The Vancouver Maritime Museum hosted a festive holiday light “switch-on” event Thursday night at Vancouver’s Heritage Harbour. Community members gathered to listen to a children’s choir, drink hot chocolate and watch False Creek Ferries perform their popular “ferry boat ballet.” These beautiful vintage wooden vessels lit up the harbour with colour and warmth, and members of the public were able to learn more about the boats and their connection to maritime history in the Pacific Northwest.  Managing Director of the VMM (Vancouver Maritime Museum), Nicola Clur shared her excitement about ..read more

Hawaiʻi’s iconic voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa arrived at Heritage Harbor at the Vancouver Maritime Museum on Saturday 5th August at 10 a.m. PST, the last port for Leg 5 of Moananuiākea Voyage around the Pacific. The crew was received by Lamxacha Siyám Mike Billy, esteemed Squamish chief and respected canoe carver. The Vancouver Maritime Museum is hosting Hōkūleʻa for three days where the crew is conducting public canoe tours while docked. On Aug. 8, a new crew will take over for Leg 6 of the Voyage, and the canoe will move to Vancouver’s Granville Public Marina and dock there until Aug. 12. Hōkūl ..read more

For the Night at the Speakeasy – A VMM Fundraiser, we wanted to take a moment to introduce our lead sponsor: Teekay Shipping! Established in 1973, Teekay has developed from a regional shipping company into one of the world’s largest marine energy transportation companies. Founded by Torben Karlshoej, whose initials give them their name, they are committed to powering the global economy and improving people’s lives. Under Torben’s leadership, Teekay grew from a tanker operator to an operational leader and successful vessel owner in the conventional shipping market. By upholding Torben’s entre ..read more

Phil Nuytten, an internationally-recognized pioneer in the deep sea world of diving, died unexpectedly on May 13th, 2023. He was 81 and still full of innovative ideas. Phil was only a teenager when he opened Vancouver’s first dive shop. Switching to commercial diving, he put in seven-day work weeks at BC’s logging camps and pulp mills, then got a diving job at the Bennett Dam on the Peace River. At the age of 25, he had saved enough money to open his first company—Can-Dive. Over the years, Phil developed a reputation as a maverick, diving deeper, staying underwater longer, working in Arctic ..read more

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Book The GOLD speaker series intended for youth, adult and senior audiences who are interested in art and learning about Inuit history and culture. In this series, Inuit artists and educators will share their individual work and speak about different Inuit cultural practices and traditions. This series is connected to the Vancouver Maritime Museum’s newest photography exhibit, Souls Ignited by Inuk artist, Cora DeVos. This is the last session of the GOLD Series. For the last session, Cora DeVos, the artist who inspired this series and is behind the work presented in the Souls Ignited Exhib ..read more

Join us on February 20 for a day of family fun! Celebrate the opening of our Children’s Gallery with us on Family Day with a free day at the museum! Immerse yourself in the biodiversity, industry, and traditional Indigenous culture of the Burrard Inlet in an interactive, play-based environment at the VMM.   The children’s gallery is designed to ignite the imagination. Our youngest visitors can climb aboard a boat drawing brought to life, learn about sea creatures, Tsleil-Waututh culture and explore the built environment of the largest port in Canada. Learn about the ships that ..read more

The GOLD Series is intended for youth, adult and senior audiences who are interested in art and learning about Inuit history and culture. In this series, Inuit artists and educators will share their individual work and speak about different Inuit cultural practices and traditions. This series is connected to the Vancouver Maritime Museum’s newest photography exhibit, Souls Ignited. This exhibition shares the practice of Inuit tattooing and the revitalization of this work in recent years. In line with the themes in this exhibition, this program series is focused on CELEBRATING Inuit history a ..read more

Storytime Saturdays Due to popular demand, we have brought back Storytime Saturdays again but this time, it’s in person! Join the Vancouver Maritime Museum every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month for story time in the VMM’s new Children’s Gallery. During these story time sessions, you and little ones will listen to stories about Inuit culture and beliefs and about the peoples and sea life found in and around Burrard Inlet/the waterways of the West Coast. Kids will also learn about fun maritime topics such as the sea animals, ocean ecosystems, and all the cool boats and ships they can see out ..read more

Ring in the New Year!   Spend the last day of 2022 having a blast at the Vancouver Maritime Museum! We have a day full of fun family activities planned at the Museum on December 31st! Together we will explore noise-making and bell-ringing traditions from around the world, ring St. Roch’s bell 16 times, make our own bells, go on a scavenger hunt around the Museum and listen to a magical Inuit tale about the origin of day and night. Event Schedule   10:00 am – 4:00 pm Bell-making craft station Historic bell display next to St. Roch Scavenger hunt (map available at Visitor Services de ..read more