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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We invite you to the opening of MOA’s new feature exhibition, I Use My Haida Eyes: The History Robes of Jut-ke-Nay–Hazel Wilson.
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Join us for special opening weekend curatorial tours of MOA’s new exhibition, I Use My Haida Eyes: The History Robes of Jut-ke-Nay–Hazel Wilson.
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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…
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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…
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Learn about MOA’s newest touchable object, Qap’u’luq-John Marston’s Harbour Canoe, now on view in the Great Hall.
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Learn about MOA’s newest touchable object, Qap’u’luq-John Marston’s Harbour Canoe, now on view in the Great Hall.
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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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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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University of British Columbia
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Join us at the Liu Institute at UBC for a special conversation with Dr. Dawa Lokyitsang, Dr. Tsering Dolkar Watermeyer, and Nawang Tsering Gurung as they reflect on what homeland means for diasporic Tibetan community members, in relation to MOA’s feature exhibition, Entangled Territories: Tibet Through Images.
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Join MOA for a special discussion about Entangled Territories: Tibet Through Images, with Tsering Yangzom Lama and Dr. Kabir Mansingh Heimsath, facilitated by Dr. Fuyubi Nakamura.
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Enjoy an evening with Robin Wall Kimmerer, Potawatomi educator, botanist and bestselling author of “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants.”
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Join MOA for a lecture and performance by Ainu Indigenous scholar/artist/dancer Dr. Kanako Uzawa.
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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.
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British-Kenyan artist Grace Ndiritu has declared 2020 as the Year of Black Healing, to counterbalance the co-opting of Black Culture by politicians to promote their own agendas.
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The Lévi-Strauss Lectures at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC honour the preeminent 20th century French anthropologist, Claude Lévi-Strauss (b. 1908 – d. 2009)—one of the most influential thinkers on the subjects of myth, culture, religion and social organization.
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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.
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Coast Salish spinning specialist Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa will guide you through a history of Coast Salish spinning, looking at the fibres and tools used by Coast Salish nations in these powerful robes and blankets.
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