Discovery Sessions: Mountaineering

Learn more about the history of mountaineering with MONOVA staff and volunteers, guess the mystery artefacts, and make a little hiker puppet.

Audience: All ages
Time: 11:00am to 4:00pm

Campfire Capers: Coast Salish Canoe

Campfire Capers is a fun, 30-minute pre-school program delivered by one of our Indigenous cultural programmers. We will sing a Squamish welcome song, learn about Coast Salish canoes and hear a story. We will also go on a fun canoe journey singing a special paddle song.

Audience: Ages 2 to 5 and their caregivers
Time: 11:15am

Gallery Tour with Christopher Gauthier

Join Guest Services Coordinator Christopher Gauthier for a guided tour of the Museum’s permanent exhibit gallery.

Audience: All ages
Time: 1:00pm

Science Show: Tree Talks

Before there was North Vancouver, towering trees covered the north shore. Meet the different kinds of trees in our forests – including the biggest tree ever recorded on the north shore.

Witness how trees were cut down with our logging activity and discover the importance of our forests now in the fight against climate change.

Audience: All ages
Time: 3:00pm

Discovery Sessions: Iranian Foodways Project

Join Capilano University Instructor Nazmi Kamal and members of the Iranian Foodways Project or an exploration on Iranian foods and culinary traditions as a diasporic community in North Vancouver.

Food tasting and refreshments courtesy of Koja Cafe will be provided.

Audience: All ages
Time: 12:00pm to 3:00pm

Gallery Tour with Carol Ballard

Join Program Coordinator Carol Ballard for a guided tour of the Museum’s permanent exhibit gallery.

Audience: All ages
Time: 1:00pm

Campfire Capers: Outstanding Otters

Campfire Capers is a preschool story-time program for children aged 2-5 focused different themes. This week, we will look at the theme of transportation. In the 30-minute program, we will learn about a topic, read a story, sing a song, look at a special museum object and do a fun activity.

Audience: Ages 2 to 5 and their caregivers
Time: 11:15am

Science Show: Making Mountains

The North Shore Mountains are the result of forces happening deep under the ground. This landscape was once covered in ice glaciers which created many of the shapes we see in the mountains today.

Come along and see science in action and discover how the landscape is changing.

Audience: All ages
Time: 12:30pm and 3:30pm

Gallery Tour with Tanner Zerr

Join actor-interpreter Tanner Zerr for a guided tour of the Museum’s permanent exhibit gallery.

Audience: All ages
Time: 1:00pm

Discovery Session: Streetcars

Learn more about North Vancouver streetcars and our iconic Streetcar 153 with MONOVA staff and volunteers.

Audience: All ages.
Time: 11:00am to 4:00pm