Addition to double museum’s space

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – A $47.3 million addition that will add more than 50 percent to the exhibit space has been announced at the Museum of Anthropology, which features one of the world’s largest collections of totem poles.

Work on the 48,800-square-foot project at the museum on the University of British Columbia campus began Tuesday and should be completed by 2009, university President Martha C. Piper and museum Director Anthony Shelton said Monday.