Sled
This toy sled was made from wood and whale baleen in a style used by the first Inuit to live on Baffin Island. The same style...
The struggle for inclusion: The perspective of Asian Canadians
May is Asian Heritage Month, a time to reflect on the contributions made by Canadians of Asian heritage to Canada, often in the...
Moose
Moving a Moose in National Museum, Ottawa, Ontario, May 17, 1962
Dessert fork and Arctic Medal
This silver fork bears the Fairholme family crest and motto (Spero meliora — I hope for better things). It belonged to...
Pile of lobster traps
Pile of lobster traps on bank and schooner offshore, Big Island, Merigomish Harbour, Nova Scotia, 1914
Beothuk tools
These five Beothuk tools date from the 16th to the 18th centuries. The Beothuk were the original inhabitants of Newfoundland,...
See you at the summit!
Float plane over British Columbia, 1971
Flower Brick in the Shape of a Tortoise
Canadian ceramic artist Walter Ostrom created this unusual work. Ostrom is a major figure within the world of contemporary...
En route for Benton
En route for Benton, Southern Alberta, 1881
North West Company token
On April 24, 1779, several Montréal-based fur merchants joined forces to form the North West Company. Over the next four...
Symbol of change
Over 200 years ago, this pendant was given by the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) to an Indigenous leader to signify his importance...
Remnant of the the Cold War
Children running near a radar station from the DEW Line (Distant Early Warning Line) Canadian Arctic, [1957-1974]
Tiffany inkwell
This bronze and glass Tiffany inkwell, with its art nouveau floral motif, belonged to J. R. Booth, a famous lumber baron who...
Sugarhouse
Sugarhouse and sugar bush, Québec, 1926
Jointer plane
This plane was made in France between 1800 and 1850. It is part of a collection of some 850 hand tools amassed by Arthur Pascal,...
The portrait D’Arcy McGee never lived to see
One hundred and fifty years ago, a group of Thomas D’Arcy McGee’s friends were planning a special gift: a portrait in honour...
Bison vertebra with arrowhead
This bone specimen is a rare example of the effectiveness of traditional hunting techniques. It was found in the mid-1880s on the...
A Cod fish of 90 lbs
A Cod fish of 90 lbs, L’Anse-à-Beaufils, Quebec, 1949
Nunavut
Nunavut (Our Land) is a lithograph made by Kenojuak Ashevak (1927–2013), C.C., RCA, and printed by Pitseolak Niviaqsi. It was...
First snowmobile going up to Scientific camp of Admiral MacMillan
First snowmobile going up to Scientific camp of Admiral MacMillan, Anatalak, Labrador – Spring 1928