9:15AM – 3:00PM Museum of Anthropology Tour and Lunch Ticketed Event $80) Don’t miss out on an opportunity to visit one of Vancouver’s most spectacular museums.  The day will begin with a private, docent guided tour of The Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.  The museum is home to one of the world''s finest displays of Northwest Coast First Nations art and is acclaimed for its spectacular architecture and unique setting on the cliffs of Point Grey.

During the tour, you will learn about impressive sculptures by renowned modern-day carvers and see feast dishes and canoes of the Kwakwaka''wakw, Nisga''a, Gitksan, Haida, Coast Salish, and other Northwest Coast peoples.

In addition, you will have the opportunity to admire the world''s largest collection of works by internationally acclaimed Haida artist Bill Reid, including his famous cedar sculpture ''The Raven and the First Men" and visit the award-winning Koerner Ceramics Gallery, displaying a collection of European ceramics unique to North America, as well as specially commissioned textiles and ceramics by Vancouver artists.

Also, you will be able to explore the museum''s unique Visible Storage Galleries where more than 15,000 objects from around the world are accessible to the public. Arranged according to culture and use, the Visible Storage Galleries invite comparison and contrast of objects from around the world.

Finally, you won’t want to miss the Masterpiece Gallery with its dramatic views and intricately carved works in silver, gold, argillite, bone and wood.

Following the tour of this remarkable museum, guests will enjoy a delicious private lunch at Coast Restaurant in the heart of historic Yaletown.  At Coast, you will experience some of Vancouver''s finest seafood in a contemporary and up-scale setting.  After lunch, guests will be transported back to the hotel.

Exhibition Highlight:  Emily Carr and the Group of Seven
Emily Carr is widely regarded as the dominant figure in British Columbia art in the first half of the twentieth century. Emily Carr and the Group of Seven present Carr''s work within the context of the Group of Seven''s important visual dialogue in the 1920s and 1930s.

Carr first met members of the Group of Seven in 1927 when she exhibited her work in the exhibition West Coast Art: Native and Modern. On her way to Ottawa for the exhibition, she met Frederick Varley, Arthur Lismer, A.Y. Jackson, J.E.H. MacDonald and, most importantly, Lawren S. Harris. Famously, Lawren Harris told Carr, who had felt unappreciated as an artist, "you are one of us." This acceptance re-energized her career.

Emily Carr and the Group of Seven includes works from the Vancouver Art Gallery''s collection and private loans, with key works by Carr and members of the Group. The exhibition acknowledges the significance of Carr''s relationship to these artists and her important contribution to modernism in Canada.