In this special tour, meet creative directors from one of MOA’s community partners, Ethọ́s Lab, a non-profit innovation academy for teens based in Vancouver. With the support of UBC’s Community University Engagement Support Fund, MOA has been partnering with Ethọ́s Lab on a creative arts and science project. Tour participants will hear from Ethọ́s Lab creative directors Jazz Groden-Gilchrist and Olúwáṣọlá Kẹ́hìndé Olówó-Aké, and MOA Curator Nuno Porto for a behind-the-scenes presentation of this collaborative project.

Don’t miss your last chance to join a MOA Unmasked tour before the Museum’s reopening in June. Tours fill up quickly—book your spot today!

Ethós Lab is an after-school innovation academy for youth Grades 5 to 12 to discover, explore and grow through S.T.E.A.M and culture-based experience.

Tours are 90 minutes long.

Due to the behind-the-scenes nature of these tours, capacity is very limited and registration/tickets are required in advance. Tickets will not be available at the door. Latecomers cannot be accommodated.

SOLD OUT: Thursday, February 15 at 7 pm
SOLD OUT: Friday, February 16 at  4:30 pm

TOUR POSTPONED

Due to dangerous road conditions and predictions of freezing rain in Vancouver, tonight’s MOA Unmasked: Engaging Indigenous Partners tour on January 18 has been postponed until Thursday, January 25 at 7 pm. If you are unable to make the new time please e-mail the Chan Centre Ticket Office at chan.tickets@ubc.ca and they will issue you a refund. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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On this tour, they will share meaningful ways that MOA engages with Indigenous peoples and how communities partner with the Museum, both onsite and in their home nations. Visitors will learn about MOA’s commitment to different Indigenous engagement projects and programs, such as the Indigenous Internship Program, which provides flexible internship experiences. Visitors will also have the opportunity to learn about collections access and how belongings and treasures in MOA’s collection travel within BC for visits back home.

Tours are 90 minutes long.

Due to the behind-the-scenes nature of these tours, capacity is very limited and registration/tickets are required in advance. Tickets will not be available at the door. Latecomers cannot be accommodated.

Buy tickets for Thursday, January 25 at 7 pm
SOLD OUT: Friday, January 19 at  4:30 pm

MOA Unmasked Tours are offered twice a month: Thursday tours at 7 pm and Friday tours are at 4:30 pm. See the rest of the tour schedule.

Venture behind-the-scenes at the Museum in this special tour that will focus on selected stories that MOA is privileged to share about its Collections Access Program.

The Calls to Action issued by Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission have challenged museums to address the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) directive that Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain, control, protect and develop their cultural heritage. Learn how the First Nations regalia housed at MOA continues to express family-owned rights, how community members are choosing to activate their ancestral belongings at the site of the museum and outside its walls, and how museum practices are changing as a result.

Tours are 90 minutes long.

Due to the behind-the-scenes nature of these tours, capacity is very limited and registration/tickets are required in advance. Tickets will not be available at the door. Latecomers cannot be accommodated.

SOLD OUT: Thursday, December 14 at 7 pm
SOLD OUT: Friday, December 15 at  4:30 pm

MOA Unmasked Tours are offered twice a month: Thursday tours at 7 pm and Friday tours are at 4:30 pm. See the rest of the tour schedule.

In this dialogue, architectural historians Rana Abughannam and Dr. Nadi Abusaada discuss Palestine’s urban landscapes and how they have been shaped through history by British mandate and Israeli state policies and actions. Taking an anti-colonial lens, the conversation will address the urban histories of Jaffa and Hebron and their connection to the current siege on Gaza. This dialogue will be moderated by historian Dr. Hicham Safieddine.

This conversation is part of MOA’s Responsive Dialogues: Critical Issues + Conversations series, which looks at how museums should respond to current events and issues in the world by making connections to the work we do.

Online via Zoom.
Registration required. Click here to register.

