Event
- Title:
- Acres of Dreams: Settling the Canadian Prairies
- When:
- Aug 10, 2010 - Sep 06, 2010
- Where:
- Nanaimo Museum - Nanaimo
- Category:
- Nanaimo - Other
Description
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.
The Nanaimo Museum will host this exhibit June 6 - Sept 6, 2010, and regular museum rates of admission apply.
Venue
- Venue:
- Nanaimo Museum - Website
- Street:
- 100 Museum Way
- ZIP:
- V9R 5J8
- City:
- Nanaimo
- State:
- BC
- Country:
-
Description
Nanaimo's history was been given new life with the construction of our facility in the Vancouver Island Conference Centre. Where the physical constraint of our previous site - which served us well for 40 years - was hampering our ability to grow and expand, the new site allows us the opportunity to reach our full potential as a modern day museum, research facility and tourist attraction.
The Nanaimo Museum is the guardian of the Bastion, a former Hudson’s Bay Company outpost that was built in 1853. The museum provides a site interpreter to share the fascinating stories of the lives of early settlers and the significance of the Bastion to Nanaimo
The Nanaimo Museum is the guardian of the Bastion, a former Hudson’s Bay Company outpost that was built in 1853. The museum provides a site interpreter to share the fascinating stories of the lives of early settlers and the significance of the Bastion to Nanaimo




