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.
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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.
Please note: There will be ongoing construction from May to September 2022 for the UBC Wesbrook Mall Upgrades that may slow or divert your route to the Museum of Anthropology. Visit UBC Campus + Community Planning site to plan your route before your visit.
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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Seismic 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.
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Here are some online MOA resources for you to enjoy online, from home. In these difficult times of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s more important than ever to keep culture in your daily life.
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Learn about the discovery of a Musqueam woven basket and its significance, in this story by Indigenous Internship Program member, Kelsey Sparrow (Musqueam/Anishnaabe).
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In this conversation, Jennifer Kramer, Curator, Pacific Northwest discusses her favourite installation from MOA’s collection with Karen Duffek, Curator, Contemporary Visual Art + Pacific Northwest (Department Head).
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Learn about Kkokdu (꼭두) – Korean funerary figures in this special Asian Heritage Month feature.
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MOA 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.
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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 • 604.827.5932
Ask 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 wooden figures purchased in a market in London.
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In the summer of 2019, the University of British Columbia returned a mortuary pole to the Haida Nation. This repatriation is an act of paying respect. Through this and other actions, UBC and MOA are acknowledging past injustices and working to right the past.
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Ask 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 features a conversation about a button blanket between the inquirer and MOA Curator Jennifer Kramer.
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Ask 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 answers an inquiry about a carved wooden box.
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The COVID-19 virus poses a risk to all of us, but the pandemic does not affect all of us the same way. This is the time to respect and learn from each other, rather than ignite the flames of xenophobia.
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Have you ever looked into the eyes of a totem pole? MOA Curator, Karen Duffek, reflects on how the late, great Nisga’a artist, Norman Tait, learned to look closely at how eyes were carved when studying the art of his ancestors.
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Ask 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 a bone tool purchased in Estonia.
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Ask 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 answers two different inquiries about woven baskets.
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Discover MOA’s extensive contemporary art collection displayed in the Multiversity Galleries by exploring this elk-skin drum, which serves as a visual record of a collaboration between Peter Morin and Hwieumten, Fred Roland.
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In addition to its extensive object collection, the Museum of Anthropology also houses a valuable collection of archival material, including the journals of the late artist and award-winning author, Hilary Stewart. Here we see the sketches and notes from a 1972 trip to ’Ksan in Gitxsan territory.
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