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Vancouver continues to grow in population and in product and service offerings available with Tourism Vancouver members. Check out a few of the latest and greatest Attractions available today:

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Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art


The Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art is downtown Vancouver’s public art gallery named after the acclaimed Haida artist Bill Reid (1920 –1998). The Gallery is dedicated to understanding and appreciating contemporary Aboriginal art of the Northwest Coast of North America.

Continuum: Vision and Creativity on the Northwest Coast is a featured exhibition of emerging and mid-career Aboriginal artists from British Columbia, Washington State and Alaska. The artists have used a wide variety of media and approaches from painting, photo-animation, textiles, sculpture, photo-lithography, jewelry and mixed media, to installation and collaboration.

Other Gallery highlights include Reid’s gold and silver jewelry, Reid’s bronze masterpiece Mythic Messengers, several of Reid’s works featured on the Canadian $20 banknote, and a full scale totem pole carved by James Hart of Haida Gwaii.

Contact: Paula Fairweather, Director of Marketing
639 Hornby Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 2G3
Phone: 604.682.3455 x222
Fax: 604.682.3310
Email: pfairweather@billreidgallery.ca
Website: www.billreidgallery.ca
Year-round: Yes
Commissionable: Yes
Retail Price: Adults $10, Seniors (65+) $7, Students (with ID) $7, Children (5-17 years) $5

Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel


Description of New Product: Visits will be more engaging, more personal, more memorable. In addition to the demonstrations in the various homes and shops, visitors are given characters who represent workers from Burnaby’s past. Through displays and activities, they will be able to “walk in the footsteps of their characters

Contact: Carol Shepherd or Cyndy Patenaude
6501 Deer Lake Avenue
Burnaby, BC V5G 3T6
Phone: 604.297.4565
Fax: 604.297.4557
Email: bvm@burnaby.ca
Website: www.burnabyvillagemuseum.ca Year-round: No
Commissionable: Tour Operator Rate Adult $ 6.86 + taxes
Retail Price: $11.70 + taxes

Grouse Mountain Resorts


The Air Grouse Mountain Zipline Grouse Mountain adds 2 new lines to zipline circuit. Guests can now complete a thrilling 5 line zip circuit on top of Grouse Mountain. The tour starts with the stunning trek around Blue Grouse Lake and then zips guests at top speeds of 80km/hr across the peaks of Grouse Mountain and Dam Mountain. Open year round subject to weather conditions.

Contact:Kirsten Heal, Guest Services Manager
6400 Nancy Green Way,
North Vancouver, BC V7R 4K9
Phone:604.998.5043
Fax: 604.984.6360
Email: kheal@grousemountain.com
Website: www.grousemountain.com
Year-round: Yes
Commissionable: N/A
Retail Price: $105 including Skyride and seasonal attractions

Museum Of Anthropology


The Museum of Anthropology houses one of the world’s finest displays of Northwest Coast First Nations art in a spectacular building overlooking mountains and sea. They offer long term and temporary exhibits of indigenous arts from around the world, an outdoor totem display, elegant Shop, year-round, licenced Café MOA, free guided tours, and unique public programs for all ages. Currently, the Museum is undergoing a $55.5 million expansion and renewal project, which has resulted in the temporary closure of some galleries. However, the Great Hall, Bill Reid Rotunda, and Koerner Ceramics Gallery are currently open to the public. MOA’s Multiversity Galleries (formerly Visible Storage) and major temporary exhibition gallery will open early in the new year. On January 23 and 24, 2010, everyone is invited to celebrate the completion of their renewal project. The launch of their new facilities, along with a major exhibition of contemporary works by 12 international artists (“Boundary and Translation: New Art Across Cultures,” co-presented by the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad), plus a full weekend of exciting, provocative programming, will signal a new era and a new direction for MOA. As their renovations near completion, they stand poised as never before to celebrate their collections from around the world – Africa, Asia, Oceania, the Americas, and Europe, as well as their deep and rich collections from – and connections with – First Nations of the Northwest Coast of British Columbia.

Contact: Gwilyn Timmers; Public Services Manager
6393 NW Marine Drive
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
V5M 3Y7
Phone: 604-822-4643
Fax: 604-822-2974
Email: rentals@moa.ubc.ca
Website: www.moa.ubc.ca
Year-round: Yes
Commissionable: No
Retail Price: $5,000 (BUY OUT)

Vancouver Art Gallery


Breakfast with da Vinci

Start your group’s day with a private buffet breakfast in the Vancouver Art Gallery’s award-winning Gallery Café, followed by an exclusive before-hours tour of this spring’s blockbuster exhibition “Leonardo da Vinci: The Mechanics of Man”. Visitors may dine indoors or enjoy an alfresco meal on one of the best outdoor patios in the city. Min 20/ max 60 guests

Behind the Scenes – “Backstage Pass” to the Vancouver Art Gallery

Have you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes at a major art museum? Treat your group to an intimate “backstage pass” of our magnificent turn-of-the-century heritage building and view the Gallery’s inner workings. Explore the former provincial courthouse’s original historic courtrooms & underground passages, or, visit our art library, conservation, preparation and other departments all followed by a private guided tour of a world-class exhibition of your choice! Min 10/ max 20 guests. Tours subject to availability and exhibition scheduling.

Tea & Tour Package

What better way to spend the afternoon? Visitors will enjoy an exclusive private guided tour of the VAG’s featured summer 2010 exhibition “Master Drawings from Musée d'Orsay: Courbet to Renoir”, followed by a delightful morning tea catered by the award-winning Gallery Café – all amidst classical music and breathtaking flower arrangements in one of the former provincial courthouse’s original historic courtrooms. Complete with judge’s stands, rich hardwoods and a view overlooking historic Robson Square, this tea-time & tour is sure please any art enthusiast. Min 30/ max 80 guests

Contact: Faye Bednarczyk, Tourism Marketing Specialist
750 Hornby Street
Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2H7
Phone: 604.662.4700
Fax: 604.682.1086
Email: fbednarczyk@vanartgallery.bc.ca
Website: www.vanartgallery.bc.ca Year-round: Yes
Commissionable: Yes
Retail Price: Breakfast with da Vinci: CAD $47.95 p.p.
Behind the Scenes: CAD $65.00 p.p.
Tea & Tour Package: CAD $95 p.p. (based on 30 pax), CAD $75 (based on 75 pax)

Vancouver Aquarium


This new Canada's Arctic Gallery exhibit features live animals from the Canadian Arctic such as cod, char, sea stars, sea urchins, soft corals and belugas, as well as cutting-edge media and hands-on opportunities to explore the issues and the stories of Canada’s Arctic today. We are setting up long-term partnerships with Arctic communities so we can continually tell their stories as they adapt to change. This “Active-Connection” will ensure that the exhibit is current, topical and at the centre of what is happening in the Arctic. This exhibit will become a gateway to Canada’s Arctic for millions of people who are not able to experience this special place personally.

Contact: Lila Blair, Sales Manager
PO Box 3232,
Vancouver, BC, V6B 3X8
Phone: 604.659.3474
Email: lila.blair@vanaqua.org
Website: http://www.vanaqua.org Year-round: Yes
Commissionable: Yes
Retail Price: Adult $22.50; Child:$14.05; Seniors:$17.05

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