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Cool Exhibit at the Vancouver Police Museum: Women in Policing – 100 Years in the VPD

by Taraneh in Events on February 27, 2013

International Womens Day 2013 Events Vancouver Police Museum Women In Policing

The women of the Vancouver Police Department pose for a photo on the day that they received their first uniforms. Photo credit: Vancouver Police Museum

International Women’s Day is coming up on March 8. Here are some local ladies who have set the bar high.

I bet you didn’t know that the Vancouver Police Department hired the first female police officers in all of Canada. Well it’s true. Vancouverites Minnie Millar and Lurancy Harris were the first women on the force, joining the VPD June 18, 1912.

100 or so years later, the Vancouver Police Museum is honouring the achievements of these remarkable women, and all the VPD women since. Women in Policing puts the spotlight on landmark achievements of women on the force. The fascinating exhibit illustrates the struggle for gender equality in the VPD with anecdotes, interactive audio-visual elements, uniforms and photographs and other memorabilia.

You’ll find it all at the Vancouver Police Museum, located in the the historic City Morgue and Coroner’s Court in downtown Vancouver at 240 E. Cordova Street.

Get a sneak peek at the Women in Policing exhibit, including a shot of the notorious “Bunny Bus,” after the jump. Continue reading:
Cool Exhibit at the Vancouver Police Museum: Women in Policing – 100 Years in the VPD

CSI Camp for Kids at Vancouver Police Museum: March 14-16, 21-23

by Remy Scalza in Family Friendly on March 9, 2012

Photo credit: Mercury24

Hats off to the Vancouver Police Museum. They’ve taken what could be a dry theme – a museum about policing – and turned it into one of the city’s most exciting cultural offerings. (Haven’t been on their Sins of the City tour or checked out the old coroner’s office upstairs? You should.).

This spring break, the museum is offering something really neat: Hiest!, a six-session CSI camp for kids focused on the ins and outs of police detective work (offered March 14-16 and March 21-23). This sounds so fun that I’m jealous non-kids can’t join in.

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CSI Camp for Kids at Vancouver Police Museum: March 14-16, 21-23

A Vancouver Experience

by Inside Vancouver in Town on September 13, 2011

photo credit: flickr/bkang83

The following article was submitted by Charles Duncombe, Director of UK holiday company Holidaysplease. Having heard so much about Vancouver he was determined to try and experience as much of it as possible…

I hate missing out on things. Whether it’s a party, a wedding…anything. You could probably trick me into doing the washing up just by saying that lots of other people have great fun doing it.

I was therefore determined not to miss out on anything that Vancouver had to offer.

I planned my trip with military precision. I chose to stay at the Fairmont Waterfront so I was near attractions in the North of the city such as Stanley Park, the Vancouver Aquarium, Grouse Mountain and the Capilano Suspension Bridge. I even planned the direction of our driving to be against the flow of rush hour traffic!

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A Vancouver Experience

Vancouver’s Dark Past: Inside the Police Museum

by Remy Scalza in Town on May 1, 2011

Maybe it’s just the name. For whatever reason, I never really had much interest in visiting the Vancouver Police Museum. I imagined a drab city warehouse: filing cabinets stuffed with unpaid parking tickets, displays of old police uniforms and exhibits on the dangers of jaywalking. Boy was I wrong. It turns out the Police Museum is very cool and much edgier and more adult than you’d think – easily one of Vancouver’s hidden gems.

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Vancouver’s Dark Past: Inside the Police Museum

Vancouver Police Museum’s Bootleggers’ Ball

by Inside Vancouver in Events on April 2, 2011

(Photo credit: retrocactus on Flickr)

To celebrate their 25th anniversary, the Vancouver Police Museum is throwing a prohibition-themed shindig next Friday, April 8 at the Biltmore. This fundraising event is inspired by their ever-popular Sins of the City Tour (which we blogged about just recently!).

Get ready to dress up in your best pin stripes and flapper dresses, and experience an evening of music, Vaudeville and burlesque. There will be prizes for the best dressed, so get creative!

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Vancouver Police Museum’s Bootleggers’ Ball

Cool Exhibit at the Vancouver Police Museum: Women in Policing – 100 Years in the VPD

CSI Camp for Kids at Vancouver Police Museum: March 14-16, 21-23

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Vancouver’s Dark Past: Inside the Police Museum

Vancouver Police Museum’s Bootleggers’ Ball

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