Exhibitions
Eat make share
Special Exhibition
May 10 2025 - January 18 2026
Explore the connections between food and immigration in Canada through the universal experiences of eating, making, and sharing food.
A History Exposed: The Enslavement of Black People in Canada
Special Exhibition
August 1, 2024 to January 5, 2025
Discover the experiences of enslaved Black people in Canada through individual biographies and archival records. Learn how slavery came to be in Canada and find out who were Canada’s enslavers.
#HopeAndHealingCanada
Special Exhibition
December 2023 to December 2025
Métis artist Tracey-Mae Chambers has installed an intervention in red wool, silk and cotton yarn in the Canadian Immigration Story exhibition. “Since July 2021, I have created over 100 installations at residential school historical sites, museums, art galleries and other public spaces. Many of these spaces present a colonial viewpoint and primarily speak about the settlers who arrived and lived here, but not the Indigenous people that were displaced.”
The Canadian Immigration Story
Witness the challenge and triumph, the joy and injustice experienced by newcomers to Canada in the past and in the present. And learn about the vast contributions immigrants have made to Canada.
The Pier 21 Story
Step into the past and experience what it was like to immigrate to Canada through Pier 21. From the ship you sailed on, to customs and immigration in Halifax, to the train you took to your final destination, discover the past housed in the walls of our National Historic Site.
The Wheel of Conscience
The Wheel of Conscience sheds light on a dark moment in Canadian history. This memorial sculpture, designed by architect Daniel Libeskind, is a potent reminder of the dangers of racism, xenophobia, and anti-Semitism.
