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48-590: The museum was founded by the Art, Historical, and Scientific Association of Vancouver (AHSA), which formed on April 17, 1894, with the objective of cultivating "a taste for the beauties and refinements in life." Shortly after its inaugural meeting the AHSA opened its first temporary exhibition ('Paintings and Curiosities') in rented premises on the top floor of the Dunn Building on Granville Street, Vancouver. This exhibition triggered

96-468: A cabochon sapphire set in gold and surrounded by diamonds on both sides. The wedding ceremony was attended by the royal family and was broadcast worldwide on television, watched by an estimated 200 million people. The bride wore a wedding gown of Valenciennes lace , with matching veil and train, designed by John Cavanagh . She made her way with her brother, the Duke of Kent, from Kensington Palace to

144-845: A National charity in London dedicated to funding research into digestive diseases and which also publishes information leaflets on the most common diseases of the gut and liver; the Nature in Art Trust; and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), the oldest drama school in the English-speaking world. She has been the patron of the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital in Brighton since 1954 and of Alzheimer's Society since 1990. She

192-484: A daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia . She was named after her paternal great-grandmother, Queen Alexandra ; her grandmother, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia; and both of her maternal aunts, Countess Elizabeth of Törring-Jettenbach and Princess Olga of Yugoslavia . She received the name Christabel because she was born on Christmas Day , like her aunt Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester . Her birth

240-439: A gymnasium, a weight room, a theatre (aptly named Carnegie Hall), a cafeteria with very reasonably priced meals, a seniors lounge and a pool room. There is also an Adult Learning Centre on the top floor, which provides informal one-on-one tutoring. There is a computer lab containing multiple computers for educational use located inside the centre as well. The Carnegie Centre publishes a bi-monthly newsletter with articles concerning

288-414: A series of donations to the new museum's collections which were mostly natural history or ethnographic in origin. The first recorded donation to the collection was of taxidermy - a stuffed Trumpeter Swan which was donated by Mr Sydney Williams in 1895. Regular purchasing of artefacts for the collections of the AHSA began in 1898 and acquisitions were eclectic and multi-disciplinary reflecting the interests of

336-549: A visit to Aberdeen Fish Market, Lok Ma Chau police station and So Uk Estate , a public housing complex. Princess Alexandra returned to Australia in 1967 for a private holiday, but also carried out engagements in Canberra and Melbourne. The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane is named in her honour. Princess Alexandra represented the Queen when Nigeria gained its independence from

384-469: A woven basket hat made by Northwest Coast First Nations people, but because the roof also resembles a flying saucer there has been ongoing confusion over the identity of the building, with many people mistakenly assuming it houses only the planetarium when the majority of the building is occupied by the Museum of Vancouver. The planetarium was renamed the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre in the late 1990s. The building

432-511: Is a member of the British royal family . The only daughter of Prince George, Duke of Kent , and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark , she is a granddaughter of George V , niece of Edward VIII and George VI , and first cousin of Elizabeth II . Alexandra's mother was also a first cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh , consort of Elizabeth II, making her both a second cousin and first cousin once removed to Charles III . Princess Alexandra

480-460: Is also the president of Alexandra Rose Day , which was founded in honour of her great-grandmother, Queen Alexandra . She was also patron of The Royal School, Hampstead . The Princess was president of WWF-UK until 2011. Until it was abolished in 2013, Princess Alexandra received £225,000 per year from the Civil List to cover the cost of official expenses, although as with the other members of

528-634: Is also the royal patron of Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB) , a charity dedicated to reuniting children who have been separated from their families. She is patron of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, which received its royal style in 2012 during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee . In her role as president of Sightsavers UK, the Princess visited Washington D.C. in October 2016 to attend

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576-843: Is located at 1100 Chestnut Street in Vanier Park, in the neighbourhood of Kitsilano in Vancouver, BC. The museum is situated at the south end of Vanier Park , with the park acting as a connecting greenspace between the Vancouver Maritime Museum , Bard on the Beach , the Vancouver Archives , and the Vancouver Academy of Music . The building was constructed in 1967 to a design by the architect Gerald Hamilton who had studied at Leeds University before moving to Vancouver in 1950. Hamilton

624-587: Is located at 401 Main Street at the corner of Hastings Street , in the old Carnegie Public Library building in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver , British Columbia . In 1901 Vancouver requested $ 50,000 from industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie for the purpose of building a library. Carnegie agreed, provided the City of Vancouver supplied the site and contributed $ 5000 a year. The original public library

