Program Overview
Gatherings are likely to take place within the new Exhibit Hall facility daily
between July and September, and weekly during the rest of the year.
There are a few distinct groups that will be utilising the space:
Cruise Ship Visitors
Groups of 25+/- will enter the facility through the main museum entry,
where they will be greeted with an introductory video screening. The
visitors will then make their way down through the main gallery towards
the existing Big House Gallery. They will enter the new Exhibit Hall through
the Big House Gallery, where they will watch an exhibit involving multimedia,
video projections, and a canoe which rises through the floor. The
visitors will exit back through the Big House Gallery and then along the
east wall ot the existing galleries to the main entry/ exit. Food for these
groups may be incorporated into the program, in the form of a sampling
of traditionally smoked salmon.
Conference Groups
Conference groups of 75-100 will enter directly into the Exhibit Hall via a
new pathway along the beach-front side of the two Big Houses. During
their event, conference groups will have access to view exhibits in the
existing Big House Gallery, though they will not have access to the main
galleries.
Once inside the Exhibit Hall, conference groups will be served a buffetstyle
feast. Visitors will eat at tables and chairs arranged between the
massive cedar columns in the centre of the space and will be entertained
with a traditional dance performance. Some food will be prepared and
cooked outside on the beach, such as salmon, clams and crabs. Salads,
potatoes, desserts, coffee and tea preparation will take place in the
kitchen.
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Beach-front facade of existing Big House Gallery.
A new path will lead conference visitors along the front
to the new Exhibit Hall beyond |
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