• Tina, Tom and Lena
    Tina, Tom and Lena …
  • Basket Weaving and Being Welcomed in Mi’kmaki
    “I don't consider myself a basket maker” An interview with artist-in-residence Virick Francis about art-making, finding solutions and what it means to be welcomed by Mi’kmaq. Virick Francis, photo by Isabel Francis Photo. When did you start weaving? In my early teens, I was making big baskets with …
  • An Incomplete Portrait of Canada
    Photographs capture time. They tell fragments of stories. The Museum is full of photographs. In our permanent exhibitions, a huge floor-to-ceiling photograph from 1914 of the passengers of SS Komagata Maru looms over part of our museum- a haunting memory of faces turned away by the racist …
  • Test for Art and Artifact
    How a vivid dream and a nearly forgotten history led to a new exhibition Family Tree. Digital drawing incorporating artist’s father’s handwritten family diagram. JJ Lee, courtesy of the artist. Artist JJ Lee thought of herself as a second-generation Canadian, her parents having been born in China. …
  • Narrow Escapes to Canada
    We sometimes refer to this institution as a museum of stories. Stories of arrivals, of departures, of new beginnings. Among the stories are incredible, and often harrowing, accounts of escape. These are two stories of escape , from different places and time periods. They both ended with a new life …
  • Conciliation and peaceful futures through art
    shalan joudry (pictured onstage) is the author of the the poem Kmɨtkinu, which was adapted into a dance piece with collabotors Sarah Prosper, Susanne Chui, Sara Coffin, Isaac Abriel, Robert Azevedo, I'thandi Munro, Sam Penner and NAT Chantel. Photo by Kevin MacCormack “We are not the only ones …
  • Uncovering secrets of the popular miniature Pier 21 model
    Passengers await their train to destinations across Canada. The model of Pier 21 is full of activity . The miniature representation is a favourite of many visitors of the Museum . The model, roughly 8 feet by 4 feet, depicts a day in the mid to late 1950s, during the period when the building was …
  • “The only way to be safe is to leave the country.”
    Roger LeMoyne (left) and Darren Ell (right). Interview with photographer Darren Ell. Darren’s work, along with the work of fellow photographer Roger LeMoyne, is the basis of Crossing Lines: A New Age of Immigration , a beautiful and haunting exhibition currently on display at the Museum until March …
  • Accessibility
    We are working to make the Museum more accessible. If you have visited the Museum recently, please let us know about your experience. The Museum’s Accessibility Plan and information on how to provide feedback can be found on this web page . → NaviLens To improve accessibility, the Museum uses …
  • Ways to Give
    Make a donation Help us build the story of the COUNTLESS JOURNEYS that define Canada. Donate Legacy Giving Adding the Museum to your will is a simple process with a lasting impact. Pier 21 Club Donate $2100+ annually and join our leadership giving circle. Sobey Wall of Honour Commemorate the …