672-459: Is one of the most immediately recognisable buildings in Vancouver. It was nicknamed 'the Taj Mahal on the creek' when first built and is characterised by its sweeping conical shape and reflecting pools crossed by curved pedestrian bridges. The museum has a large collection of objects which reflect to a large extent the interests of the donors and of the curators who made decisions on acquisitions over

720-513: Is open 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., every day of the year. The centre is run by Vancouver City Staff in cooperation with the board of directors of the Carnegie Community Centre Association, a non-profit society. Directors are elected annually from the members of the association. Membership costs one dollar per year and is available to neighbourhood residents. All the centre's programs are free to members. Carnegie Community Centre has

768-587: Is still listed as a working member of the royal family, attending numerous ceremonial and charitable engagements. In 1959, she carried out an extensive tour of Australia, and attended the Queensland Centenary Celebrations. The Alexandra Waltz was composed for this visit by radio announcer Russ Tyson, and television musical director, Clyde Collins. It was sung for the princess by teen-aged Gay Kahler, who later changed her name to Gay Kayler . In 1961, Princess Alexandra visited Hong Kong and made

816-620: The Duke of Gloucester , her father the Duke of Kent, and her elder brother Prince Edward . She was born two weeks after the abdication of her uncle King Edward VIII . Alexandra was baptised in the Private Chapel of Buckingham Palace on 9 February 1937, and her godparents were King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (her paternal uncle and aunt); the Queen of Norway (her great-aunt); Princess Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (her maternal grandmother); Princess Olga of Yugoslavia (her maternal aunt);

864-746: The Princess Beatrice (her paternal great-great-aunt); the Earl of Athlone (her paternal great-uncle); and Count Karl Theodor of Törring-Jettenbach (her maternal uncle by marriage). Of her godparents, only the King and Queen and Lord Athlone were present. Alexandra spent most of her childhood at her family's country house, Coppins , in Buckinghamshire . During the Second World War she also lived at Badminton with her widowed grandmother Queen Mary. Her father

912-591: The Privy Council in 1997. Princess Alexandra and Angus Ogilvy had two children, James and Marina, and four grandchildren: Marina's first pregnancy, which was announced in late 1989, caused a controversy as the couple were not married. This resulted in a feud with her parents who suggested she either marry her companion or have an abortion . In an interview with a tabloid at the time, Marina had claimed that her parents had cut off her trust fund and monthly allowance due to their disapproval of her conduct. Beginning in

960-419: The coronation of King Charles III , which she had attended earlier that day. In February 2024, she was seen using a wheelchair at the thanksgiving service for Constantine II of Greece . Since Princess Alexandra's mother was a first cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh , she is a second cousin to King Charles III and his siblings, in addition to being their first cousin once removed because her father

1008-916: The Blackie Foundation Trust, a charity dedicated to the promotion of research and education in homoeopathy. She is also a patron of the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals ; the English National Opera ; the London Philharmonic Choir ; the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ; Wigmore Hall ; the Florence Nightingale Foundation ; the not-for-profit housing association Anchor ; the charity Independent Age; St Christopher's Hospice in Sydenham, England; Core,

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1056-669: The Carnegie Community Centre in the 1980s. It now houses recreation facilities, a low-cost cafeteria, a branch of the Vancouver Public Library , and a variety of services and programs for the neighbourhood, which is one of the poorest in Canada. The Carnegie Centre is a drug- and alcohol-free place. The Carnegie Community Centre is owned by the City of Vancouver and funded by the Social Planning Department. It

1104-787: The Downtown Eastside Community. The Institute for stained glass in Canada has documented the stained glass at Carnegie Community Centre. The Carnegie Centre supports and provides a home for a number of projects, including the political group known as CCAP (Carnegie Community Action Project), which has recently been associated with the anti-gentrification protests in the DTES. 49°16′52″N 123°06′00″W  /  49.281°N 123.100°W  / 49.281; -123.100 Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel; born 25 December 1936),

1152-454: The MOV collection include but not all on display: One of the most significant Pacific Northwest Coast First Nations collections in Canada with assemblages such as: These include collections such as: These include: These include objects such as: The museum has a number of permanent galleries that cover the entire history of Vancouver in an experience which includes sound and film. In addition to

