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Canadian museum partnership prepares Haida exhibition for European tour

GATINEAU.- The Canadian Museum of Civilization announced that it has forged a groundbreaking partnership with two other Canadian museums to produce Haida: Life. Spirit. Art., a travelling exhibition that will be presented exclusively in Europe. The partners are the McCord Museum in Montréal and the Haida Gwaii Museum in Skidegate, British Columbia. Haida: Life. Spirit. Art. will tour European museums, introducing their audiences to the remarkable sophistication and complexity of the Haida culture of Canada’s Pacific Northwest Coast. The exhibition will feature an outstanding collection of historical and contemporary artworks from the Civilization and McCord Museums, complemented by words and images from today’s Haida Gwaii, the island homeland of the Haida people. This is the first time Canada’s national history museum has collaborated with other Canadian institutions to produce an exhibition