From Vancouver: The westbound 4, 14, 25, 33, R4, 44, 49, 84, 99 B-Line, and 480 buses arrive at UBC. Get off at the last stop and walk northwest. See detailed directions.
Once at UBC Exchange, you can also transfer to the 68 Wesbrook Village bus instead of walking to MOA. Get off at NW Marine Dr at West Mall. Full transit information at the Translink website.
From Downtown Vancouver: Cross the Burrard or Granville Street bridges, and then head west on 4th Avenue, Broadway, 10th Avenue or 16th Avenue all the way to UBC.
From YVR Airport: Exit the Arthur Laing Bridge and head west onto Southwest Marine Drive, and follow this road to UBC.
Once at UBC, watch for signs guiding you to MOA. Paid parking can be purchased by cash or credit card. An Evo parking lot is located a 7-minute walk south of MOA.
From downtown Vancouver: Cross the Burrard Street Bridge and exit to the right onto Cornwall Street. Follow to Point Grey Road until NW Marine Drive all the way to UBC.
Please note that this route involves a significant hill, and that Mobi bike shares do not have stations at UBC.
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Museum of Anthropology at the
University of British Columbia
6393 NW Marine Drive
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z2
Email • info@moa.ubc.ca
Phone • 604-822-3825
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) was founded in 1947 with Harry Hawthorn, the first professor of anthropology at the University of British Columbia, as director….
MOA is deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of Michael Koerner, who died on April 15, 2026 at the age of 97….
On the opening weekend of MOA’s latest feature exhibition, take an in-depth tour with MOA Curator ɬəkʷəlqinəm–Jordan Wilson. I Use My Haida Eyes: The History…
Enjoy free museum admission (starting at 6 pm) for the opening night of I Use My Haida Eyes: The History Robes of Jut-ke-Nay–Hazel Wilson, an…
May’s Art Club at MOA is a collaboration with UBC Botanical Garden’s Biodiversity Days, a month-long event that celebrates the International Day for Biological Diversity…
Between 2005 and 2006, Wilson created a powerful, untitled series of 51 “history robes,” which recount specific episodes of Haida history in stunning detail—from a…
Trouble in Paradise: Climate Change in the Pacific explores the deep relationships between cultural and biological diversity in the context of environmental changes across the…
MOA is delighted to announce that Cody Rocko has been appointed as Museum Exhibition Designer – Graphic Specialist at MOA. Since joining MOA in 2016,…
MOA is Canada’s oldest and and largest teaching museum. Each year we welcome students and emerging professionals to the Museum—through various classes, programs and internships—to…
If objects could speak, what stories would they tell? This undergraduate student exhibition follows brings together 16 different objects in MOA’s collection to answer that very…