1200-538: The Neglected Tropical Diseases NGDO Network conference partnership reception. In November 2016, one month ahead of Alexandra's 80th birthday, the Queen held a reception at Buckingham Palace in honour of the work of Alexandra's charities. In May 2023, Alexandra appeared alongside other working members of the royal family in photos in the Throne Room and on Buckingham Palace balcony following

1248-577: The United Kingdom on 1 October 1960, and opened the first Parliament on 3 October. Later overseas tours included visits to Canada, Italy, Oman , Hungary , Norway , Japan , Thailand , Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands . Princess Alexandra launched the New Zealand Leander -class frigate HMNZS Waikato at Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1965. Princess Alexandra opened

1296-743: The Victoria-to-Brixton section of London Underground 's Victoria line on 23 July 1971. Princess Alexandra opened the new hospital in Harlow, Essex, named in her honour on 27 April 1965. The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust was announced by the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson , in September 2019 to be part of the government's new health infrastructure programme to build a new hospital. Princess Alexandra served as chancellor of Lancaster University from its foundation in 1964 until she relinquished

1344-582: The available storage and display space for the museum and in 1959 the museum was incorporated into the City Council and became a city department under the control of a Civic Museum Board. A report was commissioned on the future of the museum (the Heinrich Report of 1965) and this recommended the building of a new museum on the south shore of False Creek near the Burrard Bridge. Federal and provincial money

1392-449: The church. The bridesmaids included Princess Anne and Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria, and the best man was Peregrine Fairfax. The Archbishop of Canterbury , Michael Ramsey , conducted the service. Angus Ogilvy declined the Queen's offer to be created an earl upon marriage, so their children carry no titles. Angus Ogilvy was knighted in 1988 (when Princess Alexandra assumed the style of The Hon. Lady Ogilvy), later being sworn of

1440-639: The current display of totem poles in Stanley Park which remain one of the most photographed tourist attractions in Vancouver. In 1930 the museum sponsored an extensive series of archaeological excavations of the Marpole Midden which was one of the most important archaeological sites on the Pacific Northwest Coast but was also an unceded ancestral territory of the Musqueam First Nation and

1488-533: The decision-makers rather than any strategic approach to collecting. As the collection grew the question was raised as to a permanent place to display it and following discussions with the Vancouver City Council agreement was reached on August 26, 1903 that title to the museum collection would pass to the Council in exchange for the provision of suitable and convenient premises where they could be displayed. It

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1536-527: The historical permanent galleries, permanent galleries at the Museum of Vancouver include: While most of these galleries explore the history of Vancouver during its specified time period, the Neon Vancouver gallery features a collection of neon signs that were used in Vancouver from the 1950s to 1970s. Along with its permanent galleries, the Museum of Vancouver typically hosts a number of temporary exhibitions. Three temporary exhibitions are presently held at

1584-405: The late 1950s, Princess Alexandra carried out an extensive programme of engagements in support of the Queen, both in the United Kingdom and overseas. Taking part in roughly 120 engagements each year, Princess Alexandra was one of the most active members of the royal family. She made 110 engagements in 2012. However, in late June 2013, she cancelled her engagements due to arthritis . As of 2022, she

1632-769: The museum. The c̓əsnaʔəm, the city before the city exhibition was developed in partnership with the Musqueam Indian Band , with plans to remain at the museum from January 2015 to January 2021. The second exhibition, HAIDA NOW: A Visual Feast of Innovation and Tradition opened at the museum in March 2018, and will continue to be held there until June 2021. The museum's most recent exhibition, Acts of Resistance, opened on February 5, 2020 and runs until December 2020. 49°16′34″N 123°08′38″W  /  49.27611°N 123.14389°W  / 49.27611; -123.14389 Carnegie Community Centre Carnegie Community Centre

1680-568: The post in 2004 (when she also accepted an honorary degree in Music). She also served as the first chancellor of the University of Mauritius . She is also an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow , Faculty of Anæsthetists of the Royal College of Surgeons of England , the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists , and the Royal College of Physicians . She

1728-524: The royal family (except the Duke of Edinburgh ) the Queen repaid this amount to HM Treasury . Alexandra lives at Thatched House Lodge in Richmond, London , a Crown property purchased on a 150-year lease from the Crown Estate Commissioners by Angus Ogilvy after their wedding in 1963. She also has use of a grace-and-favour apartment at St James's Palace in London. The Princess is the patron of

