The Museum Shop
The Museum Shop
The Museum Shop features a fine selection of original Northwest Coast jewellery, masks, carvings, baskets, and limited edition prints. Visit us online or onsite to choose from an eclectic array of clothing, gifts and collectibles inspired by Museum exhibits, or purchase a wide variety of books with topics related to Northwest Coast anthropology, art, and contemporary issues. The Museum of Anthropology also has its own line of giftware designed by Northwest Coast artists Lyle Wilson (Haisla), Susan Point (Coast Salish), Vernon Brown (Blackfish Clan, Kitkatla, BC), and Shawn Hunt (Heiltsuk).
Museum Shop products can be shipped to any destination. We are also pleased to assist with conference, corporate, or wedding gifts.
All proceeds from the Shop fund museum acquisitions, publications, and public programs.
Queries:
Museum Shop Manager
Tel: 604.822.3440
Fax: 604.822.2974
Email: shop@moa.ubc.ca
Directions/Map
The Museum of Anthropology is located on the campus of the University of British Columbia, twenty minutes from downtown Vancouver. For directions, click www.ubc.ca/about/maps.html.
Parking
There is parking available across the street from the Museum in the Rose Garden Parkade.
Payment
VISA, MasterCard, and debit cards accepted. Phone and mail orders welcome. We ship practically anywhere!
Shop News
MOA Shop FeaturesTibetan Artist Kalsang Dawa
To complement our new exhibit, Visions of Enlightenment: Buddhist Art at MOA, opening on Thurs May 10, the MOA Shop if featuring the works for Tibetan thangka artist Kalsang Dawa.
Kalsang Dawa began his studies in traditional Tibetan art at the age of 14 in Lhasa, Tibet, where he first apprenticed by painting Tibetan designs in temples and houses. He then settled in Dharamsala where he joined the Thangka Painting School at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. He studied under the guidance of Master thangka artist Ven. Sangye Yeshe.
Since completing his comprehensive studies in 1994, Kalsang has continued to develop his own unique style of Tibetan thangka art, which is renowned for the bold use of colour. While living in India, Buddhist monasteries there, and private collectors in Europe, Japan and North America commissioned his work.
Kalsang Dawa immigrated to Vancouver in 1998 where he continues to paint in the ManNiang style and broaden his scope as an artist. Kalsang is a contemporary artist who maintains a profound commitment to preserving the integrity of the traditions of Tibetan art. He has exhibited his paintings at galleries and museums including The Royal British Columbia Museum, STM Art Gallery at University of Saskatchewan and Saint Norbert Arts Centre in Winnipeg, where he has a permanent installation. Recently, MOA commissioned acquired Kalsang’s Mandala of Compassion thangka, which is now on display in the Multiversity Galleries.
Book about MOA Collections
Visit MOA's Shop to find treasures from around the world, plus a new book about MOA's collections, published by Douglas & McIntyre, "The Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia."
Photo Credit: Buddha in Meditation by Kalsang Dawa
