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.
The Enchanting Theatre of Puppets
The Enchanting Theatre of Puppets
Preserving What We Value
Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art
Daily public tours are held several times a day.
All public tours are free with museum admission.
It’s a night for the grownups to play at MOA’s first-ever puppet slam. There’s nothing kid-friendly about this gut-splitting night of raunchy and raucous puppets.
MOA's Haida House • Free with museum admission Performance Program
MOA’s popular Sound House series returns for its second season. For the October edition, Ezra Kwizera and his band offer a zesty yet soulful mix of reggae, soca, East African bongo, and pop.
MOA • $15 (includes museum admission) Performance Programs
MOA’s retail space was established in 1977, just one year after MOA opened its doors of its current home. Over the past 42 years, the MOA Shop has continually found new ways to instill a sense of curiosity, discovery and learning in its visitors.
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Although beating a lali traditionally signalled a ceremonial event in Fujian culture, it doesn’t have to be a special occasion to tap this drum in the Multiversity Galleries.
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Although beating a lali traditionally signalled a ceremonial event in Fujian culture, it doesn’t have to be a special occasion to tap this drum in the Multiversity Galleries.
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Brush up on what’s in the MOA drawers. While you’re combing through the objects in the Multiversity Galleries, check out this intriguing Chokwe piece from Angola.
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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 the opening celebrations of Shake Up: Preserving What We Value, MOA’s new exhibition that explores the convergence of earthquake science and technology with the rich traditional knowledge and oral history of the living cultures represented in MOA’s collections.
Admission by donation | 10 am – 5 pm
Program | 11:30 am – 4 pm
Join us for a full day of museum fun for the whole family to open Shake Up: Preserving What We Value. Choose your own adventure from a range of earthquake-inspired activities—from 360 virtual reality tour, lectures and hands-on workshops, to performances of song, dance and storytelling. This day-long celebration, taking place throughout the Museum, draws from the cultures of earthquake-prone regions, as well as the knowledge of scientists and cultural experts.
Enjoy an experimental dance performance by Mascall Dance, interactive play with Gamelan Bike Bike, a workshop on Balinese Kecak percussion and dance, and a performance by Canada’s first children’s taiko group, Chibi Taiko.
The Shake Up: Preserving What We Value exhibition puts into the foreground both scientific understandings and traditional knowledge of earthquakes. Through art and culture, the exhibition highlights how knowledge of natural disasters that has been passed down through generations throughout many cultures. Shake Up is presented in conjunction with the seismic upgrades of MOA’s Great Hall to help preserve the building, the collections and cultural heritage.
Admission to the museum and Shake Up opening celebrations on this day is by donation. Proceeds will be donated to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières, in support of their work providing emergency humanitarian medical attention around the world.
Program Schedule
Great Hall
Opening remarks | 11:30 am
Performance: Mascall Dance | 12 pm
Drop-in interactive play: Gamelan Bike Bike | 1:30 pm
Workshop: Kecak percussion and dance | 2:30 pm
Demonstration: Kecak percussion and dance | 3 pm
Performance: Chibi Taiko | 3:10 pm
Demonstration: Self-guided 360 virtual reality tour | Ongoing from 10 am
Textiles Lab
Presentation: Volcano Culture—How Seismic Activity Shapes Balinese Civilization Then and Now. With Tom Hunter, Professor of Asian Studies at UBC | 12:30 pm
Presentation: Ancient History and Modern Science—The Energy Beneath Our Feet. With John J. Clague, Professor of Earth Science at SFU | 1 pm
Presentation Circle
Storytelling: Northwest Coast oral histories with Amanda Nahanee (Squamish) | 12:30 pm
Storytelling: Northwest Coast oral histories with Cease Wyss (Skwxwu7mesh/Sto:lo/Irish-Métis/Hawaiian/Swiss) | 1 pm
Education Lab
Drop-in interactive play: Hands-on seismic learning with Daniel Gowryluk, Assistant Curator at UBC’s Pacific Museum of Earth | 1 pm
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$2 parking at MOA and the Rose Garden parkades: Use coupon code SHAKE
• By donation Exhibition Family friendly Performance
