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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Everyone Says I Look Like My Mother
Everyone Says I Look Like My Mother
Tibet Through Images
པར་རིས་ནང་གི་བོད།
Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art
Join MOA each month for our new art-making series for adults, Art Club at MOA.
Cedar Café at MOA • Free (museum admission not required)
Join MOA for a special talk with Tibetologist Dr. Isabelle Henrion-Dourcy on the MOA exhibition, Entangled Territories: Tibet Through Images.
MOA's Community Lounge • Free, RSVP required
Join us on the last Sunday of each month for MOA’s family program series, Culture Club at MOA.
MOA • Free with museum admission
For more than three decades, Elder Larry Grant has been a guiding presence at MOA. A respected Musqueam Elder, educator, and knowledge keeper, he has…
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Learn about MOA’s newest touchable object, Qap’u’luq-John Marston’s Harbour Canoe, now on view in the Great Hall.
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Explore stories and articles from around the web that reflect the values, research, communities and activities related to MOA and museums around the world.
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Learn about MOA’s newest touchable object, Qap’u’luq-John Marston’s Harbour Canoe, now on view in the Great Hall.
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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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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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University of British Columbia
6393 NW Marine Drive
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z2
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Phone • 604.827.5932
MOA is pleased to announce that Kaitlin Chamberlain has been appointed as Collections Coordinator. As Collections Coordinator, Kaitlin is responsible for processing new acquisitions, managing collections…
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In this story by guest curator, Jeffrey Boone, learn about the exhibition, VALUE: Rebecca Belmore at the Museum of Anthropology and how Rebecca Belmore challenges viewers to take stock of her work.
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MOA is delighted to announce the appointment of Catherine Ouellet-Martin as the Assistant Director, Administration.
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June 13, 2025 marks one year since MOA reopened its doors to the public following an 18-month closure for the Great Hall seismic upgrades and…
Read More 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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In this guest post by Archive/CounterArchive Artist-in-Residence Bracken Hanuse Corlett (Wuikinuxv/Klahoose), learn about his visits and responses to the MOA exhibition To Be Seen, To Be Heard: First Nations in Public Spaces, 1900-1965.
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In this story, Indigenous Internship Program member Gid Kuuyas Collison-Robertson (Haida) participates in the repatriation of Haida ancestors from UBC’s Laboratory of Archeology (LOA).
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In this story, Indigenous Internship Program participant Nicole Johnson (Squamish) dives into the world of archives by collecting and digitizing family photos from her grandmother and in the process, becoming her family’s historian.
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In MOA’s Drawers — these beautiful textiles feature vivid geometric designs and were made in the artistic tradition of the Wixáritari (or Huichol) people of western Mexico.
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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 a Wandjina figure from an estate sale.
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