FORT FRANCES – Interest in Indigenous Ingenuity at the Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre has been so strong that the exhibition will be staying another week and a half.
The community response to the celebration of Indigenous knowledge “has been absolutely wonderful,” Samantha Manty, the museum’s program director, said Friday.
“We have had a wonderful response from the schools and the classes coming through, and also the public attending and having a really great time.”
Indigenous Ingenuity: Timeless Inventions, originally scheduled to run until April 12, has been extended through April 23 at the museum.
Exhibition hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday, with last entry one hour before closing. Entry is by donation.
Fort Frances is the 15th stop on the exhibition’s tour, which began in 2022.
The exhibition presents a mix of science and culture intended to stir a sense of pride among Indigenous communities.
Its many features include virtual dog sledding, bow-and-arrow hunting, wild rice harvesting and igloo building.
Presented by Science North and Indigenous Tourism Ontario, it was developed in consultation with the Montreal Science Centre and is supported by the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation, the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario and the Government of Canada.
Indigenous Ingenuity is also slated to hit Atikokan and Dryden later this spring.
The Fort Frances Museum has a new exhibit, Community Ties and Tapestries: Fibre Artists of the Rainy River Valley, opening April 26.
