Ta'n me'j Tel-keknuo'ltiek:
How Unique We Still Are
Ta'n me'j Tel-keknuo'ltiek: How Unique We Still Are, reflects how Mi’kmaw people remain connected to the lands and waters of Mi’kma’ki. This exhibit offers a platform for Mi’kmaw people to express their continued experiences with an understanding of the lands and the waters of Mi’kma’ki. Mi’kmaw single-word concepts are represented through personal testimony and histories of individual Mi’kmaw people, featured objects, artifacts, images and symbolic artwork. These experiences and understandings are rooted in cultural expressions that connect past, present and future in this place.
Read our Land Acknowledgement
Tuesday Night Talk, free
The Halifax Explosion 6 December 1917 at 9:05 in the Morning, author Dr. Afua Cooper
Tuesday, March 19 at 6:30 pm
The 1917 Halifax Explosion and the experiences of Black Haligonians in poetic verse will be shared by Halifax’s seventh poet laureate, Dr. Afua Cooper. The Halifax Explosion 6 December 1917 at 9:05 in the Morning is a recent publication of Dr. Cooper’s powerful words magnified in this book with dramatic historical photographs and poignant art.
Challenging Traditions: Women in the Royal Canadian Navy
Tuesday, March 26 at 6:30 pm
Tuesday Night Talk, free
For many decades women have played an integral role in the formation of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). No matter their age, race, marital status, or preferred term of identity; women are now successfully employed in a variety of occupations and all rank levels in today’s navy. As part of International Women’s Month, this talk will explore the historical journey of Canadian women joining the navy and how the challenges and successes they faced have shaped the Canadian Navy of today.
Titanic: The Unsinkable Ship and Halifax
Experience being aboard Titanic – from the crew stocking the boilers, to the immigrants in third class, and the passengers who travelled in style, first-class. Discover the story of how Halifax played a key role in the aftermath of the disaster with the ships’ sinking on April 15, 1912. Glimpses of personal stories include the brave cable ship crews who endured treacherous conditions in recovering bodies, and the victims buried in Halifax.v
Hours
Monday | Closed |
Tuesday | 9:30 am - 8 pm |
Wednesday | 9:30 am - 4:30 pm |
Thursday | 9:30 am - 4:30 pm |
Friday | 9:30 am - 4:30 pm |
Saturday | 9:30 am - 4:30 pm |
Sunday | 9:30 am - 4:30 pm |