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Big changes are underway in MOA's Great Hall, which is receiving seismic upgrades in order to augment its structural integrity and help preserve the invaluable cultural significance and living heritage of the world-renowned Northwest Coast First Nations collection housed within it.
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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.
Art and Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake /
東日本大震災後のアートと暮らし
Art and Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake /
東日本大震災後のアートと暮らし
Preserving What We Value
Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art
Celebrate Vancouver Pride 2021 at MOA with an exploration of underrepresented queer stories from Indigenous, Black and people of colour through film.
MOA • Free with museum admission
MOA is partnering with VocalEye, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to making public programming accessible for the blind and partially sighted, to offer an online tour of A Future for Memory: Art and Life after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Online via Zoom • Free, registration required
Updated: July 16, 2021—MOA is open to the public with new COVID-19 protocols. We continue to work hard to adjust and implement a process to safely welcome our visitors and staff, in accordance with all provincial health directives.
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Seismic upgrades and rebuild of MOA’s Great Hall are now underway, in order to strengthen the Museum’s resiliency and protect its irreplaceable collection in the event of a major earthquake.
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The Museum of Anthropology at UBC stands with all Indigenous peoples at this time of mourning and widespread sorrow, in light of the announcements of unmarked burials of more than one thousand Indigenous children on the grounds of Indian residential schools across the country.
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How should museums respond to current events or issues in the world? MOA’s new Responsive Dialogues series addresses pressing issues of the moment by making connections to what we do at MOA. The first dialogue in the series is about racism in Canada.
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In 2018, Jennifer Kramer, MOA Curator of the Pacific Northwest, was invited at the Frank Nelson Memorial Potlatch in Alert Bay to witnessed the dancing of Ninini (Earthquake), a supernatural being with whom the Nelson family has connections since time immemorial.
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In this ongoing online event series we invite you to learn about the work we do at the Museum of Anthropology, the community members we work with, and the shared interests that bring us together.
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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
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 an ornate porcelain vase acquired by the inquirer’s great-grandfather in Ireland.
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Discover MOA’s collection of contemporary works by Indigenous women artists in the Multiversity Galleries. Learn more about this pair of moccasins by Charlene Vickers that speak to the commodification of Indigenous culture.
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An update from the first cohort of the Indigenous Internship Program—a new program between MOA and six Indigenous community partners that aims to strengthen Indigenous capacity in museums and to support communities’ self-determined heritage management initiatives.
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Discover MOA’s collection of contemporary works by Indigenous women artists in the Multiversity Galleries. Learn more about the meticulously hand-woven Potlatch Dress by t’at’miye, Danielle Morsette.
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MOA is fortunate to have a large, beautiful old Salish loom in the collection. It was made sometime in the early 1900s for Mrs. Bartleman,…
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Susan Rowley, MOA Curator, Arctic + Public Archeology, shared a candid phone call with acclaimed Musqueam weaver and multidisciplinary artist Debra Sparrow. Their wide-ranging conversation…
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With many museums around the globe still closed, there’s no better time to look within your own home for stories of inspiration, creativity, history and identity. What objects in your life would you curate for your #MuseumofMe?
It was 17 years ago, on June 11, 2003, that Haida artist Yalthgwaawiis, Francis Williams, passed away from cancer. A long-time friend of MOA, he…
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In May 2018, Carol Mayer visited the island of Erub, in the Torres Strait, north of Australia, to document the creation of Eip Kor Korr, a sculpture made of synthetic fishing nets.
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Since 2015, a team of research volunteers, staff and students have been focusing on reclassifying and “decolonizing” the African collections at MOA.
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