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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MOA welcomes ceramics artist Jai Sallay-Carrington as this year’s Ceramic Artist-in-Residence, from June to August 2026.
Join MOA for a special 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 master weaver Jessica Silvey for a one-day virtual cedar basket weaving workshop and learn about the cultural significance and traditional techniques of Coast Salish weaving.
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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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Join Dr. June Scudeler (Métis), assistant professor in Indigenous Studies at Simon Fraser University, and Issaku Inami, MOA Volunteer Associate Gallery Host and queer activist, for an virtual presentation and discussion on the queer Indigenous resilience, sexuality and eroticism of 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 of Education, Jill Baird, as she presents a free webinar inspired by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED Talk, “The Danger of a Single Story,” and about how we can apply its lessons to the collections and relationships held at MOA.
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Join MOA for an open house and special keynote address as part of the Program for Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE) project—”Decolonizing the African Collections and Displays at MOA.”
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Celebrate National Poetry Month at MOA this year with poetry and sound installations featuring celebrated Vancouver-based poet and activist, Jillian Christmas.
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This year’s International Women’s Day at MOA is a unique intergenerational, intercultural celebration of women supporting women.
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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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