The Tunit: a Palaeo-Eskimo People

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This small discovery box exhibit is a spin-off of the exhibition Lost Visions, Forgotten Dreams. It explores the history of the Palaeo-Eskimos who occupied Arctic Canada for three thousand years before the Inuit through themes such as: Way of Life, Hunting Magic, Religion and the End of the Tunit World in a compact and instructive way.

Content :
20 replicas of Palaeo-Eskimo artifacts, graphic panels, photos, 2 videos, educational programme and hands-on material.

Space Requirred :
2 units, each 1 m x 1 m x 0.25 m
(39 in. x 39 in. x 10 in.)

Loan Fees :
Starting at $750 plus incoming shipping

Availability :
Until December 2014

Itinerary:
• Musée Heritage Museum, St. Albert, AB 01/02/ 2001 – 01/04/ 2001
• Wellington County Museum, Fergus, ON 01/05/ 2001 – 02/09/2001
• DesBrisay Museum and Exhibition Centre, Bridgewater, NS 12/11/ 2001 – 03/02/ 2002
• London Museum of Archeology, London, ON 04/03/ 2002 – 22/07/2002
• Cape Breton Centre for Heritage and Science, Sydney, NS 23/08/2002 – 05/01/2003
• Kitimat Centennial Museum Kitimat, BC 03/02/2003 – 27/04/2003
• Parc d’Oka, Oka, QC 26/05/2003 – 17/08/2003
• Discovery House Museum, Sarnia, ON 13/10/2003 – 04/01/2004
• Peterborough Museum and Archives, Peterborough, ON 09/01/2010 – 21/03/2010
• Jardin des glaciers, Baie-Comeau, QC 07/06/2010 – 03/10/2010
• Available
• Scugog Shores Museums, Port Perry, ON 07/11/2011 – 26/02/2012

• Sam Waller Museum, The Pas, MB 01/04/2012 – 30/05/2012

• Available

* We recommend renting this exhibition as an educational complement to another exhibition such as Places of Power: Objects of Veneration

Mon, Tue, Wed & Fri: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Thur: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Sat & Sun: 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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