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NUNATTA SUNAKKUTAANGIT MUSEUM SOCIETY - PHOTOS fonds
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1970-1994 (Creation)
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760 photos
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Biographical history
The Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum Society (NSMS) was formed in 1969 by Tom Webster and Dave Fisher of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. The two organized a board of directors. The museum's first activity was acquisition of Inuit sculptures and other arts and crafts from various communities in the Eastern Arctic. The museum operates as a heritage institution for the purpose of collecting, conserving, studying, interpreting and exhibiting objects, specimens and activities which represent the local natural and cultural history. In 1970 Queen Elizabeth came to Iqaluit which prompted the need for a permanent facility, the museum's displays were then set up temporarily in the local library. Then in 1976 - until 1985 -- the NWT Liquor Board building lent some of its rooms for displays and community programs. In 1983, Joanne Bird became the first paid director. She arranged for the permanent facility, a former Hudson Bay Company building which was moved and renovated in the museum society's current location. Under Bird and subsequent directors, the permanent displays were created, outreach, school programs and elders programs and oral history projects. (Staff Directors: Amy Karlinsky, 1987-1989 Leah Inutiq, 1989-1990 and Denise Bekkema, 1991-1994 Brian Lunger, 1998-present).
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The fonds consist of two photos albums generated by the museum society depicting museum expansion, public & school, exhibits, and special events. The majority of the images have been recorded by the museum staff & volunteer board of majority of the images have been recorded by the museum staff & volunteer board of directors of the society. Some of the prints in the albums are duplicate images from the color slide transparencies. The arrangement of the prints in the albums is done by event and year. The first album is of: building expansions & upgrades, collections, displays & exhibits. The second album is of programs, people, & special events.
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There are no restrictions on the consultation of the fonds
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Permission to reproduce the images must be given by the museum director & photographers that create
Finding aids
Preliminary Guide to Archival Holdings of the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum Society