MOA is temporarily closed for Great Hall seismic upgrades and is reopening on June 13, 2024 at 5 pm.
Learn MoreCampus Canines at MOA
Tuesday March 5 | 1:30 – 3 pm
Come out to MOA’s Haida House and meet the UBC Campus Canines.
MOA is thrilled to partner with the Pacific Assistance Dog Society (PADS) for a special afternoon with the puppies from the UBC Campus Canine Team.
Take a break from your studies, soak up the beautiful setting around MOA’s Haida House and get a dose of puppy energy, while learning more about these assistance-dogs-in-training!
Free and open to all. Very limited capacity, first come first served.
Haida House at MOA • Free
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MOA Unmasked: Behind-the-Scenes Tours
Select Thursdays (7 pm) + select Fridays (4:30 pm)
Join MOA for a rare opportunity to visit the Museum during our temporary closure.
MOA senior staff and special invited guests will guide monthly tours through the Museum’s galleries. They will share the rich stories and exciting research behind the collections and discuss the issues that are pushing the Museum in new directions.
During MOA’s temporary closure, these tours provide an intimate look at the Museum’s behind-the-scenes work and allow visitors to engage in meaningful discussions. Don’t miss your chance to see MOA’s expansive world collections in a new and intimate light.
Tours are 90 minutes long. The same tour will be offered twice a month. Tour guides and topics will vary each month.
Due to the behind-the-scenes nature of these tours, registration/tickets are required in advance. Capacity is very limited. Tickets will not be available at the door. Latecomers cannot be accommodated.
For all ticket inquiries or issues please contact MOA’s ticketing service, Chan Centre Ticket Office, directly at 604.822.2697 or chan.tickets@ubc.ca.
Tour Schedule
Tours are offered twice a month: Thursday tours at 7 pm and Friday tours at 4:30pm. More dates to be announced.
Tour descriptions and ticketing links will be added here as available.
Final MOA Unmasked Tour: Thursday, February 15 ( 7 pm) + Friday, February 16 (4:30 pm): MOA Unmasked: Afrofuturism and the Black Speculative Arts Movement
Past Tours
February 15 + 16: MOA Unmasked: Afrofuturism and the Black Speculative Arts Movement
January 19 + 25 : MOA Unmasked: Engaging Indigenous Partners
December 14 + 15: MOA Unmasked: Activating the Northwest Coast Collection.
November 16 + 17: MOA Unmasked: Belonging and Belongings
October 12 + 13: MOA Unmasked: The Museum as a Classroom
September 14 + 15: MOA Unmasked: Beading + Textiles in Motion
August 10 + 12: MOA Unmasked: Bringing Exhibitions to Life
July 13 + 15: MOA Unmasked: Unlocking Art, Heritage and Knowledge from Disasters
June 8 + 10: MOA Unmasked: Activating the Northwest Coast Collection
May 11 + 13: MOA Unmasked: Community Through Collaboration
April 13 + 15: MOA Unmasked: Looking at the Benin Collections
March 9 + 11: MOA Unmasked: Unlocking Art, Heritage and Knowledge from Disasters
MOA • $20 regular, $12 for MOA members, Indigenous peoples, UBC students/faculty/staff
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MOA Unmasked: Afrofuturism and the Black Speculative Arts Movement
Thursday, February 15 at 7 pm + Friday, February 16 at 4:30 pm
In celebration of Black History Month, take a tour with Ethọ́s Lab creative directors Jazz Groden-Gilchrist and Olúwáṣọlá Kẹ́hìndé Olówó-Aké, and MOA Curator Nuno Porto.
In this special tour, meet creative directors from one of MOA’s community partners, Ethọ́s Lab, a non-profit innovation academy for teens based in Vancouver. With the support of UBC’s Community University Engagement Support Fund, MOA has been partnering with Ethọ́s Lab on a creative arts and science project. Tour participants will hear from Ethọ́s Lab creative directors Jazz Groden-Gilchrist and Olúwáṣọlá Kẹ́hìndé Olówó-Aké, and MOA Curator Nuno Porto for a behind-the-scenes presentation of this collaborative project.
