Museum of Anthropology at UBC - The Collections

The Collections

• Totem pole at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC

• Wood figures at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC

• First Nations totem poles and Haida houses

• Carved figures inside museum

• Back view of museum and outdoor exhibits

• Native art

• Haisla canoe

• Haida pole

• North American art

• "Sea Wolf" carved by Bill Reid

• Arctic American shirt

• Odler dish ware (Koerner gallery)

• Kendi pot (Koerner gallery)

• Slovak jug (Koerner gallery)

• Holitsch dish (Koerner gallery)

This Museum includes a number of large sculptures, totem poles, and cultural artifacts. Although MOA's focus is on the First Nations of the Northwest Coast, the collection of 38,000 ethnological objects includes objects from all continents. These are mostly located in the Multiversity Galleries, where objects that would normally be stored behind the scenes are made accessible to the public. The collections include contemporary works as well as historical objects. In addition to the ethnographic collections, MOA houses an archaeological collection of approximately 535,000 pieces. These are managed by UBC's Laboratory of Archaeology. The Museum also has a small wing dedicated to European ceramic art works collected by the late Walter Koerner. The Koerner European Ceramics Gallery, which opened in 1990, contains over 600 European ceramics collected by Koerner, which he donated to the Museum in 1987.