Renewal Project
MOA Renewal Project
MOA's multi-year, multi-million dollar Renewal Project is nearing completion. At this time, our new wing (the "Centre for Cultural Research," containing staff offices and laboratories, the Audrey & Harry Hawthorn Library & Archives) is fully operational, and renovations, including a $3.5 million upgrade to the building envelope and environmental systems, are almost finished. However, the Multiversity Galleries and The Audain Gallery, MOA's major temporary exhibition hall, are still under construction until the project as a whole is complete. MOA's grand re-launch of ALL of our new spaces is being planned to coincide with the Cultural Olympiad. Please join us on January 23, 24, and 26 for "A Celebration of Creativity," MOA's three-day festival of the arts marking the launch of the 'new' MOA. For details, visit www.moa.ubc.ca/events
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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 complete. 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.
Photo Credit: Michael Koerner. Photo courtesy Koerner Foundation, Toronto
