Exhibitions and Programmes
The Doukhobor Quartet from Grand
Forks and Castlegar, British Columbia, performing a song of
welcome at the opening of The Doukhobors: Spirit
Wrestlers. From left to right: Peter Voykin, Lusha
Voykin, Laura Verigin, John Verigin. Photo: H.
Foster.
The Exhibitions and Programmes Branch has a mandate to educate and entertain as wide and diverse an audience as possible. In addition to exhibitions, the Branch is responsible for programming, the Children's Museum and the National Postal Museum.
On Display: Exhibitions and Design
Exhibition Highlights
- Major in-house productions on Quebec folk art -- *Les paradis du monde*: Quebec Folk Art -- and on the Doukhobors -- The Doukhobors: Spirit Wrestlers.
- Two major international exhibitions: Imperial Austria: Treasures of Art, Arms and Armor from the State of Styria and Homage to Nature: Landscape Kimonos by Itchiku Kubota from Japan.
- A small but fascinating exhibition of seven tiny palaeolithic figurines from a site on the French Riviera, offering a glimpse into prehistory. This exhibition was enhanced by 3-D imaging, using cutting-edge technology developed by the National Research Council.
- A special display dedicated to AIDS sufferers, in collaboration with the AIDS Committee of Ottawa and the Paper Prayers Committee, and with the participation of the communities of Ottawa-Carleton and the Outaouais. Held in conjunction with World AIDS Day.
- Displays in conjunction with the film Mystery of the Maya -- a replica of a Maya pyramid on the Plaza, selections of Maya artifacts from the Museum collections, an exhibit on the making of the film and a kiosk offering access to World Wide Web sites connected to Maya studies.
- Audio-visual work done on more than 30 productions, including two documentaries on master artisans and one on Doukhobor song (a co-production with Vision TV).
Temporary Exhibitions
Special Exhibitions Hall
Klondike Gold (Dawson City Museum and Historical Society), May 25 to September 24, 1995.Homage to Nature: Landscape Kimonos by Itchiku Kubota (The Itchiku Tsujigahana Company Limited, Japan, with the sponsorship of the Sasakawa Foundation), June 2 to October 29, 1995.
Imperial Austria: Treasures of Art, Arms and Armor from the State of Styria (Musée de la civilisation in Québec), November 23, 1995 to September 15, 1996.
Chiefly Feasts: The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlatch (American Museum of Natural History), December 1, 1994 to May 7, 1995.
Indian and Inuit Art Gallery
Isumavut: The artistic expression of nine Cape Dorset women (CMC), October 6, 1994 to April 21, 1996.
Arts and Traditions Hall
*Les paradis du monde*: Quebec Folk Art (CMC), June 24, 1995 to February 16, 1997.Old Nova Scotian Quilts (The Nova Scotia Museum), November 30, 1995 to February 11, 1996.
The Doukhobors: Spirit Wrestlers (CMC), January 18, 1996 to October 12, 1997.
Folk Art in Canada: Land and People (CMC), June 24, 1992 to September 14, 1995.
Just for Nice: German-Canadian Folk Art (CMC), May 13, 1993 to September 17, 1995.
Open Storage Display: Boats (CMC), July 19, 1993 to February 2, 1997.
Marius Barbeau Salon
Paper Prayers (Organized with the Ottawa-Carleton Council on AIDS), December 1, 1995 to January 1, 1996.People of the Jaguar (CMC), April 4 to October 29, 1995.
Canada Hall Mezzanine
Hold onto Your Hats!: The History and Meaning of Headwear in Canada (CMC), September 28, 1995 to September 28, 1997.On the Cutting Edge: The Arthur Pascal Collection of Woodworking Hand Tools (CMC), December 6, 1991, indefinitely.
Labour of Love: The Bridal Lingerie of Miss Madeleine Stuart Cassels (CMC), March 5, 1992 to May 8, 1995.
Nineteenth-Century Pottery and Porcelain in Canada (CMC), March 10, 1994 to January 5, 1997.
Souvenirs of Canada (CMC), July 1, 1994 to April 13, 1997.
Living in Canada in the Time of Champlain (CMC), November 17, 1994 to September 7, 1996.
Looking into Acadie (Moncton Museum), January 5 to March 31, 1996.
Canada Hall Corridor
From Cradle to Grave: Objects of Everyday Life, 1750-1993 (CMC), June 29, 1993 to January 14, 1996.
River Gallery
Threads of the Land: Clothing Traditions from Three Indigenous Cultures (CMC), February 3, 1995 to September 14, 1997.
David M. Stewart Salon
Mothers of Time: Seven Palaeolithic Figurines from the Louis Alexandre Jullien Collection (CMC), April 9 to October 1, 1995.
CINÉPLUS Exit Corridor
Endangered Species: Photographs by Rolf Bettner (CMC), February 22 to May 26, 1996.
William E. Taylor Research Gallery
William E. Taylor Research Gallery Exhibition (CMC), September 11, 1994 to September 2, 1996.
Others
Canada by Malak (CMC), October 24, 1995 to February 18, 1996.Edward Poitras, Venice Biennale (CMC), June 11 to October 15, 1995, Venice, Italy.
Moroccan Pottery (CMC), December 12, 1995 to September 30, 1996.
Paradise at the Tips of Your Fingers! (CMC), June 2 to June 26, 1995.
Ship Model (CMC), March 6 to June 25, 1995.
Shoes (CMC), June 30 to December 10, 1995.
The Heart of Heaven (Maya Photo Exhibit) (Royal Ontario Museum), April 4 to October 29, 1995.
The Mystery of the Maya (Maya pyramid) (CMC), April 10 to October 29, 1995.
Travelling Exhibitions
Art and Ethnicity: The Ukrainian Tradition in
Canada
April 9, 1995 to July 2, 1995, Musée J. Armand
Bombardier, Valcourt, Quebec.
Indigena: Indigenous Perspectives on Five Hundred
Years
June 8 to September 5, 1995, Art Museum, University of
Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.
The Inuit and Diamond Jenness
August 25 to November 12, 1995, Diefenbaker Centre,
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
December 15, 1995 to March 3, 1996, Musée J. Armand
Bombardier, Valcourt, Quebec.
Places of Power
April 30 to September 1, 1995, Kwagiulth Museum and Cultural
Centre, Quathiaski Cove, British Columbia.
October 5 to November 19, 1995, Centre d'expositions de Val
d'Or, Val d'Or, Quebec.
January 15 to May 15, 1996, Musée amérindien
de Pointe Bleue, Mashteuiatsh, Quebec.
Threads of the Land -- Dene
September 1 to November 26, 1995, Northern Heritage Centre,
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
December 1, 1995 to January 12, 1996, Norman Wells
Historical Centre, Norman Wells, Northwest Territories.
January 15 to February 18, 1996, Fort Simpson Historical
Society, Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories.
February 26 to May 3, 1996, Northern Life Museum, Fort
Smith, Northwest Territories.
Threads of the Land -- Inuit
October 1 to November 26, 1995, Northern Heritage College,
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
December 1 to December 31, 1995, May Hakongak Community
Library, Cambridge Bay, Northwest Territories.
January 15 to February 18, 1996, Baker Lake Historical
Society, Baker Lake, Northwest Territories.
February 26 to March 31, 1996, John Iyaruaq Library, Rankin
Inlet, Northwest Territories.
Threads of the Land -- NLaka'pamux
August 1 to August 11, 1995, Merritt, British Columbia.
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