Don’t miss your last chance to join a MOA Unmasked tour before the Museum’s reopening in June. Tours fill up quickly—book your spot today!
Ethós Lab is an after-school innovation academy for youth Grades 5 to 12 to discover, explore and grow through S.T.E.A.M and culture-based experience.
Tours are 90 minutes long.
Due to the behind-the-scenes nature of these tours, capacity is very limited and registration/tickets are required in advance. Tickets will not be available at the door. Latecomers cannot be accommodated.
SOLD OUT: Thursday, February 15 at 7 pm
SOLD OUT: Friday, February 16 at 4:30 pm
MOA • $20 Regular | $12 for MOA Members, Indigenous peoples, UBC students/faculty/staff
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MOA Unmasked: Engaging Indigenous Partners
Thursday, January 18 at 7 pm (POSTPONED to Thursday, January 25 at 7 pm) + Friday, January 19 at 4:30 pm
Take a tour behind the scenes of MOA with Indigenous Internship Program Lead Sarah Holland and Curator Jennifer Kramer.
TOUR POSTPONED
Due to dangerous road conditions and predictions of freezing rain in Vancouver, tonight’s MOA Unmasked: Engaging Indigenous Partners tour on January 18 has been postponed until Thursday, January 25 at 7 pm. If you are unable to make the new time please e-mail the Chan Centre Ticket Office at chan.tickets@ubc.ca and they will issue you a refund. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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On this tour, they will share meaningful ways that MOA engages with Indigenous peoples and how communities partner with the Museum, both onsite and in their home nations. Visitors will learn about MOA’s commitment to different Indigenous engagement projects and programs, such as the Indigenous Internship Program, which provides flexible internship experiences. Visitors will also have the opportunity to learn about collections access and how belongings and treasures in MOA’s collection travel within BC for visits back home.
Tours are 90 minutes long.
Due to the behind-the-scenes nature of these tours, capacity is very limited and registration/tickets are required in advance. Tickets will not be available at the door. Latecomers cannot be accommodated.
Buy tickets for Thursday, January 25 at 7 pm
SOLD OUT: Friday, January 19 at 4:30 pm
MOA Unmasked Tours are offered twice a month: Thursday tours at 7 pm and Friday tours are at 4:30 pm. See the rest of the tour schedule.
MOA • $20 Regular | $12 for MOA Members, Indigenous peoples, UBC students/faculty/staff
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MOA Unmasked: Activating the Northwest Coast Collection
Thursday, December 14 at 7 pm + Friday, December 15 at 4:30 pm
Join MOA for a behind-the-scenes tour with MOA Conservator Heidi Swierenga and Curator Karen Duffek.
Venture behind-the-scenes at the Museum in this special tour that will focus on selected stories that MOA is privileged to share about its Collections Access Program.
The Calls to Action issued by Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission have challenged museums to address the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) directive that Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain, control, protect and develop their cultural heritage. Learn how the First Nations regalia housed at MOA continues to express family-owned rights, how community members are choosing to activate their ancestral belongings at the site of the museum and outside its walls, and how museum practices are changing as a result.
Tours are 90 minutes long.
Due to the behind-the-scenes nature of these tours, capacity is very limited and registration/tickets are required in advance. Tickets will not be available at the door. Latecomers cannot be accommodated.
SOLD OUT: Thursday, December 14 at 7 pm
SOLD OUT: Friday, December 15 at 4:30 pm
MOA Unmasked Tours are offered twice a month: Thursday tours at 7 pm and Friday tours are at 4:30 pm. See the rest of the tour schedule.
MOA • $20 Regular | $12 for MOA Members, Indigenous peoples, UBC students/faculty/staff
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Responsive Dialogues: Anti-Colonial Urban Histories of Palestine
Monday December 4, 11 am – 12:30 pm
Join MOA for the latest conversation in our Responsive Dialogues: Critical Issues + Conversations series with architectural historians Rana Abughannam and Dr. Nadi Abusaada.
