Vancouver City Library have created a video tutorial, with Kendra Tubbs, Library Technician, on how to digitize your 8mm and Super 8 home movies at the North Vancouver City Library.
Learn more at https://monova.ca/home-movies-of-north-vancouver/
Longtime MONOVA supporter Kevin Evans talks to Friends Director Terry Hood about why he volunteers and supports MONOVA with a glimpse inside Streetcar 153. Get involved with the Friends of the North Vancouver Museum and Archives Society at https://monova.ca/friends/
Actor-Interpreter Chantal Gallant shares about women working in The Shipyards in North Vancouver, BC during World War 2. Learn more: https://monova.ca/north-vancouvers-wartime-shipbuilding-shop-stewards-burrard-drydock/
Canoe culture has been a part of the Indigenous Coast Salish Peoples’ ways since time immemorial. Canoe racing is more than a sport – it’s a way of life. When you are on the water you are one with the ancestors, every stroke, every time you put your paddle in the water, it is a prayer, a connection to the ancestors.
This film, researched and curated by Meghan Ormandy who was a curatorial intern with MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver for 8 months, provides a a rare insight into the history and continued practice of canoe racing and its spiritual significance for the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations.
Learn more at https://monova.ca/canoe-culture/
Coast Salish programming is generously supported by BMO Financial Group.
Highlights of Karl Ricker and Glenn Woodsworth in conversation with Dr. Jessica Bushey, MONOVA: Archives of North Vancouver.
As part of the launch of our latest exhibit “Between Science and the Sublime: Neal Carter’s 1920s Mountaineering Photography Albums,” Karl Ricker and Glenn Woodsworth discuss the legacy of mountaineer Neal Carter and their experiences climbing, mapping and studying the Coast Mountains. Recorded in February 2021.
To explore the full virtual exhibit, visit https://monova.ca/neal-carter/
As part of Mayor Linda Buchanan’s Healthiest Small City Social Resilience Collective, MONOVA’s #NorthVanStories Living History program is exploring the power of personal storytelling to foster resilience in our communities.
Learn more at https://monova.ca/northvanstories-living-history/
As part of Mayor Linda Buchanan’s Healthiest Small City Social Resilience Collective, MONOVA’s #NorthVanStories Living History program is exploring the power of personal storytelling to foster resilience in our communities. Learn more at https://monova.ca/northvanstories-living-history/