Museum of Anthropology at UBC
Museum of Anthropology
A top Indigenous art museum on the UBC campus. Its great hall of giant totem poles and Bill Reid's sculpture 'The Raven and the First Men' are its treasures.
The Museum of Anthropology was designed by architect Arthur Erickson. Its glass-walled great hall displays giant totem poles, canoes, and carvings from the Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast. Bill Reid, a Haida artist, created the yellow cedar sculpture 'The Raven and the First Men,' which was featured on the old 20-dollar Canadian banknote. The open storage area lets visitors see tens of thousands of cultural objects from around the world. Admission is about CAD 27, with discounts on Thursday evenings. The museum is in the northwest corner of the UBC campus, next to the Nitobe Memorial Garden and UBC Beach. From downtown, take bus No. 4 or No. 99, which takes about 40 minutes.
Opening hours
10:00–17:00 (until 21:00 Thursdays); closed Mondays
Nearby sights
- Nitobe Memorial Garden
- Lighthouse Park
- Kitsilano Beach
- English Bay Beach
- Stanley Park
- Granville Island
- Lions Gate Bridge
- VanDusen Botanical Garden