Welcome to MOA! We have implemented new COVID-19 safety protocols.
Please note: Proof of vaccination is not required for general museum attendance. (Updated September 13, 2021). Plan your next visit →
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.
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.
Join MOA for stories by Indigenous authors and lantern-making in honour of Orange Shirt Day.
MOA • Free with museum admission; limited capacity—first come, first served
MOA’s popular Sound House series returns for its third season.
MOA's Haida House • $20 (includes museum admission)
Updated: September 13, 2021—MOA is open to the public with new 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.
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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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The Museum of Anthropology at UBC stands with all Indigenous peoples at this time of mourning and widespread sorrow, in light of the announcements of unmarked burials of more than one thousand Indigenous children on the grounds of Indian residential schools across the country.
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How should museums respond to current events or issues in the world? MOA’s new Responsive Dialogues series addresses pressing issues of the moment by making connections to what we do at MOA. The first dialogue in the series is about racism in Canada.
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In 2018, Jennifer Kramer, MOA Curator of the Pacific Northwest, was invited at the Frank Nelson Memorial Potlatch in Alert Bay to witnessed the dancing of Ninini (Earthquake), a supernatural being with whom the Nelson family has connections since time immemorial.
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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.
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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 • 604.822.5087
MOA is now home to a diverse new collection of Northwest Coast art, including early works by renowned Haida artist Bill Reid.
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While today Bill Reid’s bear sculpture proudly sits in the Great Hall, it wasn’t always intended to be displayed in the public eye.
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If you’re not sure where to begin in exploring the myriad of objects on display in the Multiversity Galleries, try finding this “amewsing” Japanese woodblock print.
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Despite measuring only 4.4 centimetres tall and a fraction of a centimetre wide, this Kwakwaka’wakw carving is no small feat.
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Valdis Zatlers, former president of the Republic of Latvia, donates ceramic works from Latgale, the easternmost region of Latvia renowned for its traditional pottery, to MOA’s permanent collection.
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The Museum of Anthropology will soon be home to a significant collection of historical and contemporary Indigenous artworks and a new Gallery of Northwest Coast Masterworks.
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I spent two months as an intern in conservation at MOA, as part of my MSc Conservation Studies degree through UCL in Qatar. My main…
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On April 7, 2015 I participated in an author panel discussion called “Writing about First Nations” as part of the Association of Book Publishers of…
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Set on a concrete slab outside the MOA Centre for Cultural Research, is one of the museum’s newest acquisitions, a bronze sculpture by Montana artist…
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We are proud to announce that the book The Transforming Image by MOA curators Bill McLennan and Karen Duffek has made the top 25 list of American…
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