The city is a great place to spend March break if you can find the right things to do. And, because the week is sponsored by Emera, everything we're offering this March Break is complimentary, including:
- Movement programming
- Cooking workshops (space limited, register to reserve your place
- Access to the exhibitions
- Personalized family research services
Workshop Schedule
Monday March 11
- 12 PM Mi'kmaw Movement
- 2 PM Two-Eyed Seeing Mi'kmaw Cuisine
Tuesday March 12
- 10 AM Paneer Sandwiches with Shivani Dhamija
- 12 PM Bollywood Dance with Kavyashree Nagaraj
- 2 PM Pasta! with Bruna and Franco, ICCNS
Wednesday March 13
- 10 AM West Indian Cuisine with Natalie Wilson
- 12 PM Irish Dance with Rising Tide Academy
- 2 PM Tortillas with Eduardo Jaber
Thursday March 14
- 10 AM Lebanese Shawarma with Tina Bahliss
- 12 PM K-Pop with Ebony Abe
- 2 PM Filipino Cuisine with Mary Grace Firmeza
Friday March 15 (Pyjama Day)
- 10 AM Crêpes!(FR/EN)
- 12 PM Stretch with Fenton the Bear
- 2 PM Cookies!
Move your body!
Don’t worry. You don’t have to know anything to learn a few steps of Irish, Bollywood, or K-Pop dance. And even better, you don’t have to be good at it! All you need to do is laugh and move your body (while working off the tortellini you just ate!)
Eat, Cook, Learn
From Monday-Friday of March break there will be cooking workshops focussing on a carb-tastic meal from somewhere in the world,, from shawarma to tortellini pasta to luskiknin (Mi'kmaq bannock). Make your own dish to eat and take home, and collect a copy of the recipe from the day.
Pyjama day
Friday March 15 is a special pyjama day with crepes, cookies, and chair yoga with Fenton the Bear. Pyjamas are welcome any day at the Museum but they are encouraged for that particular day.
Visit the exhibitions, admission is free.
There are two main exhibitions at the Museum, each with interactive elements and something for all ages.
The Pier 21 exhibition is about the history of the building the Museum occupies, and the years when it welcomed nearly a million immigrants arriving to Canada by sea.
The Canadian Immigration Story exhibition is about the last 400+ years of people coming to this land with stories about who Canada has welcomed or excluded, what immigrants have faced, and the many contributions they have made.
Take in the beautiful and haunting temporary photography exhibition, Crossing Lines: A New Age of Migration and Metis artist Tracey-Mae Chambers’ woven intervention in the Canadian Immigration Hall, #HopeAndHealingCanada.
Family Research
Discover your own family's immigration history, sometimes dating back many generations. Working alongside our researchers, you may be able to discover things like:
- Where and when your ancestors arrived in Canada
- Street addresses where they lived
- Marriage and death records
- Census records
- Gravesites
The research connects kids to their family history and can help them imagine a grandparent or even great-great grandparent as a young person making their voyage to a new home. Searches are not limited to people who immigrated through Pier 21.
March Break at the Museum is presented by Emera.