1776-601: The years in a similar way to many museums that were established in this way. The collection is nationally significant but much of it remains in storage due to a lack of exhibition space. The collection includes the First Nations and Oriental artefacts that were collected by Mary Lipsett who established along with her husband the Lipsett Indian Museum which opened in a former aquarium in the PNE grounds in 1941. This collection

1824-741: Was killed in an aeroplane crash in Caithness , Scotland, on 25 August 1942, whilst serving in the Royal Air Force . Alexandra has the distinction of being the first British princess to have attended a boarding school, Heathfield School near Ascot . She then studied in Paris. She was also trained at Great Ormond Street Hospital . On 24 April 1963, she married The Hon. Angus James Bruce Ogilvy (1928–2004), second son of David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie , and Lady Alexandra Coke , at Westminster Abbey . Ogilvy presented Alexandra with an engagement ring made of

1872-463: Was a practitioner of the New Formalism school of architecture and its most visible proponent in Vancouver at the time. Originally, the building was planned to only house a museum, but a generous gift by the lumber magnate H.R. MacMillan allowed the architect to incorporate a planetarium into the design. The distinctive roof was added as a pre-construction modification designed to reflect the shape of

1920-435: Was agreed at the same time that the new museum would be located on the top floor of the new Carnegie Library . The museum opened at this location on April 19, 1905. Between 1915 and 1925 the museum and the AHSA attempted to establish in Stanley Park a reconstructed First Nations village built around a series of major totem and house poles that had been acquired by the AHSA. This project ultimately failed but it did result in

1968-602: Was completed in 1903. For decades, the top floor was the home of the Vancouver Museum . The Vancouver Public Library moved into a more spacious building at 750 Burrard Street in 1957 and the Carnegie building eventually fell into disrepair. Neighbourhood poverty activists from the Downtown Eastside Residents' Association convinced city council to turn it into a public space for local residents, and it opened as

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2016-550: Was formed as a descendant of the original AHSA which founded the museum. In 1977 the museum was designated a Category A cultural institution by the federal government and named in the Cultural Property Export and Import Act. In 2009, the museum was re-branded as the Museum of Vancouver, in an attempt to reflect its changed focus to Vancouver rather than the lower mainland region of British Columbia as originally set out in its objectives and reaffirmed in 1977. The building

2064-417: Was made available for the 1967 Confederation Centennial celebrations and the current building was constructed which opened to the public in October 1968. From the opening of the new museum building to 1981, the museum was branded as Centennial Museum; before reverting its name back to Vancouver Museum. In 1972 the city council relinquished its control of the museum and a joint Museum and Planetarium Association

2112-475: Was married to businessman Sir Angus Ogilvy from 1963 until his death in 2004. At the time of her birth, she was sixth in the line of succession to the British throne ; as of 2024 , she is 57th. Princess Alexandra was born on 25 December 1936 at 3 Belgrave Square , London. Her parents were Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary , and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark ,

2160-499: Was officially dedicated on May 20, 1967 and the ceremony was attended by Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra , who was the granddaughter of Queen Mary and King George V and also a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II . Alex Bozikovic remarks that the building closesly resembles the John Nugent Studio designed by Saskatchewan architect Clifford Wiens built six years earlier. The building is considered iconic by Vancouverites and

2208-529: Was said to be the finest in Canada when reported on by the Vancouver Sun in 1948 and Mary Lipsett was well-respected for her positive relationship with the First Nations and was honoured with the Kwawlewith name 'Ha-wini-po-la-o-gua', which means “a matriarch to whom many come for good counsel.” She donated the entire collection to the then Vancouver Museum and it remains in storage there. Particular strengths in

2256-519: Was the last to have the tradition of having the Home Secretary present to verify the birth of potential heirs to the throne. John Simon was present and was the last one to do so. As a male-line granddaughter of the British monarch, she was styled as a British princess with the prefix Her Royal Highness . At the time of her birth she was sixth in the line of succession to the British throne, behind her cousins Elizabeth and Margaret , her uncle

2304-563: Was where the village of c̓əsnaʔəm (Musqueam Marpole Village Site) had been located. The outcome of this has been dealt with in the award-winning exhibition c̓əsnaʔəm, the city before the city , a joint project between the Musqueam Indian Band, the Museum of Vancouver and the Museum of Anthropology. In 1957 the public library which shared the Carnegie building with the museum moved to a new dedicated building in Burrard Street tripling

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