Rodrigo García, 2008
Arthur Erickson, Architect
Museum of Anthropology
University of British Columbia, Canada
Designed 1971
The Museum, located on a very impressive campus site overlooking has both academic and public functions. Among its unique need to rotate collections from public display to private storage. the Museum site including vegetation consistent with their original locale.The focal point of the Museum is the high ceiling Great Hall up to forty feet in height, provide an unobstructed view and enableexterior setting. The rest of the galleries house collections of is provided for travelling and student exhibits and for display experiments.need to rotate collections from public display to private storage. the Museum site including vegetation consistent with their original locale.The focal point of the Museum is the high ceiling Great Hall up to forty feet in height, provide an unobstructed view and enableexterior setting. The rest of the galleries house collections of is provided for travelling and student exhibits and for display experiments.the Strait of Georgia and the North Shore Mountains, features is the visible storage of all artifacts. This eliminates the It also recreates First Nation villages around a pond on housing massive totem poles. Large glass windows, towering the totem poles to be seen in daylight against a natural First Nations art and other tribal art. An experimental gallery
