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This exhibition was created to celebrate the Museum’s 50th Anniversary; featuring works selected and commented upon by more than sixty people who have been associated with the Museum over its history.

This exhibit honours the people of Nunavut and features more than a hundred examples of contemporary and historic sculpture, prints and drawings.

This exhibit presents examples of antler, stone and wood carvings from archaeological sites in Coast Salish territory on the south coast of BC, as well as contemporary works by First Nations artists.

This exhibit draws on MOA’s collection of Cantonese opera costumes and accessories, photographs, news clippings, and other materials that document how Cantonese Opera has remained a vibrant art form in Canada from the 1880’s onward.

This exhibit features Early Chinese art from the private collection of Victor Shaw, which includes 4, 500 years of Chinese Art from the Neolithic through the Han, Tang and Song dynasties.

This exhibition includes works by 24 of the most prominent contemporary First Nations and Inuit artists in Canada. The exhibit originated in Ottawa and travelled internationally.

This exhibit by Vancouver Artist and UBC Fine Arts Professor Judith Williams included installations of paintings, sculptures, photographs and bookworks at MOA as a series of proposals for future directions in our relations with “other.”

This exhibit was the first public display of drawings and poems by Nuu-chah-nuulth artist Ron Hamilton.

This exhibition features rare preserved wood and bark objects dating from the past 4,600 years.

This was a living exhibition in which the artist, a Tsimshian Weaver from Lax Kw’alaams, publicly weaved a child-size Chilkat robe, alongside a display of his own weavings, and some historical weavings in MOA’s collection, and historical and contemporary photographs of people weaving.

This was a one-case exhibit of metalworks, which included works by Kwakwaka’wakw artist Mary Anne Barkhouse, Haisla artist Derek Wilson, and Gitxsan artist Eric Robertson.

This exhibit, which does not appear in the records as ever occurring at the museum, contained ceremonial objects honouring the bear, from the Ainu people, who are indigenous to the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan.

This exhibit was created by UBC graduate student Michelle Willard, and housed a collection of printed cloths that Ghanaians’ considered to be highly significant and shows how they are worn in Ghana to proclaim political loyalties and commemorate important events.

This subseries includes materials used in the planning of the exhibit case layout and case design, including Earthquake Mitigation. The planning involved considering innovative ways to use museum space, safety and conservation of the collection materials as well as the enjoyment and interaction with the public. The subseries includes videotapes pertaining to earthquake mitigation. Areas of focus include tests of the current visible storage cases using dental wax, nylon microfilament and securing mechanisms. Records include 4 videocassettes.