It might not look too different upon first glance, but the freshly reopened Museum of Anthropology at UBC has undergone more than a few noteworthy changes in recent months.
“They’re now coming from Indigenous people, there are a lot of first person quotes,” said MoA's curator of Indigenous engagement, Damara Jacobs-Petersen. For some First Nations members visiting the museum, it might provide a warm and welcoming first introduction to their own history and culture. Many of those who visit do so in order to reconnect with their traditions and customs, said Jacobs-Peterson.
Throughout the museum there is a mix of ancient and contemporary pieces. Visitors who enter the great hall will be greeted, for example, by a canoe with 14 different paddles representing numerous separate Nations. Each comes from a different time period, a paddle crafted in 1804 might sit alongside one carved just last year.
“I think it’s a really important thing for visitors to contemplate and think about because people come into museums and think it’s a place where you have to sit and observe and be quiet, and read about these things that are from long, long ago, but education doesn’t have to be that way.”
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