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 NW Marine Dr FS Cecil Green Park Rd.
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.
Politics and the Past in Latin America
Politics and the Past in Latin America
Honouring Indigenous culture, history and language
Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art
Daily public tours are held three times throughout the day.
All public tours are free with museum admission. See tour schedule.
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.
• Free with museum admission tour
This 60-minute 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.
• Free with museum admission tour
Through MOA's unique school programs, elementary and secondary students learn about world cultures.
Despite measuring only 4.4 centimetres tall and a fraction of a centimetre wide, this Kwakwaka’wakw carving is no small feat.
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MOA’s new Elspeth McConnell Gallery of Northwest Coast Masterworks is groundbreaking—more than 110 historical Indigenous objects are now on display in this $3.5-million space.
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When Valdis Zatlers, then-president of the Republic of Latvia, visited Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics, he made a special excursion to MOA. “The richness of the great number of collections in the Museum of Anthropology makes you lose your breath with every step you take."
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The Museum of Anthropology will soon be home to a significant collection of historical and contemporary Indigenous artworks and a new Gallery of Northwest Coast Masterworks.
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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 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.
Wednesdays | 1 pm
• Free with museum admission tour
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This 60-minute 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.
Mondays | 11 am, 2pm
Tuesdays | 11 am, 2 pm
Wednesdays | 11 am, 2 pm
Thursdays | 11 pm, 2 pm, 6 pm
Fridays | 11 am, 2 pm
Saturdays | 11 am, 2pm
Sundays | 11am, 2 pm
• Free with museum admission tour
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MOA outdoor tour takes visitors outside to the Museum grounds to see Arthur Erickson’s inspirational architecture, to see contemporary house posts by Musqueam artist Susan Point and to be introduced to the poles on the grounds and the Haida House. Visitors get to visit inside the Haida House and be introduced to poles by artists Bill Reid, Jim Hart, Mungo Martin and others.
Mondays | 1 pm
Saturdays | 1 pm
• Free with museum admission tour
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This 30-minute 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.
Sundays | 1 pm
• Free with museum admission tour
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This 30-minute tour offers a look at MOA’s extensive collection of textiles. It will feature 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.
Tuesdays | 1 pm
• Free with museum admission tour
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