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Opening November 20—Entangled Territories: Tibet Through Images. #VisitMOA. xʷməθkʷəy̓əm | Musqueam Territory. https://moa.ubc.ca/
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The MOA Members Holiday Sale is back November 18–23. Members receive 20% off select items in the MOA Shop + online. Not a member yet? Join and take part. No museum admission required to shop. Save the dates: https://moa.ubc.ca/event/moa-members-holiday-sale-2025
🎬 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
More info: https://2025festival.vaff.org/events/program6-bemindful
November 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🎬 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
More info: https://2025festival.vaff.org/events/program6-bemindful
Rainy November evenings are perfect for cozy visits to MOA. Stop by after 5 pm every Thursday night for 50% off regular admission. The Museum is open until 9 pm. Plan your visit: https://moa.ubc.ca/<a href="/hashtag/menu-visit" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#menu-visit
Bill Reid's The Raven and the First Men. 📷: Stephen Tam
Bill Reid's The Raven and the First Men. 📷: Stephen Tam
November 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Rainy November evenings are perfect for cozy visits to MOA. Stop by after 5 pm every Thursday night for 50% off regular admission. The Museum is open until 9 pm. Plan your visit: https://moa.ubc.ca/<a href="/hashtag/menu-visit" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#menu-visit
Bill Reid's The Raven and the First Men. 📷: Stephen Tam
Bill Reid's The Raven and the First Men. 📷: Stephen Tam
The MOA Members Holiday Sale is back November 18–23. Members receive 20% off select items in the MOA Shop + online. Not a member yet? Join and take part. No museum admission required to shop. Save the dates: https://moa.ubc.ca/event/moa-members-holiday-sale-2025
November 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The MOA Members Holiday Sale is back November 18–23. Members receive 20% off select items in the MOA Shop + online. Not a member yet? Join and take part. No museum admission required to shop. Save the dates: https://moa.ubc.ca/event/moa-members-holiday-sale-2025
Today MOA honours #MusqueamDay and celebrates Elder Larry Grant’s new book, Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong. His teachings continue to guide MOA’s relationship with land and community.
Read more → https://moa.ubc.ca/2025/10/elder-larry-grant-and-reconciling-a-lifelong-struggle-to-belong/
Read more → https://moa.ubc.ca/2025/10/elder-larry-grant-and-reconciling-a-lifelong-struggle-to-belong/
November 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Today MOA honours #MusqueamDay and celebrates Elder Larry Grant’s new book, Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong. His teachings continue to guide MOA’s relationship with land and community.
Read more → https://moa.ubc.ca/2025/10/elder-larry-grant-and-reconciling-a-lifelong-struggle-to-belong/
Read more → https://moa.ubc.ca/2025/10/elder-larry-grant-and-reconciling-a-lifelong-struggle-to-belong/
Join MOA on November 4 for a special #AskAConservatorDay pop-up! Drop by to chat with conservation staff + students and learn how MOA cares for the belongings in its collections.
✨ Ask a Conservator Day: Drop-In at MOA
Tue, Nov 4 | 11am–2pm
Free with admission
Join us: https://f.mtr.cool/rzgtrmtnai
✨ Ask a Conservator Day: Drop-In at MOA
Tue, Nov 4 | 11am–2pm
Free with admission
Join us: https://f.mtr.cool/rzgtrmtnai
October 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Join MOA on November 4 for a special #AskAConservatorDay pop-up! Drop by to chat with conservation staff + students and learn how MOA cares for the belongings in its collections.
