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Calling All Artists

***Calling All Artists*** Haida Gwaii Museum 6th Annual Gala & Art Auction **Deadline: November 2, 2019**   Artwork Guidelines: Square – 4×4” or 6×6” canvas Artists may create their own frame, or purchase a canvas from Gina DaahlGahl Naay (Trading House) in HlGaagilda or Gin Kuyaas in Gaw Tlagee Limit of 3 entries per person Must be […]

Returning of the Copper & Welcome Home Ceremony

A historic reuniting of an ancient copper with the the Shakespear Pole of the Saangga.ahl Staastas, the last ancient pole to stand in Skidegate (and now lives in the Haida Gwaii Museum).

Indigenous Repatriation Handbook

The Haida Gwaii Museum is a proud partner of the Royal BC Museum in the creation of the Indigenous Repatriation Handbook: https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/sites/default/files/indigenous_repatriation_handbook_rbcm_2019.pdf  

Attention Haida Gwaii Residents:

Explore your local heritage!  All Haida Gwaii residents have free admission to the Haida Gwaii Museum and The Port Clements Museum and Dixon Entrance Maritime Museum this year. All you need to do is show your current photo ID to get in. Thank you so much to Gwaii Trust Society for supporting our local historical institutions

Petrified Walrus Skull

New addition to our Oral History Exhibit.  She’s placed in between Kalga Jaad and the Xuuagii skull. This petrified walrus skull, discovered on Haida Gwaii in 2017, is 42,000 years old (+/-1300 years)—dating the walrus’ life back to the interglacial period—the same time as that of Kalga Jaad. This walrus skull, and other discoveries made possible […]

Artist in Gwaii Haanas Residency Notice