Acres of Dreams is a travelling exhibition produced by the Canadian Museum of Civilization in collaboration with the Library and Archives Canada. It revisits the unprecedented marketing campaign led by the federal government that lured about 2 million settlers to the Canadian Prairies in the greatest single wave of immigration in Canada's history. The exhibit also examines the origins, motivations, and experiences of the settlers, who came from the United States and all over Europe. Learn about this amazing story through a varied display of posters, pamphlets, slogans, costumes, photographs, interpretive panels, and quotations from the settlers themselves.

The Nanaimo Museum will host this exhibit June 6 - Sept 6, 2010, and regular museum rates of admission apply.