The 4, 14, 25, 33, 41, 43, 44, 49, 84, 99 B-Line, 480 buses arrive at UBC Exchange Bay 2—a 15 minute walk to MOA. Get off at the last stop and walk northwest. See detailed directions.
The 68 UBC Exchange/Lower Mall shuttle bus departs from UBC Exchange 1. Get off at SB West Mall at NW Marine Dr.
Full transit information at the Translink website.
From Downtown: Take 4th Avenue, Broadway (9th Avenue), 10th Avenue, or 16th Avenue west all the way to UBC.
From YVR Airport: Exit the Arthur Laing Bridge onto Southwest Marine Drive, and follow this road to UBC.
Once in UBC, watch for signs guiding you to MOA. Paid parking can be purchased by cash or credit card.
An Evo and Car2Go parking lot is located a 7-minute walk south of MOA.
From downtown, cross the Burrard Street Bridge and exit to the right onto Cornwall. Follow to Point Grey Road until NW Marine Drive all the way to UBC. Note this ride involves a significant hill, and Mobi bike shares do not have stations at UBC.
MOA’s Great Hall is being prepared for important seismic upgrades in November and December 2018. During this time, visitors will see the iconic space in transition as poles located in the Great Hall are lowered and moved. The poles will be placed into temporary storage where visitors can watch them undergo conservation.
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Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia
Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia
Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art
Preserving What We Value
Daily public tours are held several times a day.
All public tours are free with museum admission. See tour schedule.
Don’t miss your last chance to dive deep into the art of Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists From Aboriginal Australia with a unique afternoon of musical experimentation and art appreciation at MOA.
MOA • Free with museum admission Performance Programs
Bring your friends and dancing shoes to MOA’s Haida House, a cultural gathering space on the scenic grounds of the museum, for a new music series featuring a fantastic and eclectic lineup of Vancouver bands and musicians.
MOA • $10 (includes museum admission) Performance Programs
In this final of three posts, learn more about the artists featured in the exhibition Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia as she reflects on her work: how she learned to paint, what subjects she has painted, and why.
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You might be surprised to learn what this robe from Siberia is made out of.
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You might be surprised to learn what this robe from Siberia is made out of.
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Discover MOA’s extensive contemporary art collection displayed in the Multiversity Galleries, starting with Tania Willard’s woodblock print that depicts the gendered labour symptomatic of Canada’s colonial history.
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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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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
11 am: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
1 pm: Guide’s Choice Tour (30 minutes)
2 pm: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
Closed on Mondays
11 am: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
1 pm: Guide’s Choice Tour (30 minutes)
2 pm: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
11 am: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
1 pm: Guide’s Choice Tour (30 minutes)
2 pm: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
11 am: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
1 pm: Guide’s Choice Tour (30 minutes)
2 pm: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
6 pm: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
11 am: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
1 pm: Guide’s Choice Tour (30 minutes)
2 pm: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
11 am: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
1 pm: Guide’s Choice Tour (30 minutes)
2 pm: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
10:30 am: Multiversity Galleries Tour (30 minutes)
11 am: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
1 pm: Guide’s Choice Tour (30 minutes)
1:30 pm: Multiversity Galleries Tour (30 minutes)
2 pm: MOA Tour (60 minutes)
MOA Tour (60 minutes)
This tour explores the highlights of the many galleries at MOA. The tour provides visitors with an introduction to MOA’s Northwest Coast collections, the Koerner European Ceramics collection and the Multiversity Galleries, as well as an in-depth look at Bill Reid’s The Raven and the First Men. You will also be introduced to the themes of any temporary exhibitions.
Guide’s Choice Tour (30 minutes)
Join MOA’s experienced Gallery Guides on a 30-minute tour of their choice, offering you a new perspective of the Museum and its collections. Each day the Gallery Guide will select one of the following tours to give: Clothing the World Tour, Northwest Coast Highlights Tour, Outside Tour or Potlatch Tour
Multiversity Galleries Tour (30 minutes)
This 30-minute tour explores objects of Art and Activism in the Multiversity Galleries from an Indigenous perspective. Members of MOA’s Native Youth Program, a leadership program for urban Indigenous youth, take you through the Multiversity Galleries to look at the interconnections between culture, environment, art and activism—and what those themes mean to them in their own lives. The tour will grab your attention with issues that matter about Indigenous experiences, environmental issues, and the power of art to represent people and ideas.
