Museum of Vancouver
 The Vancouver Museum in the HR MacMillan Space Center |
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| place | Vancouver , Canada |
| architect | Gerard Hamilton |
| opening | 1894 |
| Number of visitors (annually) | ~ 72,000 (2017) |
| management |
Mauro Vescera (CEO)
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The Museum of Vancouver , formerly the Vancouver Museum , is located in Vanier Park in the Canadian city of Vancouver . It is housed in a building complex together with the HR MacMillan Space Center and is the largest municipal museum in the country. There are permanent and traveling exhibitions on the history of the city, the cultural achievements of the indigenous people and the countries bordering the Pacific, as well as exhibitions on contemporary history. There is also an observatory in the same building . The Vancouver Maritime Museum is located in the vicinity of the museum .
history
It was founded on January 17, 1894 by the Art, Historical, and Scientific Association of Vancouver . On April 15th, the first permanent exhibition space opened, the upper floor of the Carnegie Library. Over the years, the museum has collected thousands of items that had been purchased by residents of the city. These included an Egyptian mummy , taxidermies from animals from the region, items of daily use from the late 19th and 20th centuries, and travel diaries. In 1967 the museum moved into the new building, which was erected on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the founding of the state. In June 2009 the museum was renamed and received its current name.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual Report 2017. (PDF) Museum of Vancouver, accessed on May 2, 2019 .
Coordinates: 49 ° 16 ′ 34 " N , 123 ° 8 ′ 38" W.