Renewal Project
MOA Renewal Project
MOA's multi-year, multi-million dollar Renewal Project is now complete. Our new wing - the "Centre for Cultural Research," containing staff offices and laboratories, the Audrey & Harry Hawthorn Library & Archives, and closed collections storage - is fully operational; the Bill Reid Rotunda, Great Hall, and Ramp have been refurbished; and our new Multiversity Galleries and The Audain Gallery, MOA's major temporary exhibition hall, are now open to the public. For specifics on the Reciprocal Research Network and other components of the project as a whole, please click on the links to your left.
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Mabel Stanley Regalia Received
A personal collection of ceremonial regalia and other articles belonging to the late Aboriginal activist, Mabel Stanley (1901-79), has been donated to the Museum by her descendants. The 24-piece collection includes a cedar-bark head ring with eagle down, a carved frontlet with ermine headdress, a bird rattle carved by Ellen Neel, button blankets, a dance apron, and a speaker’s staff, among other items. The Stanley Family Collective presented the donation to MOA in a private ceremony on April 30, stating their wish to ensure public access to the regalia, and to help keep the memory of Mabel Stanley alive. A Kwakwaka’wakw chief’s daughter from Cape Mudge, Mrs. Stanley attended Coqualeetza residential school in Sardis, became mother to nine children, and worked throughout her life to promote understanding between Aboriginal and non-Native peoples.
Photo Credit: (detail) Dance Apron, Mabel Stanley Collection, MOA
