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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.
Make your own wallet or purse in this drop-in workshop using old MOA exhibition materials.
MOA • Free with museum admission Workshop
Come to MOA for a day of word play exercises and creative development in rhythm and rhyme with local spoken word artist and activist Jillian Christmas, as part of National Poetry Month celebrations. Take inspiration from the MOA’s worldwide collections and bring them to life through words.
MOA • General $30 | UBC Students, Staff, Faculty / MOA Members / Indigenous peoples $25 Workshop
Here are some online MOA resources for you to enjoy online, from home. In these difficult times of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s more important than ever to keep culture in your daily life.
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In light of the evolving COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, MOA is temporarily closed to the public (effective Tuesday, March 17). This includes all public and private tours, public programs and events, and school programs.
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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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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
Email • info@moa.ubc.ca
Phone • 604.822.5087
MOA’s newest exhibition unpacks the contemporary significance of the Devil in Latin American culture—on pink morgue tables.
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MOA is now home to a diverse new collection of Northwest Coast art, including early works by renowned Haida artist Bill Reid.
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While today Bill Reid’s bear sculpture proudly sits in the Great Hall, it wasn’t always intended to be displayed in the public eye.
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If you’re not sure where to begin in exploring the myriad of objects on display in the Multiversity Galleries, try finding this “amewsing” Japanese woodblock print.
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Despite measuring only 4.4 centimetres tall and a fraction of a centimetre wide, this Kwakwaka’wakw carving is no small feat.
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More than 110 historical Indigenous objects are now on display in this groundbreaking $3.5-million space.
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Valdis Zatlers, former president of the Republic of Latvia, donates ceramic works from Latgale, the easternmost region of Latvia renowned for its traditional pottery, to MOA’s permanent collection.
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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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Last summer, during the third and fourth weeks of my volunteer curatorial internship at MOA, I was asked by curators Karen Duffek and Tania Willard…
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This is part one of three part series in which MOA intern Nikki Peck shares a behind-the-scenes look into creating the Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun: Unceded…
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