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.
Daily public tours are held three times throughout the day.
All public tours are free with museum admission. See tour schedule.
Join MOA on Halloween night for a unique and intimate conversation and screening with Indigenous filmmaker Ishmael Marika (Yolngu) from Australia’s Northern Territory.
MOA • Free and open to the public Exhibition Program
Join us for the opening of Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia, the first exhibition of all-women artists at MOA.
• Free Exhibition Family friendly Performance
Through MOA’s unique school programs, elementary and secondary students learn about world cultures.
$8.8-million seismic upgrades are coming to the Great Hall, beginning December 3. MOA marks this groundbreaking renewal project with an earthquake awareness exhibition.
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Last month the National Museum of Brazil was destroyed by fire. Read about MOA’s connection to the institution, the devastating cultural loss and the digital rebuilding already underway.
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We’re drumming up excitement for objects you can touch at MOA! A favourite among visitors of all ages, these 13 carved Indonesian drums produce a beautiful depth of tones.
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Deer, turtles and bears, oh my! Painted on hide, this whimsical wall hanging was made by a boy who attended an Indian Residential School between 1932 and 1942.
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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
Join us for a special tour of the unprecedented exhibition Culture at the Centre, led by visiting curators Alison Pascal, from the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre, and Stephanie Halapija, from the Nisga’a Museum.
Alison and Stephanie will speak to the exhibition’s themes of land, language, continuity, reconciliation and repatriation while offering insight into the important work of Indigenous-run cultural centres and museums in British Columbia.
Image: MOA collection, 1744/1. Nisga‘a button blanket. Made by Eli Gosnell and son. Pre-1978. Photo by Derek Tan.
• Free with museum admission Exhibition Family friendly tour
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