Exhibition
The Light Show
Let Eptek Centre brighten your winter days with our lighting exhibition. The exhibit curator, Boyde Beck, has brought together the personal collection of lamps of Summerside resident Trueman Pate and artefacts from the permanent collection of Museum and Heritage PEI. A wall of sparkling glass holds over 500 oil lamps. The gallery is open Tuesday to Friday 10 am to 4 pm and on Sunday 12 pm to 4 pm. Please call 888-8373 for more details.
Eptek Art & Culture Centre - Eptek Book Club
Eptek's Book Club has returned for the winter. See Eptek events page for details. New members are always welcome.
Eptek Art & Culture Centre - Lunchtime Film Series
The very popular Friends sponsored lunchtime film series has returned for the winter. See Eptek Events page for details.
December 1 - Victorian Christmas Dinner - Orwell Corner Historic Village
Prepared and served by members of the Orwell Corner Board of Directors this Victorian style dinner, served in the traditionally decorated, kerosene lit Orwell hall, will certainly bring back memories, and will rate as one of the highlights of your Christmas season. Beginning with the freshest Orwell Cove oysters, you will also enjoy a sample of haggis, and a turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Your meal will be topped off by a decadent cake and brown sugar sauce dessert, followed by a sing-a-long of Christmas Carols. For further information, or to purchase tickets please contact June Morrison at 651-2225.
December 7 - Orwell Christmas Concert - Orwell Corner Historic Village
Friday evening at 7pm. Close your eyes, smell the fresh decorations, the kerosene lamp, hear the excited voices of the children, see the teacher nervously hover about, and you will have no trouble imaging yourself stepping back in time to a Christmas concert in the one room school of your youth. Held in the Orwell Hall, this traditional concert is presented by the children from the Vernon River School and features an evening of song, dance and laughter, the sale of homemade fudge, and a visit from the jolliest of elves, St Nick. A great evening of wholesome family fun. For more information call 651-8515.
Acadian Museum
The Island Acadians: The Story of a People -
On view are the permanent exhibit and the video presentation The Island Acadians: The Story of a People and six major paintings by Claude Picard depicting the adoption of the Acadian national symbols between 1881 and 2001.
The genealogy centre offers researchers an opportunity to trace Acadian family roots. All exhibits, the video presentation and the other services are available in French and English.
GENEALOGY - Acadian Museum
Search over 30,000 index cards of baptisms, marriages and burials of the Acadians of Prince Edward Island.Consult numerous family files, indexes, books, documents and photos. Experienced staff on hand will guide you through the labyrinth of Acadian genealogy.
HERITAGE TRAIL - Acadian Museum
Discover Acadian and local history on this pleasant stroll outside.
The Heritage Trail includes ten interpretive panels on these historical themes:
- The Louisbourg Cannon
- The Foundation of Miscouche
- The Acadians of Malpeque Bay
- Saint-Joseph’s Convent and the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre-Dame
- The National Acadian Convention of 1884
- Saint John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church
- The Economy
- The Evolution of the Village of Miscouche
- The Miscouche Band
- The Presbytery
The Trail also includes a millstone, a World War Memorial Monument, a plaque commemorating the first ten Acadian National Conventions (1881-1937) and memorial stones inscribed with 44 Island Acadian pioneer family names.
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