Off the 'Cuff

I never know what I am going to find when I poke around in the collection, which is one of the reasons that the digitization project (headed by the lovely Kristen) has been so much fun. See, in order for our team to inventory, document and then photograph all 20,000 items in storage, we have [...]

This Saturday (Aug 21, 2010), downtown Vancouver will see its streets transformed into a playground for a seething mass of bloody, feral, undead monsters as Vancouver’s annual “Zombie Walk” takes place once again. We here at the museum love a good scare (and are as partial to brains as the next guy) so we have [...]

Uncovering interesting things in the collection is probably the most rewarding part of a curatorial staff member’s job.  In a way it is a privilege to find a nearly forgotten artifact and breathe new life into it by researching its past and telling others its stories. The three counterfeit coins in our archives are a [...]

Who doesn’t love toys? I got to thinking about this question today when Kristin, the Museum’s Assistant Curator, handed me a lovable sock monkey, handmade and dressed in his finest VPD garb. He clearly was a labour of love made for a child or as a keepsake for an adult, his little uniform painstakingly perfect [...]

Looking for something to do with your friends before the end of the summer? There’s no better place to cool down than in an old morgue. In just a last few weeks, the place has been burning up with a Yelp Party, a massive Groupon offer and busy programs for both kids and adults. And [...]

A balmy evening a couple weeks ago, we were privileged to host a party for Yelp‘s “Elite” members, folks who consistently write great reviews of  local businesses and attractions – like us! The curatorial staff donned some of the uniforms and holsters from the rental collection, slung some ‘cuffs on our hips and away we [...]