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Use It or Lose It!

August 11th, 2011 2 Comments

My relationship with museums, from an educational perspective, has been what I would call a “passionate love affair.”  The reasons I have been working for the Vancouver Police Museum the past three years are significant in my pursuing a career in education. Museums are incredible places where the worlds of both history and education collide [...]

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Spend a summer evening with us!

August 5th, 2010 No Comments

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 [...]

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VPM at Science World

November 27th, 2009 No Comments

The sun is shining today, but the weather forecast says it won’t last for long. Luckily for us, we will be hosting an event at Science World which will keep us busy and dry. This weekend (Saturday November 28th and Sunday November 29th) from 11:00am to 3:00pm we will be hosting a drop-in forensic science-themed investigation. [...]

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Job Posting: Museum Programmer

August 16th, 2009 3 Comments

Finding the right person for a position in an organization as small as ours is challenging; not only do you need to find someone with the right skills and talents, you also need to find someone who can work well with every member of the team and is willing to do a “little bit of [...]

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