UBC Museum of Anthropology - Vancouver, Canada

6393 NW Marine Drive at the University of British Columbia

(01) 604 822 5087

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One of the Pacific Northwest and Canada's finest examples of aboriginal history, the UBC Musuem's large cement and glass structure is built on a bluff overlooking Howe Sound. And when you walk in you're faced with monumental totem poles that stare down at you. The poles have been collected from native communities in the Interior of B.C. and from along the coast, some dating back to the 1800s. Outside, in back of the museum, are other poles and an authentic Haida longhouse. Artist Bill Reid's massive sculpture, The Raven and the First Men, depicts how the Raven fooled the first people into emerging from their clamshell. It's just one - and the most spectacular - of what amounts to the best collection of northwest native art anywhere in the world. This is a magical place whether you're an adult or a child.

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