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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On September 4, the Kakaso’las pole, carved by celebrated Kwakwaka’wakw artist Kakaso’las—Ellen Neel, will be returning to MOA after 40 years at Stanley Park.
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On September 4, the Kakaso’las pole, carved by celebrated Kwakwaka’wakw artist Kakaso’las—Ellen Neel, will be returning to MOA after 40 years at Stanley Park.
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MOA is excited to announce a new online collection of nearly 3,000 images from the archives. This searchable collection features scanned infrared photographs of historical Indigenous Northwest Coast painted belongings, taken as part of MOA’s Image Recovery Project.
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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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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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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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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 many of us spending more time at home due to the pandemic, 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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