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NEW – Enrich your visit of MOA with this new self-guided tour! Explore the Museum and its worldwide collections through rich, multimedia content. Move through the different gallery spaces—at your own pace, in your own order—to discover collection highlights, brought to life through the perspectives and voices of Indigenous artists and knowledge holders, museum curators, and other experts.
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Visual + Material Culture Research Seminar Series
An interdisciplinary seminar series on visual and material culture. Free and open to all. Select Thursdays. See full details
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Monday December 4, 11 am – 12:30 pm
MOA Shop Pop-Up Holiday Sale
Tuesday November 28 to Friday December 1 | 11 am – 4 pm
MOA Unmasked: Belonging and Belongings
Thursday November 16 at 11 am + 7 pm | Friday November 17 at 4:30 pm
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MOA Unmasked: The Museum as a Classroom
Thursday October 12 at 11 am + 7 pm | Friday October 13 at 4:30 pm
Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour with MOA Curator of Indigenous Programming Damara Jacobs-Petersen and MOA Education Coordinator Amina Chergui.
How do people learn – and unlearn – in museums? In this tour, MOA Curator of Indigenous Programming Damara Jacobs-Petersen and MOA Education Coordinator Amina Chergui will illustrate the educational power of artworks and belongings held in museums.
This event will begin with an introduction in the Community Lounge, followed by a tour of selected works in MOA’s Multiversity Galleries. Visitors will engage hands-on with the teaching collection belongings in MOA’s Learning Lab and participate in a reflective art-making activity.
Tours are 90 minutes long.
Due to the behind-the-scenes nature of these tours, registration/tickets are required in advance (ticket links below). Tickets will not be available at the door. Latecomers cannot be accommodated.
SOLD OUT: Thursday, October 12 at 11 am
SOLD OUT: Thursday, October 12 at 7 pm
SOLD OUT: Friday, October 13 at 4:30 pm
Please note: MOA does not offer refunds or run wait lists for events. If you are still looking for a ticket or are unable to attend the event please visit our Facebook event page to see if someone is offering their tickets, or would like to purchase your ticket directly from you.
MOA Unmasked: Behind-the-Scenes Tours are offered three times a month: select Thursdays at 11 am + 7 pm and select Fridays at 4:30 pm. See the full monthly tour schedule.
MOA • $20 Regular, $12 for MOA Members, Indigenous peoples, UBC students/faculty/staff Program Tour