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We’re hiring! Join the team at MOA this summer through the Young Canada Works program. 🌿
✨ Public Programs + Community Engagement Assistant
📅 Deadline: May 1 (11:59 pm)
✨ Museum Education Assistant
📅 Deadline: April 26 (11:59 pm)
Apply now: https://f.mtr.cool/jpzijlrlqs
Save 20%—MOA Shop Spring Clean Sale 🌿 April 13–17: enjoy 20% off sitewide as we clear out our online shop. Every purchase supports MOA’s exhibitions and programs.
Plus, spend $50+ for a chance to win a $100 gift card 🎁
Shop now: https://f.mtr.cool/wjlhbnxoql
Support the Indigenous Internship Program at MOA this #UBCGivingDay. 💙 Your gift helps provide paid, flexible training for Indigenous interns in cultural heritage work—building skills, connections, and pathways for Indigenous-led stewardship.
Give today: givingday.ubc.ca/32770/gd2026...
Join MOA on April 9 at 6:30 pm for the opening of Coming Together: The Objects We Meet and the Stories They Carry, curated by UBC ANTH 431 students. Free with admission.
🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/aysyecqjdi
Enjoy the long weekend at MOA 🌸 We’re open Friday–Sunday—perfect for a gallery wander or a stroll through our outdoor spaces with family, friends (or doggos).
Hours: Fri–Sun 10–5 | Mon closed
We look forward to welcoming you this weekend. https://f.mtr.cool/bpdftlzuke
Culture Club is back this Sunday, March 29 at MOA. Chase away winter and celebrate the sun! 🌞 Make kites and create suncatchers to bring warmth home. Plus enjoy storybooks and colouring sheets. 🎨
11 am–2 pm | Free with admission
Drop-in: moa.ubc.ca/event/culture-club-at-moa-sunshine-seekers/
Join us this Thursday, March 26 at 5:30 pm for Art Club at MOA. Featuring our new exhibition Tupananchiskama: Ancient Andean Cosmovision, participants will work with air-dry clay to art inspired by Andean Cosmology. 🌌 Free event. Join us: https://f.mtr.cool/mhubpeihqv
A photo of MOA’s Haida House on the MOA grounds with bright blue sky and sunshine beaming down.]
After a week of rain in Vancouver—hello, atmospheric river—our fingers and toes are crossed for sunny days like these. ☀️
Here’s to sunnier days ahead (we hope), and the Haida House basking in the sun when they arrive.
Plan your visit: https://f.mtr.cool/rdvmorjfae
Tomorrow! ✨ This Thursday, 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
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. moa.ubc.ca/event/culture-club-at-mo...
[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: moa.ubc.ca/event/art-club-at-moa-tr...
⏰ 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