Reception Area

Orientation Room

Permanent Exhibit Room

Temporary Exhibit Room

Study Room

Gift Shop

Tourist Information Centre

Outside

Upon arrival in the Reception Area of the Acadian Museum, you are warmly greeted by our bilingual guides who fluently speak both English and French.

You are then initiated to the history and culture of Island Acadians by viewing the audio-visual presentation "The Island's Acadie" in the Orientation Room.   This spacious and air-conditioned area can accommodate up to 80 people.  The 17-minute video is projected on a wide screen, every half hour, alternately in French and English.

Upon leaving the Orientation Room, you will be invited to view the Permanent Exhibit Room featuring "The Island Acadians:  The Story of a People".  Through artefacts, texts and illustrations, you will discover the odyssey of Island Acadians from their arrival in 1720 to the present.

Afterwards, in the Temporary Exhibit Room, you can appreciate an exhibit depicting various aspects of Acadian heritage and arts of yesterday and today.

Temporary Exhibit (Spring of 1995):  "Chez Maxime and Delphine:   Treasures of the Acadian Museum"
recreating the rooms of an Acadian home of years ago
with objects from the Acadian Museum's collection.
Pictured here, in her kitchen, is Thérèse Gallant, in the role of Delphine.

In the Study Room, you are invited to consult our books and archives, as well as our index cards on the genealogy of Island Acadians.

Back in the Reception Area, souvenirs of your visit to the Acadian Museum & Centre for Acadian Research such as books, cassettes, CD's, postcards, posters, pins, Acadian flags and Island Acadian products may be purchased at the Gift Shop.

The Reception Area also houses a Tourist Information Centre where information can be obtained on other heritage sites, Acadian attractions and summer activities which may be taking place in the various communities of the Island's Acadie during your stay.

To end your visit, you are invited to take a stroll outside and marvel at the four wooden sculptures carved by Sylvain Guimond.  Each sculpture depicts a chapter of Acadian history.  This sculpture represents the adoption of the Acadian flag.  Also found outside are the twelve stones inscribed with the names of the Acadian founding families of Prince Edward Island, and the nine banners representing the Acadian flag which was chosen and proclaimed here in Miscouche in 1884.