Our Organization

THIS PLACE WE CALL HOME

Newfoundland and Labrador. These two words mean many things to many people.

• For tourists it is becoming a bucket list destination - an ‘off the beaten path from everywhere’ place that promises original and authentic experiences.
• For residents it is home. And there is nowhere else they would rather be.
• For people who have moved away it is where their hearts still belong and many still call home.

In this place where majestic cliffs plunge straight into the frigid and abundant North Atlantic ocean, many different peoples, over thousands of years, have forged a rich and diverse culture.

THIS PLACE WE CALL THE ROOMS

The Rooms is Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest public cultural space. It represents and showcases our province to itself and to the world.

Both a destination and a journey, The Rooms is where the province’s most extensive collection of artifacts, art and historical records come together to create meaningful and memorable visitor experiences that share who we are and how we came to be.

Interesting Facts:

• We are the stewards of over a million natural history specimens, and over a million artifacts, that connect our past to our present and future. Anyone who would like to delve deep can arrange in advance to access our research collections.
• We have three Regional Museums—located in Grand Falls-Windsor, Grand Bank, and North West River in Labrador.
• We manage a collection of over 11,000 works of art, ranging from historical to contemporary, from international art to local crafts and folk art. While we concentrate most on Newfoundland and Labrador artists, the collection includes many other Canadian works/exhibits.
• We preserve records of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador that have enduring legal, fiscal, evidential or research value.
  We also collect records from private sources which have enduring value to the history of the province.
• And we make these collections accessible to the public and our staff offer assistance to anyone looking to find answers to their questions. Many archival records in our collections are also available online by searching our digital database.

Since it opened in 2005, The Rooms has presented hundreds of exhibitions and more than 1,000 education and public programs, capturing the imagination of over 1 million visitors—and the numbers grow every season.

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