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.
MOA's Great Hall will be 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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A Story of Resilience — By Kent Monkman
A Story of Resilience — By Kent Monkman
Preserving What We Value
Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art
The Museum of Anthropology at UBC is honoured to be the final stop on the national tour of Cree artist Kent Monkman’s exhibition, Shame and…
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Updated: July 8, 2020—MOA is re-open to the public after a temporary closure in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have worked hard to develop and implement a process to safely re-open for our visitors and staff, in accordance with all provincial health directives.
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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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This Fall, preparations will begin for a rebuild of its Great Hall at MOA to upgrade the resiliency of the museum and protect its irreplaceable collection in the event of a major earthquake.
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Congratulations to Coral Shaughnessy-Moon, this year’s winner of the MOA Shop Annual Emerging Indigenous Artist Contest. Coral’s design, Ha̱yulis tła̱n’s ma̱lkwa̱lał (We Will Always Remember), hopes…
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UBC has received a donation of $3 million from alumnus Michael Audain, OC, OBC, one of B.C.’s most ardent champions of the visual arts, to…
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Discover MOA’s extensive contemporary art collection displayed in the Multiversity Galleries, and explore Métis artist Alexis Macdonald Seto’s subversive reclamation of a vintage children’s book.
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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
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Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z2
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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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Do you have an artwork or other mystery object at home that you’ve always wondered about? Let our curators and collections staff offer their expertise.
Read More 2020 Contest Details Are you an emerging Indigenous artist, between 15 and 25 years old, with a story to tell? Submit a design that expresses…
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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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