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Information about Museums and Archives in Vancouver offering volunteer opportunities. You can also view additional results of Museums and Archives from other locations in British Columbia or expand your results by changing the location from the menu to the right. Organization and institutions focusing on the collection, preservation, interpretation, research and providing public education relating to the importance of cultural, artistic and historical artifacts and objects.
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Roedde House Museum
1415 Barclay Street, Vancouver, British Columbia
Roedde House Museum, in Vancouver's West End, is a late-Victorian home in the Queen Anne revival style. Built in 1893 for the family of Gustav Roedde, the city's first bookbinder, it has been faithfully restored to reflect the day-to-day life of a middle class, immigrant family at the turn of the last century.
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Volunteer Profile of Roedde House Museum
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The Vancouver Maritime Museum Society
1905 Ogden Ave, Vancouver, British Columbia
The Vancouver Maritime Museum is located within Vanier Park just west of False Creek on the Vancouver waterfront. The main exhibit is the St. Roch, an historic arctic exploration vessel used by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The museum also has extensive galleries of model ships, including a particularly fine bone model of the French warship Vengeur du Peuple which was built around 1800 by French prisoners of war, a Children's Maritime Discovery Centre, a recreation of the fo'c'sle (forecastle) of Vancouver's ship Discovery, an extensive collection of maritime art, and a large library and archives.
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Volunteer Profile of The Vancouver Maritime Museum Society
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The Vancouver Police Historical Society
240 E. Cordova St., Vancouver, British Columbia
The Vancouver Police Museum is an independent, not-for-profit facility run by the Vancouver Police Historical Society with an elected Board of Directors. Established in 1983 and opened as a museum in 1986, the Society is neither part of nor funded by either the Vancouver Police Department or the City of Vancouver. It's funding relies solely on admissions, donations and grants from individuals and institutions.
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Volunteer Profile of The Vancouver Police Historical Society
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