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.
Learn MoreDaily public tours are held several times a day.
All public tours are free with museum admission. See tour schedule.
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.
• By donation Exhibition Family friendly Performance
Express yourself, your history and your connection to the land through storyboarding in this hands-on, one-of-a-kind workshop led by Haida artist SGidGang.xaal, Shoshannah Greene, a graduate of Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
• General $40 | UBC Students/Staff/Faculty/MOA Members/Indigenous peoples $25 artist Programs Workshop
$8.8-million seismic upgrades are coming to the Great Hall, beginning in November 2018. MOA marks this groundbreaking renewal project with an earthquake awareness exhibition.
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When asked to make a new work for MOA, Gitxsan artist Eric Robertson sought to create something that linked all of the coastal nations.
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When asked to make a new work for MOA, Gitxsan artist Eric Robertson sought to create something that linked all of the coastal nations.
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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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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
11 am: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
2 pm: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
6 pm: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
Closed on Mondays
11 am: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
2 pm: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
11 am: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
2 pm: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
11 am: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
2 pm: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
6 pm: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
11 am: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
2 pm: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
11 am: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
11 am: Marking the Infinite Curator Tour (60 minutes)
2 pm: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
2 pm: Marking the Infinite Curator Tour (60 minutes)
11 am: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
11 am: Marking the Infinite Curator Tour (60 minutes)
2 pm: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
2 pm: Marking the Infinite Curator Tour (60 minutes)
MOA Tour (60 minutes)
This tour explores the highlights of the many galleries at MOA. The tour provides visitors with an introduction to MOA’s Northwest Coast collections, the Koerner European Ceramics collection and the Multiversity Galleries, as well as an in-depth look at Bill Reid’s The Raven and the First Men. You will also be introduced to the themes of any temporary exhibitions.
Clothing the World Tour (30 minutes)
This tour offers a look at MOA’s extensive collection of textiles. It features the masterworks from the Northwest Coast First Nations collection. Visitors will see examples of clothing and textiles from other cultures and develop an appreciation for resources, tools and techniques used around the globe.
Koerner Ceramics Tour (30 minutes)
This 30-minute tour features a unique collection of European ceramics from the late 15th to early 19th centuries. The collection consists of nearly 600 pieces of lead and tin-glazed earthenware and some stoneware collected by Walter Koerner over 40 years of his life.
Northwest Coast Highlights Tour (30 minutes)
This tour focuses on iconic cedar pieces that represent the Musqueam, Kwakwaka’wakw and Haida First Nations of the Northwest Coast. The tour highlights poles, bentwood boxes, feast dishes, canoes and basketry, as well as the Bill Reid sculpture The Raven and the First Men.
Outside Tour (30 minutes)
This tour takes visitors outside to the Museum grounds to see Arthur Erickson’s inspirational architecture. Visitors will be introduced to the contemporary house posts by Musqueam artist Susan Point, and poles by artists Bill Reid, Jim Hart, Mungo Martin and others, as well as visit inside the Haida House.
Potlatch Tour (30 minutes)
This tour introduces the Kwakwaka’wakw Potlatch, a very important First Nations ceremony. Highlighting examples of the regalia worn and the masks and headdresses danced in such ceremonies, this tour provides visitors with the opportunity to handle masks carved by First Nations artists before watching a short video of Potlatch scenes.
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 | 12:15 pm
Interactive play: Gamelan Bike Bike | 1:30 pm
Workshop: Kecak percussion and dance | 2:20 pm
Demonstration: Kecak percussion and dance | 2:55 pm
Performance: Chibi Taiko | 3:20 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 Hunger, Professor of Asian Studies at UBC | 12:40 pm
Presentation: Ancient History and Modern Science—The Energy Beneath Our Feet. With John J. Clague, Professor of Earth Science at SFU | 1:10 pm
Presentation Circle
Storytelling: Northwest Coast oral histories with Amanda Nahanee (Squamish) | 12:40 pm
Storytelling: Northwest Coast oral histories with Cease Wyss (Skwxwu7mesh/Sto:lo/Irish-Métis/Hawaiian/Swiss) | 1 pm
Education Lab
Interactive play: Hands-on seismic learning with Daniel Gowryluk, Assistant Curator at UBC’s Pacific Museum of Earth | 1 pm
• By donation Exhibition Family friendly Performance
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Express yourself, your history and your connection to the land through storyboarding in this hands-on, one-of-a-kind workshop led by Haida artist SGidGang.xaal, Shoshannah Greene, a graduate of Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
• General $40 | UBC Students/Staff/Faculty/MOA Members/Indigenous peoples $25 artist Programs Workshop
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