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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.

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:

1. Field trips and day tours
2. Talks and workshops
3. Performances and screenings
4. Ceremonies and celebrations
5. Totem pole raisings
6. Youth and children's programs
7. School programs
8. Native Youth Program
9. Sunday programs
10. MOA construction and opening
11. Bill Reid tribute
12. MOA open house
13. 50th anniversary
14. Partnership of Peoples
15. Miscellaneous programs

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.

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:

• Bodies of Enchantment: Puppets from Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas
• Charles Edenshaw
• Chinese Art
• Divine Threads: The Visual and Material Culture of Cantonese Opera
• Discerning Eye: The Walter C. Koerner Collection of European Ceramics
• Gawa Gyani
• Heaven, Hell, and Somewhere In Between: Portuguese Popular Art
• ひろしま Hiroshima
• Knowledge Within
• Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun: Unceded Territories
• Layers of Influence: Unfolding Cloth Across Cultures
• Luminescence: The Silver of Peru (English)
• Luminiscencia: La Plata del Perú (Spanish)
• People Among the People: The Public Art of Susan Point
• Safar/Voyage: Contemporary Works by Arab, Iranian, and Turkish Artists
• Savage Graces
• The H.R. MacMillan Collection
• The Marvellous Real: Art from Mexico, 1926 - 2011
• The Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia
• The Potter's Art: Contributions to the Study of the Koerner Collection of European Ceramics
• The Transforming Image
• The Walter and Marianne Koerner Collection
• Theatrum Mundi: Masks and Masquerades in Mexico and the Andes
• Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia
• Under Different Moons: African Art in Conversation
• Where the Power Is: Indigenous Perspectives on Northwest Coast Art

File consists of bulletins from Jennifer Webb to Museum Assistants and Volunteer Associates. Bulletins were released weekly. They were intended to provide information about interruptions, installations, and other events that would affect tours and instructions given to visitors. Bulletin are arranged (with some variation) into sections on people, exhibitions, galleries, publications, residencies, and "other."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This issue contains articles on current and upcoming exhibition and events, the museum's Asian collections, the Walter C. Koerner Collection of European Ceramics, the Native Youth Program, and the Volunteer Associates.

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.

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.

File consists of pamphlets that advertise upcoming exhibitions, events, and programs, as well as providing news about the museum and general visitor information. Each pamphlet covers a four-month period (January-April, May-August, or September-December). There are two copies of each edition.

The newsletter contains 7 articles about the museum as well as photographs, facsimiles of artworks, and general visitor information. Subjects include the exhibition Recalling the Past: A Selection of Early Chinese Art from the Victor Shaw Collection and MOA's Asian collections, Stó:lō Chief Frank Malloway, events related to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), MOA's new collections management system, an award of merit granted to the production team of From Under the Delta, the publication of The Potter's Art edited by Carol Mayer, and the launch of a multi-museum admission program called The Great Escapes. Also included is a Calendar of Events.

The newsletter contains 7 articles about the museum as well as photographs, facsimiles of artworks, and general visitor information. Subjects include the Hawaiian travelling exhibition Maui: Turning Back the Sky, the Volunteer Associates, the exhibition Vereinigung, a project involving a secondary school art class and ceramics, new Booking Coordinator Anna Nobile, a project to identify the fibres used in ceremonial blankets, and the book An Illustrated Guide to Totem Poles by Dr. Marjorie Halpin. Also included is a Calendar of Events.

The newsletter contains 6 articles about the museum as well as photographs, facsimiles of artworks, and general visitor information. Subjects include the launch of a campaign to restore the Haida House sculpture complex, a series of clinics and talk about preventive conservation, a memorial to Dr. May Smith, fall courses taught at MOA, the launch of a certificate in Museum Studies, and an update from the Anthropology Shop. Also included is a Calendar of Events.

The newsletter contains 10 articles about the museum as well as photographs, facsimiles of artworks, and general visitor information. Subjects include the exhibition Reclaiming History: Ledger Drawings by the Assiniboine Artist Hongeeyesa, MOA's financial endowments, a house post carved by Lyle Wilson, the residency of Dr. Beatrice Medicine, recent acquisitions to the Asian collection, a MOA membership survey, funding received from the Getty Grant Programme, a project involving a grade 12 art class and ceramics, a new version of the exhibition Cannery Days, and news from the Anthropology Shop. Also included is a Calendar of Events.

The newsletter contains 6 articles about the museum as well as photographs, facsimiles of artworks, general visitor information, and a list of donors. Subjects include the exhibition From Under the Delta: Wet-Site Archaeology in the Lower Fraser Region of British Columbia, a course about ceramics taught by Carol Mayer at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, funding generated by the Anthropology Shop, repatriation of artifacts to the Jacks family of the Tseycum First Nation, funding for two new new multimedia projects by Dr. Marjorie Halpin, and an oral history workshop. Also included are a Calendar of Events and a memorial to Barbara Bethel, UBC/MOA security officer.

File consists of eight newsletters produced by the museum that highlight recent events, people associated with the museum, new initiatives, programs, exhibitions, gift shop updates, publications, recent acquisitions, courses at MOA, the results of a membership survey, behind-the-scenes information, and other news about the museum. Articles are written by curators, administrators, and other staff members. The newsletters were published three times a year, in January, May, and September.