
Xicanx: Not-Your-Average Tours
Join a selection of academics, artists, activists and community leaders for special public tours of MOA’s new feature exhibition.
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Big changes are underway in MOA's Great Hall, which is receiving seismic upgrades in order to augment its structural integrity and help preserve the invaluable cultural significance and living heritage of the world-renowned Northwest Coast First Nations collection housed within it.
Learn MoreFrom Vancouver: The westbound 4, 14, 25, 33, R4, 44, 49, 84, 99 B-Line, and 480 buses arrive at UBC. Get off at the last stop and walk northwest. See detailed directions.
Once at UBC Exchange, you can also transfer to the 68 Wesbrook Village bus instead of walking to MOA. Get off at NW Marine Dr at West Mall. Full transit information at the Translink website.
From Downtown Vancouver: Cross the Burrard or Granville Street bridges, and then head west on 4th Avenue, Broadway, 10th Avenue or 16th Avenue all the way to UBC.
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From downtown Vancouver: Cross the Burrard Street Bridge and exit to the right onto Cornwall Street. Follow to Point Grey Road until NW Marine Drive all the way to UBC.
Please note that this route involves a significant hill, and that Mobi bike shares do not have stations at UBC.
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Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art
Preserving What We Value
Building for a New Era
Join us on the last Sunday of May for the second edition of an exciting new family program series: Culture Club at MOA.
MOA • Free with museum admission
MOA is honoured to welcome Sdahl Ḵ’awaas, Lucy Bell of the Haida Nation, who will reflect on the issues surrounding repatriation and museum practices, as well as the decisions and actions that led to successful repatriations and the ethical issues museums must face along the path to reconciliation.
In-person at MOA's Haida House + Online via Zoom • Free
Updated: April 21, 2022—MOA is open to the public with new COVID-19 protocols. We continue to work hard to adjust and implement a process to safely welcome our visitors and staff, in accordance with all provincial health directives.
Read MoreSeismic upgrades and rebuild of MOA’s Great Hall are now underway, in order to strengthen the Museum’s resiliency and protect its irreplaceable collection in the event of a major earthquake.
Read MoreHere are some online MOA resources for you to enjoy online, from home. In these difficult times of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s more important than ever to keep culture in your daily life.
Read MoreExplore MOA’s nearly 50,000 objects now on the Collections Online (MOA-CAT) system.
Visit Collections OnlineMOA’s ethnographic objects come from around world, including the South Pacific, Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas.
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Learn MoreThe Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives Department at MOA includes a library, an archive, and an oral history and language lab.
Learn MoreIn this conversation, Jennifer Kramer, Curator, Pacific Northwest discusses her favourite installation from MOA’s collection with Karen Duffek, Curator, Contemporary Visual Art + Pacific Northwest (Department Head).
Read MoreLearn about Kkokdu (꼭두) – Korean funerary figures in this special Asian Heritage Month feature.
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Join a selection of academics, artists, activists and community leaders for special public tours of MOA’s new feature exhibition.
Read MoreWe invite you to the opening of MOA’s new feature exhibition, which showcases for the first time in Canada the rich traditions of 33 Xicanx artists.
Read MoreUnfortunately, this event has been cancelled due to illness. (Updated May 13)
Take a tour MOA’s new exhibition on opening weekend, led by the exhibition curators and artists.
Read MoreUnfortunately, this event has been cancelled due to illness. (Updated May 13)
Join us in MOA’s Haida House for a roundtable discussion with the curators and select artists from Xicanx.
Read MoreStop by MOA to learn about zines, and make your own in this drop-in workshop.
Read MoreJoin MOA for a presentation by local miniature maker Michael Soganic, followed by a show-and-tell where you can present your own miniatures.
Read MoreDon’t miss the final day to dive deep into the stories and objects of Sankofa: African Routes, Canadian Roots.
Read MoreDon’t miss this special webinar in partnership with the Royal BC Museum and the BC Black History Awareness Society discussing living and ongoing Black belonging.
Read MoreThe Vancouver Public Library presents a special guided, live-stream tour for teens and tweens of Sankofa: African Routes, Canadian Roots in celebration of Black History Month.
Read MoreEnjoy a day of documentary films at MOA that explore stories of the African diaspora.
Read MoreMOA acknowledges that it is built on the traditional, ancestral and unceded land of the Musqueam people.