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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/21995

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Museum strategies for Amerindian heritage: the genesis of the Amerindian Collection of the Museum of Civilisation of Quebec

Abstract

The Amerindian collection of the Museum of Civilisation in Quebec is the result of a long history and museum. She was born in the late fifteenth century, but it was only since the late 80s that she joined her established museum, just founded by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs to house Canadian, French, Amerindian and Inuit ethnographic collections. It is only since then that it has been promoted within its own space. However, it is part of the oldest collection in North America, initiated by the priests of the Seminar of Quebec, more than three centuries ago. It will then be taken care of by Laval University for educational purposes. Another core of this collection will be the objects collected from the Archives and the Museum of the Province from the 30s onwards. However, the priority of this new national institution is to promote Canadian and French art. It is only since 1968, after the purchase of the Coverdale collection by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, that ethnology has come within the scope of the Quebec Government. A long debate on the place and purpose of ethnographic collections then began. A concept of a Human Museum by 1979 culminated in the creation of the Museum of Civilisation in 1988. This museum route and collection process will be identified in the first part. The second part will look at museum practices established by the museum in relation to these objects. The Picard collection, which comes from a huronne family of Lorette, will be particularly detailed, as its story shows the various stages of the museum life of the city of Quebec and the complex process of acquiring objects. Finally, an analysis of the permanent exhibition “We the First Nations” at the Museum of Civilisation will try to show how objects and their exhibition generate new relations between the Amerindian and Museum communities.

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