Attractions
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Museums | Music | Art | Dance
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From museums to music, drama
to gardens—UBC has it all.
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Highway
SkyTrain – Canada Line
The University of British Columbia is 20 minutes from downtown
SkyTrain – Millennium Line
Vancouver
and Vancouver International Airport.
Westcoast Express
SkyTrain – Expo Line
Seabus
For maps
of UBC go to www.maps.ubc.ca.
BC Ferries
From downtown, take 4th, 10th or 16th Avenue west to UBC.
From the airport, take SW Marine Drive or West 41st Avenue to UBC.
For parkades please see map on reverse.
Tsawwassen
Ferry Terminal
dance
For routes to UBC, contact Translink at 604 953 3333
or www.translink.ca.
From UBC bus loop, catch the C20 campus shuttle to UBC attractions
(bus leaves approximately every 20 minutes).
www.ubc.ca/DiscoverUBC
Contact us
UBC Attractions: www.attractions.ubc.ca
UBC Information: 604 822 3313 (Monday–Saturday)
2015-805 | For additional copies please call 604 822 2769.
Discover UBC
Make Discover UBC in the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre your first stop
at the Vancouver campus. Their friendly and knowledgeable staff will help
you make the most of your visit. Explore UBC’s past and present through
interactive exhibits and displays located throughout the building and
take a break at the Loafe Café.
ART
music
Car or Bike
UBC Events: www.events.ubc.ca
MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS
Museum of Anthropology
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
The Museum of Anthropology at UBC houses one of
the world’s finest displays of Northwest Coast First
Nations art in a spectacular Arthur Erickson designed
building overlooking the mountains and ocean.
It also features inspiring art from around the world,
temporary exhibitions, and public programs.
604 822 5087 | www.moa.ubc.ca
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
Internationally recognized for its exhibitions, programs
and online projects, the Belkin Art Gallery is one
of Canada’s premier showcases for contemporary art.
The gallery specializes in Canadian avant-garde art
of the 1960s and 1970s. Download the UBC Outdoor
Art Tour from their website and discover UBC in a
new way. Free admission and tours.
New
Westminster
Vancouver
International
Airport
Bus
MUSEUMS & GALLERIES
drama
gardens
From classical, jazz, and world music to theatre
and opera, the Chan Centre at UBC is known for its
striking design, stellar acoustics, and exceptional
programming. Since opening in 1997, it has hosted
artists and speakers such as Yo-Yo Ma, Kronos
Quartet, Gilberto Gil, Mariza, His Holiness the Dalai
Lama, Mavis Staples, and Chick Corea.
604 822 2697 | www.chancentre.com
UBC School of Music
Enjoy intimate solo recitals, chamber music, fullystaged operas, symphony orchestra, band and choir
concerts, plus jazz, Renaissance, contemporary music,
and world music groups. Two concert series feature
faculty and guest artists. Concerts take place at the
Roy Barnett Recital Hall, Old Auditorium and the Chan
Centre. Many events are free, others have modest
ticket prices.
604 822 2759 | www.belkin.ubc.ca
Beaty Biodiversity Museum
Walk in and be astounded by the sheer size of the
largest creature to have ever lived on earth—a blue
whale. Explore the two million specimens from botany,
zoology and entomology in this natural history
museum. Get hands-on in their daily programs; enjoy
feature exhibitions, their gift shop and Niche Café.
604 822 0182 | www.music.ubc.ca
Frederic Wood Theatre | Dorothy Somerset Studios
Renowned guest artists and award-winning faculty join
theatre students to produce a season of innovative and
thought-provoking work. The theatres offer everything
from world classics to Canadian premiers, as well as
acclaimed touring presentations, films, and lectures by
celebrity speakers.
604 827 4955 | www.beatymuseum.ubc.ca
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
UBC Library’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre features
contemporary artworks, the Chung Collection
permanent exhibition, rotating exhibit space, Ike’s Café
and an array of resources and services. This 250,000
square foot facility supports learning for the UBC
community and beyond.
604 822 8149 | www.ikebarberlearningcentre.ubc.ca
FARM
UBC Farm
Explore more than 24 hectares of farm and forest at
the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm,
a unique academic centre that aims to understand
and transform local and global food systems towards
a more sustainable future. Come and enjoy
Vancouver’s largest organic farm and community hub.
Farm Markets run June through October.
604 822 5092 | www.ubcfarm.ubc.ca
604 822 2678 | www.theatre.ubc.ca
GARDENS
UBC Botanical Garden | Nitobe Memorial Garden
In addition to unique displays of plants from around
the world, the UBC Botanical Garden includes the
Greenheart TreeWalk eco-adventure, a well-stocked
gift shop, and a garden centre full of rare specimens.
Nitobe Memorial Garden is recognized as one of the
top Japanese Gardens outside of Japan.
604 822 4208 | www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca
604 822 6038 | www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/nitobe
For more information, please go to:
www.attractions.ubc.ca
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For more information please go to:
www.attractions.ubc.ca
JIM
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Somerset
Studios
Museum of
Anthropology
(MOA)
Community Shuttle | planning.ubc.ca/shuttle
MAIN MALL
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Community Shuttle Stops
MARTHA
PIPER
PLAZA
Old
Auditorium
Music
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UBC Farm
EAGLES
PARK
Pacific Museum
of the Earth
Frederic
Wood
Theatre
Food & Beverage Outlets
Translink www.translink.ca | @TransLink
Beaty
Biodiversity
Museum
MAIN MALL
Belkin Art
Gallery
UBC Bookstore (UBC merchandise, Canadiana and the Corner Store)
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UBC
Bookstore
LIBRARY
GARDEN
Rose Garden
Parkade
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ROSS DRIV
EAST MALL
EAST MALL
I.K. Barber
Learning
Centre
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Health
Sciences
Parkade
EAST MALL
4C School of Music, Roy Barnett Hall
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2C Nitobe Memorial Garden
7C West Coast Suites (Walter Gage Residence)
Thunderbird
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3A Museum of Anthropology
OK MALL
Wesbrook
Village
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4C Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
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WESBROOK MALL
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6P UBC Farm
EAST
CAMPUS
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WESBROOK MALL
West Coast
Suites
(Walter Gage
Residence)
4C Frederic Wood Theatre
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W E S T E R N PA R K WAY
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4E Dorothy Somerset Studio Theatre
PUBLIC BUILDINGS & SERVICES
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UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT LANDS
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