File consists of magazines published by the museum for members, released about twice a year. The magazines cover collections, exhibitions, events, the Volunteer Associates, books published by MOA staff, various museum initiatives, interviews, behind-the-scenes information, essays by curators, news and updates, and general visitor information.
Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia
Shadows, strings, & other things
File consists of reports of the museum's activities from 1947 onward. These reports were generally produced at the end of each fiscal year beginning in 1978. Most reports cover a single year, while some span multiple years. In some years, multiple reports were produced. The file does not contain reports for the fiscal years ending in 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2017, or 2018.
The reports in this file give information on the museum's activities, attendance, administration, funding, renovations, security, volunteer associates, curatorial work, exhibitions, acquisitions and donations, interactions with the university, outreach, programs such as the Native Youth Project and the Prison Outreach Program, educational activities, marketing, VIP visitors, and special events, among other topics.
MOA Magazine, Issue 08, Fall 2019
This issue contains articles on current and upcoming exhibitions, the Great Hall seismic upgrades, the UBC President's Staff Award for Community Engagement recipient Salma Mawani, the beginning of a project to decolonize MOA's Africa collections, funding from Canadian Heritage's Museum Assistance Program, Playing with Fire: Ceramics of the Extraordinary, the history of the museum and the Hawthorns, fast fashion and sustainable textiles, highlights from the Multiversity Galleries, the return of a Haida mortuary pole, the Native Youth Program, the MOA shop, artist-in-residence Sharon Reay, and the MOA Director's Advisory Council.
Museum of Anthropology Annual Report 2018-2019
The report outlines the museum's activities and finances for the previous fiscal year, including listing staff, attendance figures, acquisitions, exhibitions, educational activities, public programming, events, loans, research projects, and publications of the museum and its staff. It includes descriptions of Laura Osorio's multifaceted curatorial research in Latin America, the museum's review of its African collection, the beginning of an Indigenous internship program, and planning for a seismic mitigation project, among other initiatives.
Series consists of records pertaining to exhibitions at the Museum of Anthropology from the 1960s to the present day, including programming and events related to specific exhibitions. Material includes exhibition press releases, invitations, proposals, catalogues, and programmes. Records of this series are arranged into files for each represented exhibition, organized chronologically.
MOA Magazine, Issue 07, Spring 2019
This issue contains articles on current and upcoming exhibitions, the new Collections Access Grant program, the release of the book People Among the People: The Public Art of Susan Point, Shadows, Strings and Other Things: The Enchanting Theatre of Puppets and related programs, Javanese puppeteer Sutrisno Hartana, the Ninini (Earthquake) dance at the Frank Nelson Memorial Potlatch, MOA's conservators Miriam Clavir and Heidi Swierenga, highlights from the MOA archives, the book Divine Threads: The Visual and Material Culture of Cantonese Opera by April Liu, and how to leave a gift to MOA in your will.
Playing With Fire: Ceramics of the Extraordinary
MOA Magazine, Issue 05, Summer 2018
This issue contains articles on current and upcoming exhibitions, an award for Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia, renovations, MOA Journeys, donors Elspeth McConnell and Dr. Margaret (Marmie) Perkins Hess, the UBC Indigitization Program, highlights from the Multiversity Galleries, the BC Heritage Response Network for emergency and disaster response, artist-in-residence Debra Sloan, the donation of a South Pacific collection belonging to Reverend George Stallworthy, and an interview with Sharon Haswell, MOA Shop Manager.
MOA Magazine, Issue 06, Fall 2018
This issue contains articles on current and upcoming exhibitions, Great Hall seismic upgrade renovations, Carol E. Mayer's trip to the island of Erub, volunteer Marcie Powell's work on textiles, contemporary art in the Multiversity Galleries, Debra Sparrow's weaving at the museum, the raising of a new Raven Pole at Wuikinuxv Village, the Volunteer Associates enrichment trip, the Native Youth Program, and an interview with Ann Stevenson, retiring Information Manager.
Culture at the Centre: Honouring Indigenous culture, history and language
MOA Magazine, Issue 04, Fall 2017
This issue contains articles on current and upcoming exhibitions, renovations, the installation of murals at BC Children's Hospital, Amazonia: The Rights of Nature and related student workshops and forensic work, a Musqueam Teaching Kit, the Native Youth Program's night sky project, the Rachel and David Herman Collection of Byzantine Coins, the Museum of Lisbon exhibition From Carnival to Lucha Libre: Mexican Masks and Devotions, In a Different Light: Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art, The Fabric of Our Land: Salish Weaving, the MOA Journey to Papua New Guinea, and an interview with April Liu, Curator of Public Programs + Engagement.
In a Different Light: Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art
Programs, events, and milestones
Series contains materials related to programs, events, and particular milestone ceremonies/celebrations at the Museum of Anthropology. Materials are primarily publicity, such as press releases, newspaper clippings, flyers, and invitations. Other record types include informational booklets, programmes, and registration forms. The series is divided into 15 files:
Some files group together materials related to specific types of programming or events ("Talks and lectures," or "Youth and children's programs," for example). Other files are focused on a specific program, event, or ceremony. The "Miscellaneous programs" file groups together materials related to more than one type of program or event.
MOA Magazine, Issue 03, Spring / Summer 2017
This issue contains articles on recent ceramic acquisitions, the Reconciliation Pole, the opening of the Gallery of Northwest Coast Masterworks, threats to Indigenous peoples in the Amazon, the Coastal First Nations Dance Festival, ethical shopping, the conservation and loan of a thunderbird headdress, climate change, Curator-in-Residence Jordan Wilson, and touchable objects at the museum.
Exhibition books and catalogues
Series consists of books and catalogues pertaining to exhibitions and collections at the Museum of Anthropology. The following exhibitions and collection are covered by publications within the series:
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA Magazine, Issue 02, Summer 2016
This issue contains articles on current and upcoming exhibition and events, the museum's activities with other museums in the province, a recently acquired woven violin case, educational programs for school groups, artists, mining, and logging along the Sepik River, art and photography in relation to the 2011 earthquake in Japan, and the Museum Associates.