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.
The Enchanting Theatre of Puppets
The Enchanting Theatre of Puppets
Preserving What We Value
Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art
Daily public tours are held several times a day.
All public tours are free with museum admission. See tour schedule.
Join MOA to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Stonewall—the New York City riots that sparked the modern fight for LGBTQ+ rights and blossomed into an international rainbow celebration of diversity, inclusion and human rights, now known worldwide as Pride.
MOA • Free with museum admission Performance Program Workshop
MOA joins forces with the Vancouver Mural Festival to present a Puppet Parade featuring the Dusty Flowerpot Cabaret.
Main Street, Vancouver • Free Community Program
Congratulations to not one, but two winners of the 2019 MOA Shop Emerging Indigenous Artist Contest: Maka Monture Päki for Not Invisible and John Velten for Hummingbird.
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Learn more about the BC HERN, a growing network of art, culture and heritage professionals and volunteers who are planning for emergency situations and supporting other cultural institutions in the event of localized emergencies that impact collections.
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Brush up on what’s in the MOA drawers. While you’re combing through the objects in the Multiversity Galleries, check out this intriguing Chokwe piece from Angola.
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You might be surprised to learn what this robe from Siberia is made out of.
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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
Congratulations to not one, but two winners of the 2019 MOA Shop Emerging Indigenous Artist Contest: Maka Monture Päki for Not Invisible and John Velten for Hummingbird.
Read the Article Learn more about the BC HERN, a growing network of art, culture and heritage professionals and volunteers who are planning for emergency situations and supporting other cultural institutions in the event of localized emergencies that impact collections.
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Read about Sutrisno Hartana’s personal journey through the world of Javanese shadow puppetry and gamelan, from Indonesia to Canada.
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In addition to being displayed in MOA’s Multiversity Galleries, Leila Stogan’s stunning weavings are now available in the MOA Shop, thanks a collaboration with local company Native Northwest.
Read More Brush up on what’s in the MOA drawers. While you’re combing through the objects in the Multiversity Galleries, check out this intriguing Chokwe piece from Angola.
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How can a technology lab at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver support the needs of Indigenous communities? Part of the answer to this question comes in the form of the UBC Indigitization Program.
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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.
Read More You might be surprised to learn what this robe from Siberia is made out of.
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In this second 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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Arkeria Rose Armstrong is a Gamilaraay painter connecting traditional Aboriginal art with her own contemporary style. Jewellery featuring her work is now available at the MOA Shop.
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