Museum of Anthropology at UBC

This weekend at MOA — Coastal Dance Festival 2026: Festival Stage Performances ✨
March 7 + 8 | 1–4 pm 

Join us for a vibrant, all-ages celebration of Indigenous stories, songs, and dances of the Northwest Coast. https://f.mtr.cool/qyfclibnaf

This week! The Coastal Dance Festival returns to MOA from March 4–8! Enjoy a week of dance performances, artist sharing, and festival stage shows celebrating the stories, songs, and dances of Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples and guests. Schedule: https://f.mtr.cool/uoypaayosu

Save the date! ✨ On March 19, enjoy free admission from 6 pm on at MOA for the opening of Tupananchiskama: Ancient Andean Cosmovision. See nearly 100 pre-Columbian works—some 2,500+ years old.

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

🎥 Take an online tour of MOA's feature exhibition, Entangled Territories: Tibet Through Images with curator Fuyubi Nakamura. The exhibition showcases Tibet and Tibetans through their own lenses and voices. Watch now: https://f.mtr.cool/qlfgdkglin

The Coastal Dance Festival comes to MOA from March 4–8! Enjoy a week of dance performances, artist sharing, and festival stage shows celebrating the stories, songs, and dances of Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples and guests. Schedule: https://f.mtr.cool/hqoqyytona

✨ Come play this Sunday at Culture Club at MOA: Familiar Ephemera! Make custom buttons, design stickers, and try junk journaling in this hands-on, drop-in family session.

🕚 11–2 • Free with admission
Join us: https://f.mtr.cool/yanhqegidl

On Saturday, February 14 at 12 pm, the 35th annual Women’s Memorial March will be held to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQIA+ people. A livestream will also be available. Learn more: https://f.mtr.cool/ywvkjqxhcv

Join MOA next Thursday, February 12 from 5:30–7 pm for Art Club at MOA, a creative series for adults. Learn weaving with Cultural Interpreter Joshua Rolland (Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw). Free (museum admission not required): https://f.mtr.cool/gzgogsqgrb

Tickets on sale now! The Dancers of Damelahamid present the 19th Coastal Dance Festival, March 6–8 at MOA. Signature Evening Performances: Mar 6 + 7, 7:30 pm in the Great Hall. $30–$40. 🎟️
https://f.mtr.cool/fbfgqjknhj

Looking for ways to get through the dark January nights? Spend an evening at MOA! We are open every Thursday from 10 am to 9 pm — admission after 5 pm is 50% off! Enjoy a quieter museum experience at a discount. Join us tonight: https://f.mtr.cool/svkgciusbl

📸: @itsyanks

Join us for the first Culture Club of the year this Sunday, Jan 25. Families are invited to welcome the New Year by celebrating the past and imagining good fortune ahead. Drop in 11 am–2 pm. Free with admission. https://moa.ubc.ca/event/culture-club-at-moa-making-memories-for-the-new-year/

[Image description: MOA's Haida Village, grounds and Great Hall in the morning fog and sun.]

A fog-softened morning at MOA. 🌫️

Visit MOA: https://moa.ubc.ca/

Slides 1 + 2: 📷:Claire Grenier 
Slides 3 + 4: 📷: Kristi Fuoco

Check out this conversation with Professor Tsering Shakya and MOA curator Fuyubi Nakamura on Entangled Territories: Tibet Through Images. On now at MOA.

Join us on Thursday, January 15 at 5:30 pm for the first-ever Art Club at MOA—a new monthly evening of hands-on art-making, connection, and creative exploration for adults. 🎨 Learn more: https://moa.ubc.ca/event/art-club-at-moa-trouble-in-paradise/

⏰ Closing this weekend! Visit Nuxalk Strong: Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun at MOA before January 11. Explore Nuxalk resurgence, healing, and sovereignty through 60+ historic treasures. Plan your visit: https://moa.ubc.ca/exhibition/nuxalk-strong/

📣 MOA School program bookings for the remainder of the 2025/2026 school year are now open! MOA’s educational offerings provide enriching learning experiences that connect elementary and secondary students with diverse cultural belongings and artworks. Book now: https://f.mtr.cool/lqkrogekip

Chief Kalilix memorial pole on the MOA grounds in the snow with blue sky in the background. Carved crest figures, from top to bottom, of Thunderbird, Chief, Raven, Killer whale and another Chief.

