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Daniel Weetaluktuk

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The Daniel Weetaluktuk Commemorative Museum and Cultural Transmission Centre — the only museum in Inuit territory recognized by the Quebec Department of Culture and Communications — contributes to the protection and dissemination of the culture of the Inuit of Inukjuak and of Nunavik. The museum houses a collection of more than 400 historic and contemporary objects, which are displayed in the context of their cultural origin. The people of Inukjuak and visitors to the community can see displays including artworks, traditional clothing and various artifacts testifying to the cultural wealth of the Inukjuamiut (Inuits of Inukjuak).

Constructed in 1992, the Inukjuak museum was entirely renovated and reopened its doors at the end of 2005. The new permanent exhibition will be ready in the spring of 2007. Titled Our Culture as We See it, the exhibition was created with the active contribution of the members of Pukik, Inukjuak’s cultural committee. The exhibit, which was coordinated by Avataq and financed by Heritage Canada’s programme in support of museums, resulted from an experimental participatory inventory that followed a creative design workshop organized by a research team from the Université de Québec à Chicoutimi. The goal of this new exhibition is to make it easier to understand and appreciate the cultural and artistic heritage of the Inukjuamiut. It offers an original perspective on self-representation by delivering a vision of how the Inukjuammiut see themselves. One of the major elements intensifying the experience of a visit to this exhibit is the life-like reconstruction of the interior of an igloo, which is silhouetted under the dome of the mezzanine.