Vancouver Police Museum & Archives

09/07/2026

Are you ready?
The Vancouver Police Museum & Archives is conducting our last ever Halloween Tours through the old Coroner's Court and City Analysts Lab.
As we are moving locations at the end of this year this is your last chance to experience the true horror of walking through the rooms where 20,000 bodies were processed.
You're Dead...Now What? Will delve into an historic mass causality event and give you first hand experience of how so many bodies are processed.
Tickets are on a sliding scale, cheaper at the start of October, so grab yours early to avoid disappointment.
We can't wait to give you one last scare this October.

09/06/2026

This is it!
Due to the upcoming relocation of the Vancouver Police Museum & Archives today will be our final Mortuary Market, ever!
If you've ever wanted to see what a Mortuary Market looks like, today is your final chance. We have 15 incredible vendors on site today selling art, curios, taxidermy, jewelry, and conducting Tarot readings.
We open at 11am today and entry is by donation.
Miss today and you will miss out.

The Vancouver Police Museum is one of Vancouver's best museums! Enter our authentic heritage building and explore popular true crime and city history exhibits, or discover rare artefacts, documents and rooms—including the former city morgue and autopsy suite!

09/05/2026

Joining us on Sunday only is the incredibly talented and absolutely bizarre Under Decay. If you like your art dark and unsettling you will love their work. It's all photography with digital editing, no AI which we love!

The Mortuary Market is taking place today and tomorrow at 240 East Cordova street,. Entry is by donation, we suggest a toonie per person. The market is located at the top of 2 1/2 flights of stairs. We regret this lack of accessibility.

09/05/2026

It would be a Mortuary Market without the amazing .but.odd
Joining us only this Saturday, Pretty But Odd is exactly what you'd expect, lush, gorgeous and just a little strange. With chain mail, taxidermy art and jewellery, do not miss this incredible vendor.

The Mortuary Market is this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, open from 11am-6pm. Entry to the market and museum is by donation.
The museum is located at the top of 2 1/2 flights of stairs, and we do not have an elevator. We apologise for this lack of accessibility.

09/04/2026

Introducing our incredible Tarot Reader for this Mortuary Market, Leonis of Empathic Tarot.
Experienced, compassionate and a total Leo, make sure you put aside plenty of time for a reading! All the museum staff will be.

The Mortuary Market is this weekend, Saturday and Sunday from 11am - 6pm. Entry is by donation.
We apologise the museum is located at the top of 2 1/2 flights of stairs and we do not have a working elevator. We sincerely regret this lack of accessibility.

09/02/2026

It’s this weekend! We can’t wait to welcome everyone to our first full weekend Mortuary Market.
Doors open at 11am and entry is by donation 🧡 please note the museum is located at the top of 2 1/2 flights of stairs and we do not have a working elevator. We apologize for this lack of accessibility

The Vancouver Police Museum is one of Vancouver's best museums! Enter our authentic heritage building and explore popular true crime and city history exhibits, or discover rare artefacts, documents and rooms—including the former city morgue and autopsy suite!

09/02/2026

The museum was ecstatic to welcome Deep Purple lead singer Ian Gillan and his incredible assistant Sally to the Police Museum today. We swapped stories and remembered a wonderful Lady by the name of Mitzi Dupree, whose pingpong ball is on display in our halls.
Ian, thank you so much for your time, wonderful sense of humour and willingness to share the very best stories. I’ll not look at a buoy the same way again.
Pictured, museum director Christie Strauss, Ian Gillan Deep Purple lead singer and writer of the song Mitzi Dupree and Museum Board member and coolest guy we know, Bill Allman

08/27/2026

We are welcoming back the amazing talent of with ink, apothecary, steel and cloth all adorned in their beautiful unique prints and styling.

The Mortuary Markets are being held on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th of September from 11am till 6pm. Entry is by donation, we suggest a toonie per person. Please note the market is being held in a beautiful heritage build that has limited accessibility. We apologize for this inconvenience.

08/26/2026

Returning back to our esoteric and witchy roots we are excited to welcome for the first time to the Mortuary Market.
With beautiful indie tarot and oracle decks, crystal pendulums, charm casting kits, and hand painted casting boards there is something magical for all practitioners.

The Mortuary Market is taking place on September 5th and 6th at the top floor of the old Coroner's Court, and City Morgue, hosted by the Vancouver Police Museum & Archives. We sincerely apologize for the lack of a working elevator and accessibility. Access to the market is by donation, we suggest a toonie per person.

08/24/2026

Do you like your roses to keep their thorns?
is beauty with bite! Cold steel meets intricacy. We are so excited to welcome them for the Sunday only of our next Mortuary Market.

The Mortuary Market is taking place on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th of September from 11am till 6pm. Entry is by donation, we suggest a toonie per person.
Please note the market is taking place in the Old Coroner's Court and Police Museum which is located at the top of two and a half staircases and we have no working elevator. We apologize for this lack of accessibility.