✨ Ask a Conservator Day: Drop-In at MOA
Tue, Nov 4 | 11am–2pm
Free with admission
Join us: https://f.mtr.cool/rzgtrmtnai
✨ Ask a Conservator Day: Drop-In at MOA
Tue, Nov 4 | 11am–2pm
Free with admission
Join us: https://f.mtr.cool/rzgtrmtnai
Join us this Sunday, October 26 for Culture Club at MOA: Lighting Our Path Together, a celebration of the Festival of Lights. Learn how to make your own diya using airdry clay, and bring your lights home. Free with admission: https://f.mtr.cool/yafaakfcko
October 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Join us this Sunday, October 26 for Culture Club at MOA: Lighting Our Path Together, a celebration of the Festival of Lights. Learn how to make your own diya using airdry clay, and bring your lights home. Free with admission: https://f.mtr.cool/yafaakfcko
The Great Trek will be happening at UBC on Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 8:30 am – 1:30 pm. Road closures may effect your trip to MOA. Please plan your route to MOA in advance by checking the UBC Campus + Community Planning website for full details: https://planning.ubc.ca/roadwork
October 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Great Trek will be happening at UBC on Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 8:30 am – 1:30 pm. Road closures may effect your trip to MOA. Please plan your route to MOA in advance by checking the UBC Campus + Community Planning website for full details: https://planning.ubc.ca/roadwork
Teachers receive 50% off regular admission at MOA tomorrow, Friday October 24 as part of the Provincial Professional Development Day. Present valid educator ID at the admissions desk. We look forward to seeing you at MOA! Learn more: https://f.mtr.cool/azkpqyblij
October 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Teachers receive 50% off regular admission at MOA tomorrow, Friday October 24 as part of the Provincial Professional Development Day. Present valid educator ID at the admissions desk. We look forward to seeing you at MOA! Learn more: https://f.mtr.cool/azkpqyblij
Opening November 20 at MOA → Entangled Territories: Tibet Through Images. 🖼️✨ This feature exhibition reimagines Tibet by showing how it has been represented historically by outsiders, and how Tibetans themselves now present and talk about Tibet. https://f.mtr.cool/gaseegniwd
October 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Opening November 20 at MOA → Entangled Territories: Tibet Through Images. 🖼️✨ This feature exhibition reimagines Tibet by showing how it has been represented historically by outsiders, and how Tibetans themselves now present and talk about Tibet. https://f.mtr.cool/gaseegniwd
Join MOA on October 24 for Beyond Fires + Floods: Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes — a powerful conversation on re-storying climate change through Indigenous voices and knowledge. Free. Join us: https://moa.ubc.ca/event/beyond-fires-floods-indigenous-narratives-in-an-era-of-extremes/
October 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Join MOA on October 24 for Beyond Fires + Floods: Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes — a powerful conversation on re-storying climate change through Indigenous voices and knowledge. Free. Join us: https://moa.ubc.ca/event/beyond-fires-floods-indigenous-narratives-in-an-era-of-extremes/
Get ready to #ShakeOutBC on October 16 at 10:16 am. 🚨 As part of ShakeOut, #UBC Vancouver will be testing its emergency notification system, UBC Alert. Learn more: https://srs.ubc.ca/2025/10/02/are-you-prepared-for-an-earthquake-3/
October 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Get ready to #ShakeOutBC on October 16 at 10:16 am. 🚨 As part of ShakeOut, #UBC Vancouver will be testing its emergency notification system, UBC Alert. Learn more: https://srs.ubc.ca/2025/10/02/are-you-prepared-for-an-earthquake-3/
Join MOA’s Cultural Interpreters this fall for a guided museum tour and discover the collections from an Indigenous perspective.
🍂 Fall Tour Schedule (starting October 14)
🕚 Tuesday–Thursday | 11:15 am
🎟️ Free with museum admission
Take a tour: https://f.mtr.cool/qcsgdlklkd
🍂 Fall Tour Schedule (starting October 14)
🕚 Tuesday–Thursday | 11:15 am
🎟️ Free with museum admission
Take a tour: https://f.mtr.cool/qcsgdlklkd
October 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Join MOA’s Cultural Interpreters this fall for a guided museum tour and discover the collections from an Indigenous perspective.
