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.
Receive monthly updates on exhibitions, programs and special offers.
The History Robes of Jut-ke-Nay–Hazel Wilson
The History Robes of Jut-ke-Nay–Hazel Wilson
Ancient Andean Cosmovision
Cosmovisión Ancestral Andina
Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art
Enjoy open art studio time with MOA’s Cultural Interpreters.
MOA • Free with museum admission
MOA welcomes ceramics artist Jai Sallay-Carrington as this year’s Ceramic Artist-in-Residence, from June to August 2026.
Join MOA for a series of special public tours of the feature exhibition Tupananchiskama: Ancient Andean Cosmovision.
MOA • Free with museum admission
“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…
Read More
April 8, 2026 marks UBC Giving Day—a 24-hour campus-wide fundraising event aimed at bringing together the community to maximize awareness, engagement, and fundraising for important causes…
Read More
For more than three decades, Elder Larry Grant has been a guiding presence at MOA. A respected Musqueam Elder, educator, and knowledge keeper, he has…
Read More
Explore stories and articles from around the web that reflect the values, research, communities and activities related to MOA and museums around the world.
Read More
Learn about MOA’s newest touchable object, Qap’u’luq-John Marston’s Harbour Canoe, now on view in the Great Hall.
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Learn More
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
Join us for the first curatorial tour of the powerful new show, Arts of Resistance: Politics and the Past in Latin America, by its curator, Laura Osorio Sunnucks.
Read More
This workshop will introduce participants to the possibilities of using stencils as a tool, in the context of street art, to engage with social issues. The workshop is produced in conjunction with MOA’s newest exhibition, Arts of Resistance: Politics and the Past in Latin America, which explores the role of creativity during times of political turmoil.
Read More
Celebrate the opening of MOA’s newest exhibition, Arts of Resistance: Politics and the Past in Latin America, with a remarkable evening exploring the political and social significance of artistic traditions in Latin American culture and folkloric arts.
Read More
Join us for a celebration of the vibrancy and dynamism of Salish weaving with a fashion that features works done by contemporary Salish weavers.
Read More
Join Tracy Williams and Sharon Kallis for a hands on conversation about the stinging nettle plant. They will share stories of working with nettle and introduce the thigh rolling technique traditionally used for net making.
Read More
Join MOA Curator Sue Rowley for a special tour of The Fabric of Our Land, featuring early Salish weavings on loan from institutions in Europe and the United States.
Read More
MOA is celebrating the opening of its new exhibition, Culture at the Centre, on Sunday, March 18 with dancing from the communities represented in the exhibition: Musqueam, Squamish, Lil’wat, Heiltsuk, Nisg̱a’a and Haida.
Read More
Join master Salish weaver Frieda George of Squiala for a wool weaving workshop where she will share some teachings of the elders and guide participants through traditional methods of Coast Salish weaving.
Read More
Dr. Susan Pavel ~ sa’hLa mitsa will give a presentation on Coast Salish weaving, plant dyes and her creative practice. She will also demonstrate weaving on a Salish two-bar loom with yarns dyed from native plants.
Read More
Join Coast Salish spinning specialist Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa in learning about traditional Coast Salish fibres such as mountain goat wool, wool from the Coast Salish Wolley dog, Indian hemp/dogbane, stinging nettles and fireweed fluff.
Read More