Happy New Year from MOA! Looking for some plans today? MOA is open from 10 am until 9 pm today, January 1, 2026. Admission after 5 pm is half price! Enjoy our feature exhibitions and permanent galleries and a wintery walk on the MOA grounds. Plan your visit: https://f.mtr.cool/pcvdvqokcs

Wintery wishes from MOA on this new year's eve. MOA closes today at 2 pm and reopens tomorrow, January 1 at 10 am. Wishing you a lovely and safe evening.❄️

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

The Haida Village at MOA. Photo by Kristi Fuoco.

MOA will be closing early today, Saturday, December 24, at 2 pm and will be closed on December 25. We will reopen at 10 am on Friday, December 26. Wishing you a peaceful holiday! ❄️ ⁣

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

📷: Issaku Inami

Get creative over the holidays with MOA's textile colouring cards! Each card portrays some of the patterns and designs found in textiles in MOA's collections. Fun for kids and adults alike. Download here: https://f.mtr.cool/dmjnekolsc

Season's Greetings from MOA! Stop by the Museum this holiday season and enjoy our feature exhibits and permanent collection.

⌛ Holiday Hours
December 24: 10 am – 2 pm
December 25: closed
December 26: 10 am – 5 pm
December 31: 10 am – 2 pm
January 1: 10 am – 9 pm

https://f.mtr.cool/ritdimvwgd

Looking for a unique gift idea this holiday? Give the gift of a MOA Membership! Members enjoy other exclusive benefits including unlimited free museum admission, 50% off admission for guests and 10% MOA Shop discount throughout the year. Buy now: https://f.mtr.cool/urnklndkuk

Closing soon on January 4! Don't miss the final days of Nuxalk Strong: Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun at MOA. In this powerful display of healing and sovereignty, Nuxalk ways of knowing are shared with the world. Plan your visit: https://moa.ubc.ca/exhibition/nuxalk-strong/

Join artist Jaad Kuujus–Meghann O’Brien and guest co-curator Kate Hennessy this Saturday December 6 for a special guided tour of MOA’s new feature exhibition, Jaad Kuujus: Everyone Says I Look Like My Mother. Join us: https://moa.ubc.ca/event/everyone-says-i-look-like-my-mother-curator-tours

Join MOA for the final Culture Club of the year on Sunday, Nov 30! Welcome the harvest season by decorating a centerpiece for your “harvest” flowers—a reminder of your family’s accomplishments and future goals. Drop in 11 am–2 pm. https://moa.ubc.ca/event/culture-club-at-moa-harvest-centrepieces/

Join MOA tomorrow Saturday, November 22 for a talk and tour connected to Entangled Territories: Tibet Through Images.

Artist talk | 2 pm 
Artist + curator tour | 3:15 pm
Featuring artists Kunsang Kyirong & Lodoe Laura and curator Fuyubi Nakamura. 
Free with admission
https://moa.ubc.ca/events/

Enjoy FREE admission to MOA on Thursday November 20 from 6 pm on for the opening of Entangled Territories: Tibet Through Images! 🎉Program at 7 pm. Join us: https://moa.ubc.ca/event/opening-celebrations-of-entangled-territories-tibet-through-images/

🌟This week — the MOA Members Holiday Sale is on from November 18 – 23. MOA Members enjoy 20% off select merchandise at the MOA Shop. Not a MOA Member? Join today and enjoy this special sale as well as many more benefits of membership. https://moa.ubc.ca/event/moa-members-holiday-sale-2025/

✨ Opening December 4 at MOA —Jaad Kuujus: Everyone Says I Look Like My Mother. Tracing Northwest Coast weaving through today’s technologies, Jaad Kuujus creates digital and material works that honour kinship, ancestors, and tradition. Learn more: https://moa.ubc.ca/exhibition/jaad-kuujus/

🎬 The Prop Master’s Dream premieres tomorrow Nov 8 at 2:30 pm! A moving documentary short on Cantonese opera, a legendary mixed-heritage prop master, and cultural identity—directed by former MOA Curator of Public Programs April Liu.
More info: https://2025festival.vaff.org/events/program6-bemindful