MOA is temporarily closed — from January 16 until late 2023 — for Great Hall seismic upgrades.
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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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Academic Programs
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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MOA Unmasked: Beading + Textiles in Motion
Thursday September 14 at 11am + 7 pm | Friday September 15 at 4:30 pm
MOA Unmasked: Bringing Exhibitions to Life
Thursday August 10 at 7 pm + Saturday, August 12 at 11 am
MOA on the Move: Native Youth Program Tours at MOV
Tuesday, July 18 – Friday, July 21, 2023 | 11 am + 2 pm
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MOA offers a full range of private tours and educational programs, led by a guide or MOA curator.
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Shadows, Strings and Others Things Curator Tour
Thursday June 13, 2019 | 7 – 8 pm
Join Dr. Nicola Levell, Associate Professor of Anthropology at UBC and Curator of Shadows, Strings and Other Things, for a special curatorial tour of MOA’s enchanting exhibition.
Over 250 puppets, old and new, from 15 countries, are illuminated in MOA’s new exhibition. These exquisite puppets—sometimes charming, sometimes a little bit scary, and always entertaining—come together and reveal our enduring fascination with storytelling. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to experience this theatrical world of puppets with the exhibition’s curator. She will take you through many rich and diverse puppetry traditions of the world, and outline the role they’ve played in transmitting cultural knowledge, stories, and values, from generation to generation.
Free with museum admission. Space is limited. Admission to the tour will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
MOA Exhibition Tour