🍂 Fall Tour Schedule (starting October 14)
🕚 Tuesday–Thursday | 11:15 am
🎟️ Free with museum admission
Take a tour: https://f.mtr.cool/qcsgdlklkd
🍂 Fall Tour Schedule (starting October 14)
🕚 Tuesday–Thursday | 11:15 am
🎟️ Free with museum admission
Take a tour: https://f.mtr.cool/qcsgdlklkd
Enjoy MOA's last open Monday of the season! We are open all weekend long including Monday, October 13 from 10 am–5 pm. Beginning on October 15 — MOA will be open from Tuesday to Sunday, with late night closures on Thursdays until 9 pm. Plan your visit: https://f.mtr.cool/dkyllrmqpu
October 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Enjoy MOA's last open Monday of the season! We are open all weekend long including Monday, October 13 from 10 am–5 pm. Beginning on October 15 — MOA will be open from Tuesday to Sunday, with late night closures on Thursdays until 9 pm. Plan your visit: https://f.mtr.cool/dkyllrmqpu
In the latest MOA story, Indigenous Internship Program member Sarah Jacobs (Kanien’keha:ka/Mohawk) talks about the importance of beadwork in her community. Read now: https://f.mtr.cool/ztfxzkwuiy
October 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
In the latest MOA story, Indigenous Internship Program member Sarah Jacobs (Kanien’keha:ka/Mohawk) talks about the importance of beadwork in her community. Read now: https://f.mtr.cool/ztfxzkwuiy
Join the Institut français du Canada + Alliance Française Vancouver on October 8 at 6 pm for A Night of Ideas—a conversation on art, memory + museums across the Pacific with Polynesian artist and curator, Miriama Bono, MOA Curator Mitiana Arbon + others. Free, RSVP: https://f.mtr.cool/apvdpjfwde
October 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Join the Institut français du Canada + Alliance Française Vancouver on October 8 at 6 pm for A Night of Ideas—a conversation on art, memory + museums across the Pacific with Polynesian artist and curator, Miriama Bono, MOA Curator Mitiana Arbon + others. Free, RSVP: https://f.mtr.cool/apvdpjfwde
🍎 Teachers receive 50% off regular admission at MOA this Sunday, October 5! 🎉 In celebration of #WorldTeachersDay, we’re saying thank you to educators for the vital work they do. Present valid educator ID at the admissions desk. https://f.mtr.cool/ishqnsnvpl
October 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🍎 Teachers receive 50% off regular admission at MOA this Sunday, October 5! 🎉 In celebration of #WorldTeachersDay, we’re saying thank you to educators for the vital work they do. Present valid educator ID at the admissions desk. https://f.mtr.cool/ishqnsnvpl
Thank you for voting MOA the Best Museum in Vancouver for the 8th year in a row—in The Georgia Straight Best of Vancouver 2025 Awards! We appreciate all your support! https://f.mtr.cool/emrozyyidq
October 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Thank you for voting MOA the Best Museum in Vancouver for the 8th year in a row—in The Georgia Straight Best of Vancouver 2025 Awards! We appreciate all your support! https://f.mtr.cool/emrozyyidq
Closing soon on October 13: We Come From Great Wealth Ḵaḵaso’las—Ellen Neel and the Totem Carvers! Don't miss this exhibition, curated by the UBC students of ANTH 431: Museum Practice and Curatorship.
Plan your visit: https://f.mtr.cool/rbojdklers
📷: Sarah Race
Plan your visit: https://f.mtr.cool/rbojdklers
📷: Sarah Race
October 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Closing soon on October 13: We Come From Great Wealth Ḵaḵaso’las—Ellen Neel and the Totem Carvers! Don't miss this exhibition, curated by the UBC students of ANTH 431: Museum Practice and Curatorship.
Plan your visit: https://f.mtr.cool/rbojdklers
📷: Sarah Race
Plan your visit: https://f.mtr.cool/rbojdklers
📷: Sarah Race
This Sunday, September 28 from 11 am – 2 pm, join us for Culture Club at MOA: Imprints for Truth and Reconciliation in recognition of #OrangeShirtDay. Enjoy art-making and guided reflection. Drop in: https://f.mtr.cool/uknmzshdmr
September 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This Sunday, September 28 from 11 am – 2 pm, join us for Culture Club at MOA: Imprints for Truth and Reconciliation in recognition of #OrangeShirtDay. Enjoy art-making and guided reflection. Drop in: https://f.mtr.cool/uknmzshdmr
Join UBC Theatre for a FREE Métis Jigging Workshop on Monday, September 29 at the Chan Centre! Doors open at 4 pm, workshop starts at 4:15 pm. Watch a demo, then try it yourself—no dance experience needed.
