Schools, colleges and universities in Vancouver

Q: What historic buildings in Vancouver represent Victorian architecture?

A striking example of the Victorian era is the 1900 Rogers Building mansion designed by Francis Rattenbury for sugar magnate Benjamin Rogers. The building is decorated with carved wooden panels, stained glass windows and copper domes. In Gastown preserved brick warehouses of 1886 in the style of industrial architecture, which now houses boutiques and galleries.

Q: Where to go in Vancouver with children for educational holidays?

The Vancouver Marine Science Centre aquarium, opened in 1956, showcases Pacific Ocean ecosystems with belugas, sea otters and tropical jellyfish. The Science World Science Center with the Buckminster Fuller geodesic dome offers interactive exhibits on physics and astronomy. In Queen Elizabeth Park, children watch butterflies at the Bloedel Conservatory.

Q: Where in Vancouver to take atmospheric photos with views of the city and ocean?

The observation deck of the Gros Mountain Range in Capilano Park opens panoramas of the skyscrapers of Downtown and the Berrard Strait. The Lyons Gate Bridge with Art Deco elements from 1938 creates spectacular angles framing the North Shore Mountains. The Prospect Point Lighthouse on the Stanley Park Peninsula is the perfect place to shoot sunsets over the Pacific Ocean.

Q: Which little-known Vancouver museums hold unique collections?

The UBC Anthropology Museum, designed by Arthur Erickson in 1976, houses the largest collection of totem poles and masks of the Haida peoples. The Maritime Museum on the shores of False Creek exhibits the schooner Saint Rock, the first vessel to pass the Northwest Passage in the 1940s. The Contemporary Art Gallery showcases avant-garde works by Canadian artists since the 1970s.

Q: What famous filmmakers shot a movie in front of the sights of Vancouver?

Stanley Park was the location for scenes from Catherine Hardwicke’s Twilight, and Harbour Center was featured in Tim Miller’s Deadpool. British director Christopher Nolan used the UBC library to film Interstellar. The Vancouver Art Gallery appeared in the series The X-Files thanks to its Arthur Erickson modernist architecture.

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Vancouver Public Library

The Vancouver Public Library is a city library system with 22 branches. The system has 395,000 registered readers, who receive ove …

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University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia is a public institution and one of the most famous in Canada. Bachelor's, Master's, doctoral …

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Simon Fraser University

The university began its history in 1965 and since then has been in the first place among the educational institutions of Canada. …

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