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A museum staff member working on a display in visible storage in the Museum of Anthropology.She appears to be ensuring that displayed items correspond to descriptions in the museum catalogues available to visitors of the gallery. This work was being done in advance of the official opening of the museum on May 30, 1976.

Image of Madeline Rowan, Marjorie Halpin, and Elvie Whittaker discussing the installations in the new museum space.

A museum staff member working on a display drawer in visible storage in the Museum of Anthropology. She appears to be ensuring that displayed items correspond to descriptions in the museum catalogues available to visitors of the gallery. This work was being done in advance of the official opening of the museum on May 30, 1976.

A museum staff member working on a display in visible storage in the Museum of Anthropology. She appears to be ensuring that displayed items correspond to descriptions in the museum catalogues available to visitors of the gallery. This work was being done in advance of the official opening of the museum on May 30, 1976.

A museum staff member working on a display in visible storage in the Museum of Anthropology. She appears to be ensuring that displayed items correspond to descriptions in the museum catalogues available to visitors of the gallery. This work was being done in advance of the official opening of the museum on May 30, 1976.

Museum staff prepare an item of clothing for display at the Museum of Anthropology.

Museum of Anthropology staff prepare the museum catalogues that will be used in visible storage as reference for visitors. Audrey Shane is the figure on the viewer's left. The figure on the viewer's right is unidentified.

Museum of Anthropology staff prepare the museum catalogues that will be used in visible storage as reference for visitors. Audrey Shane is the figure in the centre. The figure on the viewer's left may be Inge Ruus. The figure on the viewer's right is unidentified.

Staff at the Museum of Anthropology review a pile of catalogues before placement in visible storage. They are tentitively identified by the archivist from viewer's left to right: Inge Ruus, Audrey Shane, unidentified.

Photograph of a group of men and children playing music to accompany the bridal trousseau as part of Tunisian wedding traditions. The photograph was taken by Nadia Abu-Zahra during Ramadan in Sidi Ameur, the Sahel, Tunisia.

Musical instruments and other items on display at the Vancouver Centennial Museum. This display was installed by the Museum of Anthropology as the opening exhibition of the Vancouver Centennial Museum.

Musicians performing as part of Pongsan dance sit on the floor in the Great Hall and play their instruments

Image is a close-up of one side of a mussel shell carving

Image is a close-up of one side of a mussel shell carving

Image is a close-up of one side of a mussel shell carving.

Image is a close-up of one side of a mussel shell carving.

Image is a close-up of a mussel shell carving. The shell appears closed.

Image is a close-up of a mussel shell carving. The shell appears partially opened.

Item is a negative showing a Tibetan soldier standing in front of two army tents. There is a dog located just behind the soldier to his right hand side.

Item is a negative showing a large building with several windows, a wide verandah, and two sets of staircases. There are two small field pieces at the foot of the staircase on the right left by the Younghusband expedition in 1906.