“Discovery Gallery Open for Bookings”

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“Discovery Gallery Open for Bookings”

Following safety protocols, the museum play area is available by reservation from 9:30am-12pm and 1pm-5pm Wednesday to Friday, and from 1-5 pm on Saturday and Sunday. Bookings must be made in advance.

Groups will be provided with a kit of clean, quarantined items including; cooking gear, puppets, and books for self-led learning and play.

Contact our Education staff at pwnhc_education@gov.nt.ca or at (867) 767-9347 ext. 71197 for more information, or to reserve some time for discovery!

January 25, 2021/by pwnhcadmin

• Announcement, Uncategorized •

Museum’s Choice: Fossil Favourites from Across Canada

The PWNHC is a member of the Alliance of Natural History Museum of Canada @alliancenaturalhistory, and we were one of the 11 museums to contribute a fossil to the exhibit Museum’s Choice: Fossil Favourites from Across Canada traveling exhibit. Our contribution was the Stromatolite. Visit the Royal BC Museum website to learn more or read about it in the Daily Hive.

October 20, 2019/by pwnhcadmin

• Object • Inuvialuit • Tuktoyaktuk, Western arctic coast • Inuvialuit •

Ulu

Object 2005.013.003

Ulu

A knife with a curved steel blade, brass tang and wooden handle. It was used for over 40 years by Sarah Mangelana to cut up whales, fish, caribou, geese and seals, and for fleshing hides.

Object Details
Accession No.	2005.013.003
Maker	Mangelana, Raymond
Culture	Inuvialuit
Region	Inuvialuit
Location	Tuktoyaktuk, Western arctic coast
Date	1960s

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September 11, 2014/by pwnhcadmin

• Object • Non-Indigenous • Great Slave Lake, Yellowknife • North Slave •

Transit and case

Object 998.026.001 a-j

Transit and case

Small surveying transits like this were carried into the field to make precision observations and sightings. This E.R. Watts & Sons unit was used by John Anderson-Thomson, an engineer and land surveyor in the NWT for 38 years from 1944 to 1982.

Object Details
Accession No.	998.026.001 a-j
Maker	E.R. Watts & Son, London, England
Culture	Non-Indigenous
Region	North Slave
Location	Yellowknife, Great Slave Lake
Date	c. 1915

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September 11, 2014/by pwnhcadmin

• Object • Non-Indigenous • Great Bear Lake • Sahtu •

Ship’s telegraph

Object 980.056.001 a,b

Ship’s telegraph

A brass telegraph from the M.V. Radium Gilbert. A ship's telegraph is used for communication between the bridge of the ship and the engine room. Operated by the Northern Transportation Company Ltd. from 1946 to 1980, the Radium Gilbert transported supplies and cargo to communities on Great Bear Lake, and uranium from Eldorado Mine.

Object Details
Accession No.	980.056.001 a,b
Maker	Jos. Harper & Son Inc., New York, New York, USA
Culture	Non-Indigenous
Region	Sahtu
Location	Great Bear Lake
Date	1946-1980

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September 11, 2014/by pwnhcadmin