Portage College Museum of Aboriginal Art and Artifacts
(Aboriginal Arts/ First Nation, Museum)
Portage College offers an exciting collection of Aboriginal Artifacts.
(Aboriginal Arts/ First Nation, Museum)
The Collection began as a teaching tool and in 1984 the acquired crafts and artwork were catalogued as an artifact collection. There are many unique items on display.
The collection is presented as a Self Guided Walking Tour with display cases located throughout Portage College campus in Lac La Biche. Theme Display windows have been created to highlight aspects of Aboriginal culture.
In these Display Windows you may expect to view themes featuring Inuit tools and handicrafts, hide tanning, the Iroquois False Face Society, Metis arts and crafts, Caribou hair tufting, Aboriginal clothing, porcupine quill work and fish scale art.
