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Use for: Archeology

• May 2 - 31, 1995
• This exhibit brings together examples of little known Native American and Inuit maps, many of which have never before been reproduced. The maps document the extensive trade, social and political networks in which Native Americans lived and the historic events, cultural traditions, and spiritual beliefs that gave meaning to their landscapes.

• November 17 - 21, 1981

Use for: Anishinabe, Anishinaabe, Anishinaabek

• March 12 – 13,1982
• Student exhibition

• March 19 – September 17, 1996

• April 28 – December 1998

• December 5, 1978 - February 11, 1979
• An exhibition of classical antiquities excavated in Southern Italy at the Note Irsi and San Giovanni di Ruoti, Basilicata.

• March 4 - June 14, 1992 (Gallery 10)
• This exhibition looks at cloth in ancient societies of Peru as an abstract model for organizing and recording information. Guest curator Mary Frame examines a system of patterns that depict the structures of cloth, yarn and cord.

• September 17 – October 1, 1977 Museum of Northern British Columbia, Prince Rupert
• November 1 – January 31, 1978, Museum of Anthropology.
• An exhibit of the works of Norman Tait, who is a contemporary Nishga artist.

• March 7 – July 2, 1978

• March 10, 2017 - January 28, 2018
• CURATOR: Nuno Porto
• MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law. These are foundational to the notions of Rights of Nature, and they have been consolidating in the nine countries that share responsibilities over the Amazonian basin. These depart from a social philosophy, known in Spanish as “buen vivir”, in which the concept of a good life proposes a holistic approach to development that intertwines notions of unity, equality, dignity, reciprocity, social and gender equality – a rallying cry to move beyond Western ideals and practices of development and progress largely measured by profit. Curated by Dr. Nuno Porto (MOA Curator, Africa and Latin America), Amazonia: The Rights of Nature will feature Amazonian works of basketry, textiles, carvings, feather works and ceramics both of everyday and of ceremonial use, representing Indigenous, Maroon and white settler communities that today articulate against the threats caused by political violence, mining, oil and gas exploration, industrial agriculture, forest fires, road building and hydroelectric plants. Challenging visitors to examine their own notions towards holistic wellbeing, the exhibition will cover more than 100 years of unsuspected relationships between Vancouver and Amazonian peoples, ideas and their struggles.

• March - April, 1994. Placed on permanent display September, 1994.
• Five life-sized figures of coloured fragments of ceramic tiles and mirrors will go on permanent display in MOA’s lower lobby. Michener says, “I have used ceramic and glass fragments or shards to piece together some ideas and images about living.”

• August 11, 1991 (Gallery 9)
• Textiles from the Museum’s extensive collection show the dramatic patterns created by West-African dyers and weavers. This display opens MOA’s Textile Gallery that will present changing exhibits drawn from the Museum’s world-wide collection of clothing and textiles. A special “source book” now on display introduces these holdings. Children’s programs relating to textiles will be offered.

• June 20 - December 31, 2006
• In June 2006, the World Peace Forum and the International Peace Education Conference took place in Vancouver. In response to these important events, MOA partnered with the BC Teachers Federation to present an exhibit dedicated to the ideals of peace. The exhibit features toys of violence transformed into objects of art by BC students, teachers, artists, and activists. The exhibit celebrates the six principles of UNESCO's Manifesto 2000: the need to respect all life, reject violence, share with others, listen to understand, preserve the planet, and rediscover solidarity.
• Developed in collaboration with BC Schools.

• May 16 - November 7, 1993 (Gallery 5) and between January 18, 1994 - February 4, 1996 (Traveling)
• Drawing on MOA’s superb collection of Cantonese opera costumes and accessories - one of the oldest and largest in the world...Photographs, newsclippings, and other materials document how Cantonese opera has remained a vibrant art form in Canada from 1880s to today...