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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“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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University of British Columbia
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What impact does the museum environment have on its collections? Using objects you already have at home, this experiment will teach you how to and test out the impacts of a damp and salty micro-environment.
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Ask MOA: What Is It? is your opportunity to ask MOA curators and collections staff about an artwork or other mystery object at home that you’ve always wondered about. This featured Ask MOA case is about two carved lamps made in BC that the inquirer inherited.
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After being inspired by MOA’s collection in Art of the Kwakiutl Indians, the Museum’s first catalogue, Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau invited MOA to present a major exhibition of its First Nations collection in Montreal.
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Learn about the “detective work” that Curatorial Intern Anya Maves did to research a set of 19th-century British ceramic tiles.
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MOA Curator Karen Duffek reflects on a research road trip to Vancouver Island, where she paid a memorable visit to the home of Huu-ay-aht elder and weaver Annie Clappis.
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In addition to its extensive object collection, the Museum of Anthropology also houses a valuable collection of archival material. MOA’s Archives is part of the…
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Bill Reid is one of Canada’s most distinguished sculptors. This story tells the story of how his masterpiece, The Raven and the First Men, beloved by Canadians and a favourite of MOA patrons the world over, came to be.
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Pinkies up! Can you guess the household source of the itsy-bitsy embellishments on this ivory tea set?
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As we look forward to renovated spaces and innovative new initiatives, it is important to look back and consider the long, winding path of the past 70-plus years—and to envision new possibilities for the future.
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For the past four decades, NYP has welcomed small groups of urban Indigenous high-school students to participate in a summer employment and training program; this summer brought through its 40th cohort.
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