In this dialogue, architectural historians Rana Abughannam and Dr. Nadi Abusaada discuss Palestine’s urban landscapes and how they have been shaped through history by British mandate and Israeli state policies and actions. Taking an anti-colonial lens, the conversation will address the urban histories of Jaffa and Hebron and their connection to the current siege on Gaza. This dialogue will be moderated by historian Dr. Hicham Safieddine.
This conversation is part of MOA’s Responsive Dialogues: Critical Issues + Conversations series, which looks at how museums should respond to current events and issues in the world by making connections to the work we do.
Online via Zoom.
Registration required. Click here to register.
Bios
Dr. Nadi Abusaada is an architect and a historian. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Architecture, ETH Zürich. Nadi completed his Ph.D. and M.Phil. degrees in architecture at the University of Cambridge. Before moving to Zürich, he was an Aga Khan Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Architecture + Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Nadi is also the co-founder of Arab Urbanism, a global network dedicated to historical and contemporary urban issues in the Arab region.
Rana Abughannam is assistant professor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. She taught at Carleton University, the Canadian University Dubai and Birzeit University. She is a registered architect in Palestine with a degree in architectural engineering (Birzeit University) and a master of history and theory of architecture (McGill University). Her doctoral research (Carleton University) focuses on counter-colonial practices in Palestine.
Dr. Hicham Safieddine is Canada Research Chair in the History of the Modern Middle East and associate professor of history at the University of British Columbia. He is a scholar of political economy and intellectual history (19th and 20th centuries). He is author of Banking on the State: The Financial Foundations of Lebanon (SUP, 2019), editor of Arab Marxism and National Liberation: Selected Writings of Mahdi Amel (Brill, 2020), and co-editor of The Clarion of Syria: A Patriot’s Call against the Civil War of 1860 (CUP, 2019).
Online via Zoom • Free
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MOA Shop Pop-Up Holiday Sale
Tuesday November 28 to Friday December 1 | 11 am – 4 pm
Come on out for a special MOA Shop Pop-Up Holiday Sale at the UBC Welcome Centre.
Just in time for the holidays, the MOA Shop Pop-Up Holiday Sale offers a unique collection of gifts, made by Indigenous, local and international artists and artisans. During MOA’s temporary closure for seismic upgrades, we’re bringing our popular gift shop to the UBC Welcome Centre for your shopping pleasure.
Find special and one-of-a-kind handcrafted gifts for everyone on your list. It’s the perfect time to start (or finish) your holiday shopping! Proceeds from your purchase support MOA’s acquisitions, publications and public programs.
MOA Members receive 20% off their purchase and UBC Alumni receive 10% off at the Pop-Up Holiday Sale (some exceptions apply; valid MOA or UBC ID required).
Location: UBC Welcome Centre in the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre | 6163 University Blvd
Parking: See full list of parking lots near UBC Welcome Centre
Can’t make it in-person to the MOA Shop Pop-Up Holiday Sale? The MOA Shop online is open throughout the museum’s temporary closure.
UBC Welcome Centre in the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre (6163 University Blvd) • Everyone welcome
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MOA Unmasked: Belonging and Belongings
Thursday November 16 at 11 am + 7 pm | Friday November 17 at 4:30 pm
Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour with MOA Curators Nuno Porto and Jennifer Kramer.
In this tour, learn how MOA strives to be a place of belonging for communities whose belongings are stewarded at the Museum. Using recent examples of new acquisitions and community loans, they will share stories of how relationships are cultivated between the people, the places and the material entities.
Tours are 90 minutes long.
Due to the behind-the-scenes nature of these tours, registration/tickets are required in advance (ticket links below). Tickets will not be available at the door. Latecomers cannot be accommodated.
Thursday, November 16 at 11 am: SOLD OUT
Thursday, November 16 at 7 pm: SOLD OUT
Friday, November 17 at 4:30 pm: SOLD OUT
MOA Unmasked: Behind-the-Scenes Tours are offered three times a month: select Thursdays at 11 am + 7 pm and select Fridays at 4:30 pm. See the full monthly tour schedule.
