The report outlines the museum's administrative activities and finances for the previous fiscal year as well as listing staff, temporary exhibitions, educational activities, artifacts loaned to other institutions, publications of the museum, media coverage of the museum, and acquisitions. The report was submitted to the National Museums of Canada, from which the museum received an operating grant.
The report outlines the museum's administrative activities and finances for the previous fiscal year as well as listing staff, attendance figures, acquisitions, exhibitions, educational activities, lectures, events, loans, research projects, publications of the museum and its staff, and media coverage of the museum. It includes descriptions of the expansion of the museum and the installation of six replica Northwest Coast First Nations houses at the Canadian Museum of History, among other initiatives.
The newsletter contains 6 articles about the museum as well as photographs, facsimiles of artworks, and general visitor information. Subjects include the launch of a campaign to restore the Haida House sculpture complex, a series of clinics and talk about preventive conservation, a memorial to Dr. May Smith, fall courses taught at MOA, the launch of a certificate in Museum Studies, and an update from the Anthropology Shop. Also included is a Calendar of Events.
Sub-series consists of photographic prints and photocopies collected from other institutions for use on object labels in MOA's Great Hall. Items were originally housed in two large binders with dividers.
File consists of photographic prints depicting Oweekeno cultural objects from other institutions. Many of the prints are annotated with handwritten, stamped, or typed information about the contents of the images or their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA Object ID A50006 in MOA's Great Hall.
Sub subseries consists of photocopies of photographs and sketches of totem poles and other carvings from the MOA Great Hall which were used to create object labels. Many of the photographs show the carvings in their place of origin or on display at MOA.
File includes one photograph of MOA Object ID A2524 which is a feast dish. The photograph is annotated with handwritten information about its original repository. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
File includes one photograph of MOA Object ID A7103 which is a bentwood chest. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
File includes one drawing and seven photographs of MOA Object ID A50008 a, b, and c which are interior house posts as well as images of the village from where they came. The photographs are annotated with handwritten information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
File includes three photographs of MOA Object ID A50011 a and b which are eagle sculptures. The photographs are annotated with handwritten information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
File includes one drawing and one photograph of MOA Object ID A50012 which is a house frontal totem pole. The photograph is annotated with handwritten information about its originating repository. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
File includes one drawing and five photographs of MOA Object ID A50014 a and b which are a house totem pole that has been separated into two parts. The images depict the object in its original form prior to separation. The photographs are annotated with handwritten and typed information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
File includes one drawing and three photographs of MOA Object ID A50038 which is a totem pole. The photographs are annotated with handwritten information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
File includes one photograph of MOA Object ID A50042 which is an eagle sculpture. The photograph is annotated with handwritten information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
A mask of a dragon head sits on top of a drum in the foreground, while two costumed performers play a second drum as spectators watch in the background.
Costumed dancers kneel on the floor with one leg outstretched behind them in front of a large set piece made of colorful fabric during a performance of a piece by Evelyn Roth
