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• January 24, 1989 - April 16, 1989 (Gallery 5)
• Joanna Staniszkis is an internationally known Canadian textile artist. In her most recent work she combines boldly innovative techniques, using the media of plexiglass, netting and fibre, with images inspired by textiles from other times and places. These works are exhibited with some of the finest textiles from the Museum’s collection.

• July 8, 1998 - January 3, 1999
• Including works by twenty-four of some of the most prominent contemporary First Nations and Inuit artists in Canada, this international travelling exhibit originates from Ottawa, and is jointly sponsored by the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of International Trade and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Curated by Barry Ace of the Indian Art Centre, and July Papatsie of the Inuit Art Centre, the show features such artists as Marianne Nicolson (Kwakwaka’wakw), Jane Ash Poitras (Cree), Lance Belanger (Maliseet), Joane Cardinalas Schubert (Blackfoot), Shelley Niro (Mohawk), Janet Kigusiuq (Baker Lake), and Oviloo Tunnillie (Cape Dorset).

• January 25 - 29, 1978, Hotel Vancouver.
• An exhibition prepared in cooperation with the Hannah Institute for the History of Medical and Related Sciences.

• October 1977 – January 31, 1978
• Covers periods from the 6th century A.D. to the 20th century. Comprised of artifacts in the collections of the Museum of Anthropology and private collections in Vancouver.

• May 11 – October 9, 2017
• CURATOR: Fuyubi Nakamura
• Words and their physical manifestations are explored in this insightful exhibition, which will honour the special significance that written forms, especially calligraphy, hold across the many unique cultures of Asia – a vast geographical area boasting the greatest diversity of languages in the world. Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia will showcase the varied forms of expression associated with writing throughout Asia over the span of different time periods: from Sumerian cuneiform inscriptions, Qu’ranic manuscripts, Southeast Asian palm leaf manuscripts and Chinese calligraphy from MOA’s Asian collection to graffiti art from Afghanistan and contemporary artworks using Japanese calligraphy, and Tibetan and Thai scripts. Curated by Fuyubi Nakamura (MOA Curator, Asia), the multimedia exhibition will meditate on the physical traces of words — both spoken and recorded — unique to humans. Embodying both the ephemeral and eternal elements innate to the human experience, the cultural significance of words and their artistic representation through calligraphy, painting, digital works and mixed media are examined. Traces of Words will feature works from six international artists — Shamsia Hassani, Kimura Tsubasa, Nortse, Phaptawan Suwannakudt, Yugami Hisao and teamLab.

• April 5 - September 30, 2013 (Multiversity Galleries)
• Student exhibition: This small exhibit was developed by students as part of ANTH431. It featured two Nuxalk sun masks and their corona and documented how the components were separated in the past and then reunited through this exhibit. This exhibit then traveled to the Seattle Art Museum for display. Curator: Dr. Jennifer Kramer.

Use for: Pipes, tobacco

• March 2003
• Student exhibition: Based on a memorial for Maggie Pointe of the Musqueam Nation, the exhibit includes a contemporary 14-foot West Coast style canoe and its contents donated by Shane Pointe and Gina Grant. This is the first exhibition curated at MOA by UBC’s Critical Curatorial Studies graduate students.

• March 31 – August 15, 1989 (Gallery 9)
• Student exhibition: In this exhibition, Museum Studies students explore some of the intriguing dimensions of buying a piece of another culture. This multi-part study examines the influences and impact tourism has on the production of cultural objects; the ingenuity of the producers in meeting expectations; the conflict inherent in selling sacred images; and the multiple roles objects play in the lives of the purchasers.

Use for: Taku

Use for: Sliammon

Use for: Teepees, Tepees

• November 1, 2006 - January 14, 2007 (Lower Lobby)
• Buddhism was introduced to Tibet in the seventh century, and since that time Tibetan Buddhist sacred art has grown and flourished. The Tibetan word ?thangka? refers to a work done on cloth and set in a silk or cotton frame. In this small exhibit, MOA is pleased to present several works by Kalsang Dawa, a master practitioner in the Thangka style.

• 1985

• Thru December, 2000
• Three exhibit cases highlight different aspects of Northwest Coast art. One features several turn-of-the-century paddles; another offers selections from a remarkable recent bequest of Northwest materials collected by Tom and Frances Richardson. A third presents two contemporary works by master artist Dempsey Bob (Tahltan) alongside an older Tlingit piece from the Museum’s collections.