PEI 2014 - Sesquicentennial Planning

Planning is underway -  in 2014 Prince Edward Island, and all of Canada will celebrate an important chapter in history, as we mark the 150th anniversary of the 1864 Charlottetown Conference. The report of the highlights from a forum that was held in December 2011 at the Confederation Centre of the Arts is available.  This forum involved over 100 invited representatives from all levels of government, high schools, PEI Museum and Heritage, Confederation Centre, regional tourism associations, etc.

Community forums were then held in Summerside, Charlottetown, North Rustico, Kinkora, Georgetown, Evangeline, Souris, O'Leary during the months of  February and March 2012.  The report from these community meetings will be out in mid-May

Three of the recommendations from the December forum included:

"Build a provincial museum that would include a mobile unit of roving exhibitions, displaying representations of Island people and culture."


"Focus on updating and maintaining our existing Memorial and Centennial infrastructure including libraries, schools, community centres, and theatres."


"A provincial museum should be built to serve the Island. Use technology to enhance and deliver content across the country. Incorporate a national centre for museum research that could support preservation efforts in other provinces."

As the website states - Honour the past. Celebrate the present. Plan a bold tomorrow.

What better way to ensure that a legacy is kept alive than strengthening and enhancing our cultural institutions with a central provincial museum.