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 NW Marine Dr FS Cecil Green Park Rd.
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.
Politics and the Past in Latin America
Politics and the Past in Latin America
Honouring Indigenous culture, history and language
Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art
Daily public tours are held three times throughout the day.
All public tours are free with museum admission. See tour schedule.
This 60-minute 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.
• Free with museum admission tour
This 30-minute tour features a unique collection of European ceramics from the late 15th to early 19th centuries. The collection consists of nearly 600 pieces of lead- and tin-glazed earthenware and some stoneware collected by Walter Koerner over 40 years of his life.
• Free with museum admission tour
Through MOA's unique school programs, elementary and secondary students learn about world cultures.
In numbers alone, MOA’s new Gallery of Northwest Coast Masterworks is groundbreaking: more than 110 historical Indigenous objects will be displayed in a $3.5-million space, which features more than 30 Indigenous voices in video, audio and text, and one custom microchip designed to read Point Grey weather patterns.
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When Valdis Zatlers, then-president of the Republic of Latvia, visited Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics, he made a special excursion to MOA. “The richness of the great number of collections in the Museum of Anthropology makes you lose your breath with every step you take."
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When Valdis Zatlers, then-president of the Republic of Latvia, visited Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics, he made a special excursion to MOA. “The richness of the great number of collections in the Museum of Anthropology makes you lose your breath with every step you take."
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The Museum of Anthropology will soon be home to a significant collection of historical and contemporary Indigenous artworks and a new Gallery of Northwest Coast Masterworks.
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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
I hope you enjoyed reading my last post about generating a digital copy of the ‘Ksan Doors found in the MOA Photographic Collection. I would…
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James W. Davidson was a journalist, adventurer, and businessman who spent many years in Asia, and later moved to Calgary. While in Asia, Davidson collected…
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I’m a library volunteer at MOA with a particular enthusiasm for the archaeology of B.C. This summer, my daughter Jo recommended a book about the…
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In April of 2013, I completed my first year as a Masters of Archival Studies candidate at the School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies…
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Hello MOA fans, we are Ida and Stephanie, two summer interns in the conservation and collections labs, respectively, here at MOA. Ida is an objects…
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Birch-bark basketry is a fascinating cultural practice! Prior to my research of MOA’s collection, I didn’t realize the high level of skill and ingenuity that…
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The Museum of Anthropology (UBC) is very pleased to welcome Gwaii Haanas Legacy Pole carver: Jaalen Edenshaw. Jaalen will facilitate a rich, visual presentation regarding his work…
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On November 14-15 the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) hosted a Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) Workshop on Wet Basketry. Participants in the workshop included representatives from…
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It has been almost three months since I started my internship at MOA and so far it has been a great experience. From my very…
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Pleased to Meet You: Introductions by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott. A first for MOA, is an exhibition that examines the new aesthetic perspectives that develop when…
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Bursts of bright light danced across the royal courts, ceremonies, processions and battlefields of pre-Columbian Peru. Reflected by the gold and silver of crowns, jewelry,…
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One of the most exciting features of the Museum of Anthropology is the outdoor totem pole display. The outdoor totem poles are subject to all the forces of nature. This presents some larger life challenges for the conservator, whose job it is to preserve these beautiful works. Conservators are generally used to working in a quiet lab space with small hand tools and objects that are not several stories tall!
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