Austerity Tours: How Decades of Funding Stagnation Affects the Museum of Vancouver
The aim is to make voters understand the risks austerity pose to irreplaceable cultural heritage—which is why they’ll be offered during the 2026 municipal election period
Date/Time: Oct 17 2026, 11:00 am to 6:30 pm
Vancouver, Museum of Vancouver | Event calendar1100 Chestnut St
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Cost: by donation
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The MOV’s Austerity Tours will highlight the problems, risks and missed opportunities museums typically hide from view: buckets that catch leaks, the oldest continuously operating freezer in Vancouver, a vintage iPod used to power exhibitions, and, depending on the weather, a hallway filled with ants.
In addition to hidden buckets and 20-year-old iPods, the Austerity Tour will include:
- Access to areas not normally available to the public;
- How MOV’s fabrication team produces new exhibitions at a fraction of the cost of the industry standard;
- Discussions with the team responsible for safeguarding the largest civic collection of objects in Canada;
- and, imagining what a revitalized civic museum could achieve.
Thursday, October 1, 2026 (5:30pm-6:30pm)
Thursday, October 8, 2026 (5:30pm-6:30pm)
Thursday, October 15, 2026 (5:30pm-6:30pm)
Saturday, October 17, 2026 (11:00am-12:00pm)
Saturday, October 17, 2026 (1:00pm-2:00pm)
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