Map the public art around you, before it's gone.
Overview
Public Art Registry is an open, community-built map of public art: the sculptures, murals, mosaics, monuments, and installations that people walk past every day. Anyone can browse the map for free, and anyone signed in can add a photo to help document a piece that isn't on the map yet.
Murals fade, sculptures get removed, and stories vanish. The registry exists to document these works for future generations, so that when a piece disappears the record of it doesn't disappear with it.
How it works
- Explore the map. Pins are colour-coded by type, so a single glance shows what's nearby. Tap a pin for a preview card, then tap through to the full detail page: photos, the artist, materials, location, and history. Browsing needs no account.
- Add what you find. Spotted something that isn't on the map yet? Tap the camera button, take or choose a photo, drop a pin on the exact spot, and add what you know, a title, the artist, the year. Blank fields are fine, other contributors can fill them in later.
- It joins the archive. Every submission is reviewed by a moderator before it goes live, so the map stays accurate and trustworthy.
The map already includes real Vancouver landmarks, including A-maze-ing Laughter by Yue Minjun, Digital Orca by Douglas Coupland, and Engagement by Dennis Oppenheim.
Open data
Everything on Public Art Registry is open. Photos and facts contributed to the site are dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0 Universal, free for anyone to use, copy, and build on, with no attribution required. Records imported from other public registries keep their source's open license.