Nisga’a Museum

In Laxgalts’ap, 150 kilometres northwest of Terrace, the Nisga’a Museum, known as Hli Goothl Wilp-Adokshl Nisga’a or “The Heart of Nisga’a House Crests,” is a stunning 929-square-meter space inspired by traditional Nisga’a longhouses, feast dishes, and canoes. At the heart of the museum is the Ancestors’ Collection, which showcases exquisitely carved Nisga masks, bentwood boxes, headdresses, and soul catchers acquired from the Nisga people during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The treasures in the Ancestors’ Collection were returned to the Nass Valley from museums in Ottawa and Victoria as part of the Nisga’a Treaty and are now displayed for the first time together in their place of origin.