
The Work We Do
In this ongoing online event series we invite you to learn about the work we do at the Museum of Anthropology, the community members we work with, and the shared interests that bring us together.
Read MoreVisit MOA! New safety measures + timed-entry tickets in effect. (Updated January 4, 2021) Plan your visit →
MOA is open and we have implemented COVID-19 procedures and physical distancing measures—for your safety, and ours—including the mandatory use of face masks. (Updated November 9, 2020)
Learn MoreMonday |
Closed |
Tuesday |
10 am – 5 pm |
Wednesday |
10 am – 5 pm |
Thursday |
10 am – 5 pm |
Friday |
10 am – 5 pm |
Saturday |
10 am – 5 pm |
Sunday |
10 am – 5 pm |
Tuesday – Sunday, 11 am – 5 pm |
Tuesday – Sunday, 10 am – 4:30 pm |
By appointment only |
Contact library@moa.ubc.ca |
To visit MOA, you must pre-book a timed-entry ticket online at tickets.ubc.ca/moa.
$15 |
Adult |
$13 |
Senior (65+) |
$13 |
Student |
$35 |
Family (2 adults, 4 children) |
Free |
Children 6 or under |
Free |
UBC students, staff + faculty |
Free |
Indigenous peoples |
Free |
MOA Members |
Group + Private Visits | |
Rates reflect a discount due to Great Hall seismic upgrades (effective Jan 4, 2021) |
Big changes are underway in MOA's Great Hall, which is receiving seismic upgrades in order to augment its structural integrity and help preserve the invaluable cultural significance and living heritage of the world-renowned Northwest Coast First Nations collection housed within it.
Learn MoreFrom 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.
Find unique items from around the world at the MOA Shop.
Visit the ShopSpaces at MOA can be rented for weddings, corporate and community events.
Learn MoreArt and Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake /
東日本大震災後のアートと暮らし
Art and Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake /
東日本大震災後のアートと暮らし
Preserving What We Value
Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art
東日本大震災10周年:「記憶のための未来」展
担当キュレーターによるオンラインツアー
Online via Zoom • Free, Registration Required
Online • Free
Updated: December 10, 2020—MOA is open to the public with rigorous COVID-19 protocols. We continue to work hard to adjust and implement a process to safely welcome our visitors and staff, in accordance with all provincial health directives.
Read MoreSeismic upgrades and rebuild of MOA’s Great Hall are now underway, in order to strengthen the Museum’s resiliency and protect its irreplaceable collection in the event of a major earthquake.
Read MoreThis dialogue is part of MOA series Responsive Dialogues: Racism in Canada, sparked by recent anti-Black and anti-Asian violence in communities across North America, and…
Read MoreIn this ongoing online event series we invite you to learn about the work we do at the Museum of Anthropology, the community members we work with, and the shared interests that bring us together.
Read MoreExplore MOA’s nearly 50,000 objects now on the Collections Online (MOA-CAT) system.
Visit Collections OnlineMOA’s ethnographic objects come from around world, including the South Pacific, Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas.
Learn MoreThe Conservation department is responsible for the care, use and preservation of the collections that are housed at MOA.
Learn MoreThe Curatorial department supports initiatives — including research, exhibitions and publishing — that help to build respectful relationships and mutual understanding with cultural communities represented through MOA’s collections.
Learn MoreThe Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives Department at MOA includes a library, an archive, and an oral history and language lab.
Learn MoreIn this ongoing online event series we invite you to learn about the work we do at the Museum of Anthropology, the community members we work with, and the shared interests that bring us together.
Read MoreIn this video, learn about a range of cultural textiles with MOA Volunteer Associates, Marilyn Bild and Arlee Gale, as they take us inside the collections at MOA.
Read MoreMOA is committed to promoting awareness and understanding of culturally diverse ways of knowing the world through challenging and innovative programs and partnerships with Indigenous, local and global communities.
Learn MoreMOA supports the principles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including originating communities’ right to “maintain, control, protect and develop their cultural heritage, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expression.”
Learn MoreJoin the community of MOA Members to enjoy free museum admission and exclusive benefits.
Learn MoreLearn more about MOA’s Volunteer Associates program, and how to join our team.
Learn MoreWelcome to the Museum of Anthropology, a place of world arts and cultures with a special emphasis on the First Nations peoples and other cultural communities of British Columbia, Canada.
Read MoreMuseum of Anthropology at the
University of British Columbia
6393 NW Marine Drive
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z2
Email • info@moa.ubc.ca
Phone • 604.822.5087
In this ongoing online event series we invite you to learn about the work we do at the Museum of Anthropology, the community members we work with, and the shared interests that bring us together.
Read MoreIn this video, learn about a range of cultural textiles with MOA Volunteer Associates, Marilyn Bild and Arlee Gale, as they take us inside the collections at MOA.
Read MoreResolute in his scholarly and curatorial standards and his support of Indigenous artists and cultures, Bill McLennan was welcomed and embraced by First Nations and non-Indigenous friends alike up and down the coast of British Columbia.
Read MoreIn this ongoing video series we share the different voices and perspectives that create an environment that simultaneously preserves the past, celebrates the present, and helps pave the path into the future.
Read MoreJill Baird, Curator, Education, shared a warm conversation with artist and dancer Mike Dangeli of the Nisga’a, Tlingit, Tsetsaut, and Tsimshian Nations. Recently, Mike gifted…
Read MoreAsk MOA: What Is It? is your opportunity to ask MOA Curators and Collections staff about an artwork or other mystery object at home that you’ve always wondered about. This featured Ask MOA case responds to an inquiry about This featured Ask MOA case is a totem pole inherited by the inquirer from her late father who originally bought it in Vancouver.
Read MoreDiscover MOA’s extensive contemporary art collection displayed in the Multiversity Galleries and explore Kuuyas 7waahlal Gidaak, Lisa Hageman Yahgulanaas’ elaborate woven headdress with a striking glass frontlet.
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Jennifer Kramer, MOA Curator, Pacific Northwest, shared a lively conversation with Nuxalk and shíshálh artist Dionne Paul (Ximiq) about her Nuxalk woven headdress with fibre optics…
Read MoreJoin MOA for a journey of musical discovery from Asia, to Europe and the Americas in this new monthly podcast series, hosted by Vancouver-based musician Alex Morison.
Read MoreDid you know that the MOA Library + Archives has a variety of 2SLGBTQ+ books, many of which centre Indigenous voices and experiences? In celebration of…
Read MoreMOA acknowledges that it is built on the traditional, ancestral and unceded land of the Musqueam people.