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• May 11 – October 9, 2017
• CURATOR: Fuyubi Nakamura
• Words and their physical manifestations are explored in this insightful exhibition, which will honour the special significance that written forms, especially calligraphy, hold across the many unique cultures of Asia – a vast geographical area boasting the greatest diversity of languages in the world. Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia will showcase the varied forms of expression associated with writing throughout Asia over the span of different time periods: from Sumerian cuneiform inscriptions, Qu’ranic manuscripts, Southeast Asian palm leaf manuscripts and Chinese calligraphy from MOA’s Asian collection to graffiti art from Afghanistan and contemporary artworks using Japanese calligraphy, and Tibetan and Thai scripts. Curated by Fuyubi Nakamura (MOA Curator, Asia), the multimedia exhibition will meditate on the physical traces of words — both spoken and recorded — unique to humans. Embodying both the ephemeral and eternal elements innate to the human experience, the cultural significance of words and their artistic representation through calligraphy, painting, digital works and mixed media are examined. Traces of Words will feature works from six international artists — Shamsia Hassani, Kimura Tsubasa, Nortse, Phaptawan Suwannakudt, Yugami Hisao and teamLab.

• October 1977 – January 31, 1978
• Covers periods from the 6th century A.D. to the 20th century. Comprised of artifacts in the collections of the Museum of Anthropology and private collections in Vancouver.

• January 25 - 29, 1978, Hotel Vancouver.
• An exhibition prepared in cooperation with the Hannah Institute for the History of Medical and Related Sciences.

• July 8, 1998 - January 3, 1999
• Including works by twenty-four of some of the most prominent contemporary First Nations and Inuit artists in Canada, this international travelling exhibit originates from Ottawa, and is jointly sponsored by the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of International Trade and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Curated by Barry Ace of the Indian Art Centre, and July Papatsie of the Inuit Art Centre, the show features such artists as Marianne Nicolson (Kwakwaka’wakw), Jane Ash Poitras (Cree), Lance Belanger (Maliseet), Joane Cardinalas Schubert (Blackfoot), Shelley Niro (Mohawk), Janet Kigusiuq (Baker Lake), and Oviloo Tunnillie (Cape Dorset).

• January 24, 1989 - April 16, 1989 (Gallery 5)
• Joanna Staniszkis is an internationally known Canadian textile artist. In her most recent work she combines boldly innovative techniques, using the media of plexiglass, netting and fibre, with images inspired by textiles from other times and places. These works are exhibited with some of the finest textiles from the Museum’s collection.

• September 25 - December 8, 1991
• This exhibition introduces the complexity of the issues connected with trapping: the value of traditional knowledge and a mixed economy, the definitions of “humane” and “conservation,” and the use of renewable resources. The exhibition Trapline Lifeline was organized by the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife, N.W.T.

• November 2, 2007 – June 7, 2008
• From February to June 2008, MOA is hosting Treasures of the Tsimshian from the Dundas Collection, a major exhibition of 48 artifacts collected by the Rev. Robert J. Dundas at Metlakatla, BC, in 1863. MOA is the last stop on the exhibition’s cross- country tour, which began in April 2006 in Tsimshian territory, where these important cultural pieces originated, and where they had not been seen for more than a century. Following their display at MOA in 2008, the objects will be returned to their present owners, who purchased the majority of them at auction in October 2006.
• Organized by the Royal BC Museum and co-presented at MOA by Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad

• January 17 - March 4, 1984 (Gallery 9)

• Through August 31, 2001 (corridor)
• Two cases, each highlighting a different aspect of Northwest Coast art. One features several turn-of-the-century paddles; another offers selections from a remarkable recent bequest of Northwest materials collected by Tom and Frances Richardson.

• January 8 - March 3, 2013
• This exhibition featured the display of Alan Michelson’s panoramic video installation of the two banks of the Grand River, which divides the Six Nations Reserve from non-Native townships in Ontario. TwoRow II was generously loaned by the National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa. Curator: Karen Duffek.
• Full title: TwoRow II - A four-channel video installation with sound, by Alan Michelson (2005)

Use for: Welcoming Stone T'xwelatse

• March 1 to May 15, 2008
• T’xwelátse, ancestor of the Stó:lō-Ts’elxwéyeqw people, was born in the distant past when things were not quite right. He was turned to granite many years ago as punishment for mistreating his wife, who was charged thereafter with his care. For generations, the women of the family looked after their stone ancestor, who carried within him lessons about how to live and act properly. In 1892, Stone T’xwelátse was taken from his homeland and eventually acquired as an object of study by the Burke Museum of Natural and Cultural History in Seattle. In October 2006, after 114 years of separation from his extended family, Stone T’xwelátse was repatriated and journeyed home again. According to his namesake, Herb Joe, a former Chief of the Tzeachten First Nation, "he will continue to do the job he set out to do – to teach." Thanks to Herb Joe and his family, and the Stó:lō Research and Resource Management Centre, T’xwelátse will reside at MOA from March 1 through mid-May, where he will form the basis of a high school program on repatriation, and continue to share his message that “we need to learn to live together in a good way.”

Use for: Ulhk'acho

• September 15 - December 31, 1999
• This remarkable work was made by participants in the Traditional Parenting Skills Program of the Indian Homemakers’ Association of B.C. It is a visual symbol of the assistance and support offered by the Association over its thirty years of service to First Nations families.