Bios

Dr. Nadi Abusaada is an architect and a historian. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Architecture, ETH Zürich. Nadi completed his Ph.D. and M.Phil. degrees in architecture at the University of Cambridge. Before moving to Zürich, he was an Aga Khan Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Architecture + Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Nadi is also the co-founder of Arab Urbanism, a global network dedicated to historical and contemporary urban issues in the Arab region.

Rana Abughannam is assistant professor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. She taught at Carleton University, the Canadian University Dubai and Birzeit University. She is a registered architect in Palestine with a degree in architectural engineering (Birzeit University) and a master of history and theory of architecture (McGill University). Her doctoral research (Carleton University) focuses on counter-colonial practices in Palestine.

Dr. Hicham Safieddine is Canada Research Chair in the History of the Modern Middle East and associate professor of history at the University of British Columbia. He is a scholar of political economy and intellectual history (19th and 20th centuries). He is author of Banking on the State: The Financial Foundations of Lebanon (SUP, 2019), editor of Arab Marxism and National Liberation: Selected Writings of Mahdi Amel (Brill, 2020), and co-editor of The Clarion of Syria: A Patriot’s Call against the Civil War of 1860 (CUP, 2019).

Just in time for the holidays, the MOA Shop Pop-Up Holiday Sale offers a unique collection of gifts, made by Indigenous, local and international artists and artisans. During MOA’s temporary closure for seismic upgrades, we’re bringing our popular gift shop to the UBC Welcome Centre for your shopping pleasure.

Find special and one-of-a-kind handcrafted gifts for everyone on your list. It’s the perfect time to start (or finish) your holiday shopping! Proceeds from your purchase support MOA’s acquisitions, publications and public programs.

MOA Members receive 20% off their purchase and UBC Alumni receive 10% off at the Pop-Up Holiday Sale (some exceptions apply; valid MOA or UBC ID required).

Location: UBC Welcome Centre in the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre | 6163 University Blvd
Parking: See full list of parking lots near UBC Welcome Centre

Can’t make it in-person to the MOA Shop Pop-Up Holiday Sale? The MOA Shop online is open throughout the museum’s temporary closure.

In this tour, learn how MOA strives to be a place of belonging for communities whose belongings are stewarded at the Museum. Using recent examples of new acquisitions and community loans, they will share stories of how relationships are cultivated between the people, the places and the material entities.

Tours are 90 minutes long.

Due to the behind-the-scenes nature of these tours, registration/tickets are required in advance (ticket links below). Tickets will not be available at the door. Latecomers cannot be accommodated.

Thursday, November 16 at 11 am: SOLD OUT
Thursday, November 16 at 7 pm: SOLD OUT
Friday, November 17 at 4:30 pm: SOLD OUT

MOA Unmasked: Behind-the-Scenes Tours are offered three times a month: select Thursdays at 11 am + 7 pm and  select Fridays at 4:30 pm. See the full monthly tour schedule.

For all ticket inquiries or issues please contact MOA’s ticketing service, Chan Centre Ticket Office, directly at 604.822.2697 or tickets@tickets.ubc.ca.

How do people learn – and unlearn – in museums? In this tour, MOA Curator of Indigenous Programming Damara Jacobs-Petersen and MOA Education Coordinator Amina Chergui will illustrate the educational power of artworks and belongings held in museums.

This event will begin with an introduction in the Community Lounge, followed by a tour of selected works in MOA’s Multiversity Galleries. Visitors will engage hands-on with the teaching collection belongings in MOA’s Learning Lab and participate in a reflective art-making activity.

Tours are 90 minutes long.

Due to the behind-the-scenes nature of these tours, registration/tickets are required in advance (ticket links below). Tickets will not be available at the door. Latecomers cannot be accommodated.

SOLD OUT: Thursday, October 12 at 11 am
SOLD OUT: Thursday, October 12 at 7 pm
SOLD OUT: Friday, October 13 at 4:30 pm

Please note: MOA does not offer refunds or run wait lists for events. If you are still looking for a ticket or are unable to attend the event please visit our Facebook event page to see if someone is offering their tickets, or would like to purchase your ticket directly from you.