More details & sign-up here: https://f.mtr.cool/pjssjhexyy
More details & sign-up here: https://f.mtr.cool/pjssjhexyy
September 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Join UBC Theatre for a FREE Métis Jigging Workshop on Monday, September 29 at the Chan Centre! Doors open at 4 pm, workshop starts at 4:15 pm. Watch a demo, then try it yourself—no dance experience needed.
More details & sign-up here: https://f.mtr.cool/pjssjhexyy
More details & sign-up here: https://f.mtr.cool/pjssjhexyy
This week on Thursday, September 25 at 7 pm, enjoy a guided tour of Nuxalk Strong: Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun with MOA’s Oral History + Language Lab Manager, Gerry Lawson. Free with admission. Limited capacity. Join us: https://f.mtr.cool/prydkkbkzq
September 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This week on Thursday, September 25 at 7 pm, enjoy a guided tour of Nuxalk Strong: Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun with MOA’s Oral History + Language Lab Manager, Gerry Lawson. Free with admission. Limited capacity. Join us: https://f.mtr.cool/prydkkbkzq
Happy Fall Equinox from MOA! 🍂✨ As the days grow shorter and the sweaters come out, find a cozy moment of quiet and renewal at MOA this fall.
📌 Reminder: Fall/winter Monday closures begin on October 15. Plan your visit: https://f.mtr.cool/narkauzwzz
📷: @raddedu
📌 Reminder: Fall/winter Monday closures begin on October 15. Plan your visit: https://f.mtr.cool/narkauzwzz
📷: @raddedu
September 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Happy Fall Equinox from MOA! 🍂✨ As the days grow shorter and the sweaters come out, find a cozy moment of quiet and renewal at MOA this fall.
📌 Reminder: Fall/winter Monday closures begin on October 15. Plan your visit: https://f.mtr.cool/narkauzwzz
📷: @raddedu
📌 Reminder: Fall/winter Monday closures begin on October 15. Plan your visit: https://f.mtr.cool/narkauzwzz
📷: @raddedu
🎶 Tonight at MOA! Celebrate Persian culture at MOA this evening, Thursday September 18 at 7:30 pm with a special musical performance by Vancouver-based Persian classical music group, the Kereshmeh Ensemble. Free with museum admission. Join us: https://f.mtr.cool/vmjglzoftm
September 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🎶 Tonight at MOA! Celebrate Persian culture at MOA this evening, Thursday September 18 at 7:30 pm with a special musical performance by Vancouver-based Persian classical music group, the Kereshmeh Ensemble. Free with museum admission. Join us: https://f.mtr.cool/vmjglzoftm
Did you know that you can use your Translink compass card and get a discount at MOA? Just show our admissions staff your compass card or proof of same-day fare and get 15% off Museum admission! Learn more: https://f.mtr.cool/puwnzeevph
September 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Did you know that you can use your Translink compass card and get a discount at MOA? Just show our admissions staff your compass card or proof of same-day fare and get 15% off Museum admission! Learn more: https://f.mtr.cool/puwnzeevph
Celebrate Persian culture with an end of summer celebration, known as Mehregan at MOA on September 18 at 7:30 pm. The event features a special performance by Vancouver-based Persian classical music group, the Kereshmeh Ensemble. Free with admission. https://f.mtr.cool/skatrqpuvw
September 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Celebrate Persian culture with an end of summer celebration, known as Mehregan at MOA on September 18 at 7:30 pm. The event features a special performance by Vancouver-based Persian classical music group, the Kereshmeh Ensemble. Free with admission. https://f.mtr.cool/skatrqpuvw