MOA Renewal Project
We're back!
MOA's multi-year, multi-million dollar Renewal Project is well underway. At this time, our new wing (the "Centre for Cultural Research," containing staff offices and laboratories, the Audrey & Harry Hawthorn Library & Archives,) is largely operational, and we've nearly completed our renovations, including a $3.5 million upgrade to the building envelope and environmental systems. HOWEVER, the Multiversity Galleries (formerly Visible Storage) and MOA's major temporary exhibition gallery will still be under construction until the Project as a whole is complete. MOA's grand re-launch of ALL of our new spaces is being planned for January 23, 2010, to coincide with the Cultural Olympiad.
Below is a plan of the Museum showing which galleries are open, which will open later this spring, and which will be unveiled in 2010.
View: MUSEUM PLAN [PDF 1.5MB]
We've also made tremendous progress on the Reciprocal Research Network (RRN), an essential component of the overall Renewal Project. Jointly co-developed by MOA, Musqueam Indian Band, Stó:lo Nation/Tribal Council, and the U'mista Cultural Society, the RRN will be the first digital network of its kind to link geographically dispersed users and institutions - including originating communities, academics and museum staff - and enable individual or collaborative cultural research. (See www.moa.ubc.ca/renewal/rrn.php for complete details on the RRN.)
Latest News
MOA Receives $5 Million Gift from Koerner Foundation
The Koerner Foundation, Toronto, has donated $5 million to the University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology (MOA). The gift will support the Museum’s $55.5 million renewal project, A Partnership of Peoples, which is now underway. In 2001 and 2003 respectively, the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund each awarded the MOA renewal project $17,247,628, contingent on matching community contributions. The Koerner Foundation’s gift is a significant step toward reaching the final funding target. Scheduled for completion in January 2010, the Museum will be transformed into one of the most advanced anthropological research facilities in the world.
Photo Credit: Michael Koerner. Photo courtesy Koerner Foundation, Toronto