MOA Unmasked: Behind-the-Scenes Tours are offered three times a month: select Thursdays at 11 am + 7 pm and  select Fridays at 4:30 pm. See the full monthly tour schedule.

How can museum objects and belongings be brought to life? In this tour, MOA Curator Karen Duffek and MOA Library + Archives Assistant Emily Teh will lead you on a closer look at Indigenous beadwork and robes in the collection to explore how object lives and stories extend beyond the walls of the museum.

Join us behind the scenes to see rarely exhibited Plains beadwork regalia and hear from Emily (Lakȟóta, Métis) about the living history of these belongings and the resiliency they represent. Learn about MOA’s commitment to supporting access and return as Karen focuses on Northwest Coast First Nations sewn and woven regalia—robes of power that continue to be activated by the families and artists connected to them.

Tours are 90 minutes long.

Due to the behind-the-scenes nature of these tours, registration/tickets are required in advance (ticket links below). Tickets will not be available at the door. Latecomers cannot be accommodated.
SOLD OUT: Thursday, September 14 at 11 am
SOLD OUT: Thursday, September 14 at 7 pm
SOLD OUT: Friday, September 15 at 4:30 pm

Please note: All September tour dates are now SOLD OUT. We do not offer refunds or run wait lists. You can check our Facebook event page to see if someone is unable to attend and looking to sell their tickets.

For all ticket inquiries or issues please contact MOA’s ticketing service, Chan Centre Ticket Office, directly at 604.822.2697 or tickets@tickets.ubc.ca.

MOA Unmasked: Behind-the-Scenes Tours are offered three times a month: select Thursdays at 11 am + 7 pm and  select Fridays at 4:30 pm. See the full monthly tour schedule.

How are exhibitions created? In this tour MOA Designer Skooker Broome and Director Susan Rowley will look at the translation of ideas into what you see when you visit an exhibition at MOA, focusing on the design and curatorial processes.

They will take you behind the scenes to see how MOA is creating its upcoming exhibitions, including the maquette for Mobilized: New Cultural Expressions (opening Spring 2024) and our mock-up space for the new Pacific Northwest Galleries. Participants will have a chance to visit the exhibition, In a Different Light: Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art and see how specific design elements were implemented to create an affective space for the exhibition’s storyline.

Tours are 90 minutes long.

Due to the behind-the-scenes nature of these tours, registration/tickets are required in advance (ticket links below). Tickets will not be available at the door. Latecomers cannot be accommodated.

SOLD OUT: Thursday, August 10, 7 pm

SOLD OUT: Saturday, August 12, 11 am

MOA Unmasked: Behind-the-Scenes Tours are offered twice a month: select Thursday at 7 pm and  select Saturday at 11 am. See the full monthly tour schedule.

To accommodate MOA’s temporary closure for seismic upgrades, this year’s NYP program will held throughout the city and beyond, creating new opportunities for the youth participants to make connections and learn in different environments with MOA community partners, such as the Museum of Vancouver.

This year’s cohort of Native Youth Program will be offering daily guided tours at the Museum of Vancouver, of their exhibition That Which Sustains Us, from July 18 to 21. The exhibition explores the convergence of different knowledge traditions in the Vancouver area through an examination of people’s interactions with forests and their natural environment.

The Native Youth Program (NYP) is a summer program for urban Indigenous youth, ages 15 to 18, currently enrolled in secondary school. Each year, this summer job opportunity is a full training and work experience that offers up to eight Indigenous high school students a chance to explore their identity through art and culture and to learn about MOA, UBC, and its programs.

Location

Museum of Vancouver
1100 Chestnut Street, Vanier Park, Vancouver
Directions

Schedule

Tuesday, July 18: 11 am + 2 pm
Wednesday, July 19: 11 am + 2 pm
Thursday, July 20: 11 am + 2 pm
Friday, July 21: 11 am + 2 pm

Visit the Museum of Vancouver website for information on hours and admission.