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Vancouver Museum

Address: Vanier Park, 1100 Chestnut St., Kitsilano, Vancouver, BC | Map It
Phone: 604/736-4431
www.vanmuseum.bc.ca

Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: Kitsilano

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Fodor's Review:

Vancouver's short but funky history comes to life at this seaside museum. The war-years gallery remembers some poignant episodes involving the Japanese internment, as well as local stories of the war effort. The 1950s Gallery boasts a 1955 Ford Fairlane Victoria and a Seeburg select-o-matic jukebox. The 1960s-theme Revolution Gallery revisits the city's days as the hippie capital of Canada: visitors can hear local bands from the '60s and poke around a re-created communal house. At the on-site Joyce Whalley Learning Centre, kids and adults can handle artifacts relating to immigration, First Nations, and the history of childhood. Watch for intriguing temporary exhibits.

Cost: C$10
Open: June-Sept., Fri.-Wed. 10-5, Thurs. 10-9; Oct.-June, Tues., Wed., and Fri.-Sun. 10-5, Thurs. 10-9

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