For all ticket inquiries or issues please contact MOA’s ticketing service, Chan Centre Ticket Office, directly at 604.822.2697 or tickets@tickets.ubc.ca.
MOA • $20 Regular, $12 for MOA Members, Indigenous peoples, UBC students/faculty/staff
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MOA Unmasked: The Museum as a Classroom
Thursday October 12 at 11 am + 7 pm | Friday October 13 at 4:30 pm
Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour with MOA Curator of Indigenous Programming Damara Jacobs-Petersen and MOA Education Coordinator Amina Chergui.
How do people learn – and unlearn – in museums? In this tour, MOA Curator of Indigenous Programming Damara Jacobs-Petersen and MOA Education Coordinator Amina Chergui will illustrate the educational power of artworks and belongings held in museums.
This event will begin with an introduction in the Community Lounge, followed by a tour of selected works in MOA’s Multiversity Galleries. Visitors will engage hands-on with the teaching collection belongings in MOA’s Learning Lab and participate in a reflective art-making activity.
Tours are 90 minutes long.
Due to the behind-the-scenes nature of these tours, registration/tickets are required in advance (ticket links below). Tickets will not be available at the door. Latecomers cannot be accommodated.
SOLD OUT: Thursday, October 12 at 11 am
SOLD OUT: Thursday, October 12 at 7 pm
SOLD OUT: Friday, October 13 at 4:30 pm
Please note: MOA does not offer refunds or run wait lists for events. If you are still looking for a ticket or are unable to attend the event please visit our Facebook event page to see if someone is offering their tickets, or would like to purchase your ticket directly from you.
MOA Unmasked: Behind-the-Scenes Tours are offered three times a month: select Thursdays at 11 am + 7 pm and select Fridays at 4:30 pm. See the full monthly tour schedule.
MOA • $20 Regular, $12 for MOA Members, Indigenous peoples, UBC students/faculty/staff
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MOA Unmasked: Beading + Textiles in Motion
Thursday September 14 at 11am + 7 pm | Friday September 15 at 4:30 pm
Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour with MOA Curator Karen Duffek and MOA Library + Archives Assistant Emily Teh.
How can museum objects and belongings be brought to life? In this tour, MOA Curator Karen Duffek and MOA Library + Archives Assistant Emily Teh will lead you on a closer look at Indigenous beadwork and robes in the collection to explore how object lives and stories extend beyond the walls of the museum.
Join us behind the scenes to see rarely exhibited Plains beadwork regalia and hear from Emily (Lakȟóta, Métis) about the living history of these belongings and the resiliency they represent. Learn about MOA’s commitment to supporting access and return as Karen focuses on Northwest Coast First Nations sewn and woven regalia—robes of power that continue to be activated by the families and artists connected to them.
Tours are 90 minutes long.
Due to the behind-the-scenes nature of these tours, registration/tickets are required in advance (ticket links below). Tickets will not be available at the door. Latecomers cannot be accommodated.
SOLD OUT: Thursday, September 14 at 11 am
SOLD OUT: Thursday, September 14 at 7 pm
SOLD OUT: Friday, September 15 at 4:30 pm
Please note: All September tour dates are now SOLD OUT. We do not offer refunds or run wait lists. You can check our Facebook event page to see if someone is unable to attend and looking to sell their tickets.
For all ticket inquiries or issues please contact MOA’s ticketing service, Chan Centre Ticket Office, directly at 604.822.2697 or tickets@tickets.ubc.ca.
MOA Unmasked: Behind-the-Scenes Tours are offered three times a month: select Thursdays at 11 am + 7 pm and select Fridays at 4:30 pm. See the full monthly tour schedule.
MOA • $20 Regular, $12 for MOA Members, Indigenous peoples, UBC students/faculty/staff
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Private + Self-Guided Tours
MOA offers a range of options for visitors wishing to have a private guided or self-guided group tour of the Museum.
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