The 4, 14, 25, 33, 41, 43, 44, 49, 84, 99 B-Line, 480 buses arrive at UBC Exchange Bay 2—a 15 minute walk to MOA. Get off at the last stop and walk northwest. See detailed directions.
The 68 UBC Exchange/Lower Mall shuttle bus departs from UBC Exchange 1. Get off at SB West Mall at NW Marine Dr.
Full transit information at the Translink website.
From Downtown: Take 4th Avenue, Broadway (9th Avenue), 10th Avenue, or 16th Avenue west all the way to UBC.
From YVR Airport: Exit the Arthur Laing Bridge onto Southwest Marine Drive, and follow this road to UBC.
Once in UBC, watch for signs guiding you to MOA. Paid parking can be purchased by cash or credit card.
An Evo and Car2Go parking lot is located a 7-minute walk south of MOA.
From downtown, cross the Burrard Street Bridge and exit to the right onto Cornwall. Follow to Point Grey Road until NW Marine Drive all the way to UBC. Note this ride involves a significant hill, and Mobi bike shares do not have stations at UBC.
MOA’s Great Hall is being prepared for important seismic upgrades in November and December 2018. During this time, visitors will see the iconic space in transition as poles located in the Great Hall are lowered and moved. The poles will be placed into temporary storage where visitors can watch them undergo conservation.
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Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia
Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia
Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art
Preserving What We Value
Daily public tours are held several times a day.
All public tours are free with museum admission. See tour schedule.
Join exhibition organizer Carol E. Mayer, MOA’s Curator of the Pacific for a special tour of Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia.
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Discover the hidden stories of Cantonese Opera in Vancouver through a trail of shimmering costumes, feathered headdresses and magical talismans. Art historian April Liu will share the behind-the-scenes stories of Cantonese Opera as it travelled the world during the early 20th century, transforming Vancouver’s Chinatown into a major hub of operatic activity.
MOA • Free with museum admission Programs
You might be surprised to learn what this robe from Siberia is made out of.
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In this second of three posts, learn more about the artists featured in the exhibition Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia as she reflects on her work: how she learned to paint, what subjects she has painted, and why.
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You might be surprised to learn what this robe from Siberia is made out of.
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Discover MOA’s extensive contemporary art collection displayed in the Multiversity Galleries, starting with Tania Willard’s woodblock print that depicts the gendered labour symptomatic of Canada’s colonial history.
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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
This 30-minute tour explores Culture at the Centre from an Indigenous perspective. Take a deeper look into this exhibition with members of MOA’s Native Youth Program (NYP), a summer leadership program for urban Indigenous youth. Let them take you through the exhibition’s themes of honouring and supporting culture, history and language—and what those themes mean to them in their own lives.
Monday July 23, 30 | 10:30 am
Tuesday July 17, 24, 31, August 7, 14 | 10:30 am
Tuesday July 17, August 14 |1:15 pm
Wednesday July 18, 25, August 1, 8 | 10:30 am
Wednesday August 1 | 1:15
Wednesday August 15 | 1:30 pm
Thursday July 26, August 2, 9 | 10:30 am
Friday July 16, 27, August 3, 10 | 10:30 am
Friday August 10 | 1:15 pm
MOA • Free with museum admission Exhibition tour
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