Museum of Anthropology

Museum of Anthropology Explore traditional and contemporary art from Northwest Coast First Nations and other cultures across the world at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC.
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Plan your visit: https://moa.ubc.ca/ -visit Just 20 minutes from downtown Vancouver and the Vancouver International Airport, the Museum of Anthropology at UBC houses one of the world’s finest displays of Northwest Coast First Nations arts in a spectacular Arthur Erikson designed building overlooking mountains and sea. See magnificent carvings, weavings and contemporary artworks inside the soar

ing glass and concrete structure of the Museum’s Great Hall. Admire the world’s largest collection of works by acclaimed Haida artist Bill Reid, including his famous cedar sculpture The Raven and the First Men. Explore the Museum’s Multiversity Galleries where more than 16,000 objects from around the world are displayed. Visit the award-winning Koerner Ceramics Gallery, displaying a collection of European ceramics unique to North America. Stroll the Museum’s grounds, where monumental Haida houses, poles and Musqueam house posts capture the dramatic beauty of traditional Northwest Coast architecture and design. Enjoy a wide range of special exhibitions and public programs, including free guided gallery walks. Visit the MOA Shop for thoughtful selections that reflect the Museum’s current exhibitions and permanent collections, where both local and international artisans are featured. We acknowledge that MOA is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people.

08/31/2026

Today we’re sharing another story from I Use My Haida Eyes: The History Robes of Jut-ke-Nay–Hazel Wilson: Welcoming the Hawaiian Hierarchy.

While many of Hazel Wilson’s robes portray encounters — mostly negative — with Europeans or Euro-Canadian settlers, she also shares stories of Haida interactions with others from beyond their shores: Hawaiian and Japanese people, and even strange visitors from outer space. “These were different from strangers that came to the island,” she observes of the Hawaiians, some of whom end up living among the Haida. Conversely, in Stranded in Hawai’i, we learn of Haida deckhands who, abandoned by their European captain, integrate themselves in Hawai’i.

Visit the exhibition to listen to these stories and discover the histories, relationships and perspectives woven into Wilson’s work.

🎧 Welcoming the Hawaiian Hierarchy
By Jut-ke-Nay–Hazel Wilson, 2006/2007
Melton cloth with acrylic paint, fabric, leather, plastic beads, plastic buttons, thread
Estate of Hazel Wilson

🎙️ Narrated by Avis Simeon

🎶 This week at MOA: Pop-up Performance: Nanwang Sisters—Voices from PinuyumayanJoin us this Wednesday, September 2 at 2 ...
08/31/2026

🎶 This week at MOA: Pop-up Performance: Nanwang Sisters—Voices from Pinuyumayan

Join us this Wednesday, September 2 at 2 pm for a special pop-up performance by the Nanwang Sisters, acclaimed Pinuyumayan Indigenous musicians from Taiwan. Through powerful songs and harmonies, they celebrate cultural memory, resilience, and the enduring traditions of their community.

Presented in partnership with TAIWANfest Vancouver

📅 September 2 | 2–2:30 pm
🎟️ Included with museum admission

Join us: https://f.mtr.cool/k7lfeeds9v

08/28/2026

A sketch inspired by the MOA Collections. This month's features the Kwakwaka’wakw diuwalaxa, or “Returned-from-Heaven dances,” where dancers return in supernatural form wearing dugwe’ masks that reveal the privileges of chiefly families. Visit MOA's Multiversity Galleries to see these masks and more masks from Northwest Coast First Nations.

Thank you to for sharing this beautiful drawing from your visit to MOA. ❤️

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Save the date! 🎸 Join MOA on Thursday, September 17 at 7:30 pm for G̱a̱mksimoon: The Power of Sm’algy̱ax.Experience the ...
08/27/2026

Save the date! 🎸 Join MOA on Thursday, September 17 at 7:30 pm for G̱a̱mksimoon: The Power of Sm’algy̱ax.

Experience the power of Sm’algy̱ax through the music of Ga̱mksimoon, a Ts’msyen rock band blending contemporary sound with their ancestral language. Rock out to an electrifying celebration of language, culture and Indigenous music!

📅 September 17 | 7:30 pm
🎟️ Included with museum admission or a Harvest Feastival ticket

Learn more: https://f.mtr.cool/p9j2k2049c

Presented in partnership with UBC Inspired’s Harvest Feastival.

Hands up if you've ever tried to pose four dogs for a photo! 🐕 Shout out to on this International Dog Day! We love seei...
08/26/2026

Hands up if you've ever tried to pose four dogs for a photo! 🐕 Shout out to on this International Dog Day! We love seeing all our canine friends who visit the MOA grounds (and the service dogs who visit inside the Museum!)

Photos by Kristi Fuoco featuring

🍎 Attention teachers! Planning your fall field trips? It’s time to book!MOA is ready to welcome you and your students ba...
08/25/2026

🍎 Attention teachers! Planning your fall field trips? It’s time to book!

MOA is ready to welcome you and your students back for the 2026/27 school year! Explore our engaging school programs and bring your classroom learning to life through hands-on experiences at the Museum.

📚 Start planning your field trip and explore our school offerings: https://f.mtr.cool/d4lt8cof48

Today, August 23, on the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, we reflect on histo...
08/23/2026

Today, August 23, on the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, we reflect on histories of enslavement and abolition through works in MOA’s collections.

On this day in 1791, an uprising of enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue—now Haiti—ignited the process that led to the country’s independence from France in 1804.

In a new MOA Story, curator Nuno Porto explores this history through two works in MOA’s collections, including a painting by Haitian artist Roodly Jeune depicting the violence of the transatlantic slave trade, and a 19th-century wood carving portraying an enslaved African.

Read now: https://f.mtr.cool/tcsfwsteww

⏰ Last call to vote for MOA!There’s still time to help us take the top spot in the Georgia Straight Best of Vancouver — ...
08/21/2026

⏰ Last call to vote for MOA!

There’s still time to help us take the top spot in the Georgia Straight Best of Vancouver — but voting closes August 23!

If MOA is one of your favourite museums in Vancouver, we’d love your vote. Thank you for your support! 💙

🗳️ Vote before Sunday: https://f.mtr.cool/elfsdrslfd

Share Your MOA Memories—Last Chance! 🎉MOA has been part of countless memories over the past 50 years. Have a favourite v...
08/20/2026

Share Your MOA Memories—Last Chance! 🎉

MOA has been part of countless memories over the past 50 years. Have a favourite visit, artwork or moment to share?

Our MOA Memories Contest closes August 31! Share your story or photo for a chance to be featured on MOA’s social media and win a $50 MOA gift card. 🎁

📝 Share your story: https://f.mtr.cool/mpzjqxqxff
📷 Share your photos with us by sending us a DM.

Photo courtesy of Brannen Bell

This World Photography Day, we’re looking back at some beautiful moments from the May opening celebrations of I Use My H...
08/19/2026

This World Photography Day, we’re looking back at some beautiful moments from the May opening celebrations of I Use My Haida Eyes: The History Robes of Jut-ke-Nay–Hazel Wilson at MOA.

Photography captures more than the art, belongings and objects on display—it also captures the energy of a gathering, and the ways visitors and honoured guests experience these special moments at MOA.

A big shoutout to our talented event photographer, Sarah Race, for capturing so many memorable moments at MOA over the years. ❤️

I Use My Haida Eyes is on now at MOA and closes October 12, 2026. Don’t miss it!

Plan your visit: https://f.mtr.cool/taearmeamf

📷 Sarah Race

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