From 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.
From YVR Airport: Exit the Arthur Laing Bridge and head west onto Southwest Marine Drive, and follow this road to UBC.
Once at UBC, watch for signs guiding you to MOA. Paid parking can be purchased by cash or credit card. An Evo parking lot is located a 7-minute walk south of MOA.
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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The History Robes of Jut-ke-Nay–Hazel Wilson
The History Robes of Jut-ke-Nay–Hazel Wilson
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Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art
Enjoy open art studio time with MOA’s Cultural Interpreters.
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MOA welcomes ceramic artist Jai Sallay-Carrington as this year’s Ceramic Artist-in-Residence, from June to August 2026.
Join MOA for a special pop-up performance by the Nanwang Sisters, Pinuyumayan Indigenous musicians from Taiwan.
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“This will become one of the most talked about institutions in North America.” When Michael Ames, the Museum’s director at the time, spoke those words…
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The new MOA Publication, Sea of Islands brings together knowledge holders, scholars, and artists from across the Pacific with Western scholars working with Pacific collections—as well as members of diasporic Oceanic communities—to share the stories and journeys of the objects that comprise Canada’s largest Oceanic collection, housed at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC.
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Join MOA for a virtual conversation with Masao Okabe and Chihiro Minato—featured artists in A Future for Memory: Art and Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake, facilitated by exhibition curator Fuyubi Nakamura.
『記憶のための未来』の出展作家、岡部昌生氏と港千尋氏による対談です。展覧会担当キュレーターの中村冬日が進行役をつとめます。
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東日本大震災10周年:「記憶のための未来」展
担当キュレーターによるオンラインツアー
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Join MOA Curator Jennifer Kramer for an online tour through Kent Monkman’s Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience.
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MOA is partnering with VocalEye, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to making public programming accessible for the blind and partially sighted, to offer an online recorded curatorial tour of Kent Monkman’s Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience with supplementary description by VocalEye and a Q + A to follow.
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Join MOA and Indspire, a national Indigenous charity, for a special virtual artist talk with acclaimed Cree artist Kent Monkman.
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Join MOA Curator Carol E. Mayer for special tours of Playing with Fire on the last day of the exhibition—Sunday, March 29.
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Make your own earthquake-proof museum at a special drop-in workshop for all ages.
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Join renowned ceramic artist and teacher Cheryl Stapleton for a ceramic exploration and workshop at MOA.
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Get your hands dirty at this drop-in workshop with ceramics artist-in-residence Sharon Reay, on the opening weekend of Playing with Fire: Ceramics of the Extraordinary.
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Join us for a day-long series of intimate conversations between the artists of MOA’s new exhibition, Playing with Fire: Ceramics of the Extraordinary.
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