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THINGS TO SEE & DO Peter Lewis Gallery The Rooms AT THE

5 Church Hill, St. John’s
9 Bonaventure Avenue, St. John’s
T: 709.722.6009
T: 709.757.8099
www.peterlewisgallery.com
www.therooms.ca

A foremost fine art gallery in St.
Steeped in history, brimming with artistic
John’s, The Gallery is located in one
creativity — modern, welcoming, and
of downtown’s historic Heritage
Properties. The constantly evolving
Newfoundland and Labrador experience.
collection features original works hip — The Rooms is an all-encompassing
Home of the Provincial Archives, Art
by over 15 artists including Peter Gallery, and Museum. At The Rooms, you’ll
Lewis, whose vibrant impressionistic find exhibitions, family fun programs,

style details local and international and interactive activities that tell our
backdrops with distinctive imagination. stories through art, artifacts, archaeology,
Freight and packaging can be arranged architecture, and archival records. Don’t
throughout Canada and internationally. miss their newest permanent exhibition
Beaumont-Hamel and the Trail of the
Newfoundland & Labrador Caribou: Newfoundlanders and Labradorians
Pharmacy Museum at War and at Home 1914-1949. Housed in
488 Water Street, St. John’s the Royal Newfoundland Regiment Gallery,
T: 709.221.0600
www.nlpharmacymuseum.com the exhibition opened on July 1, 2016, on the
100th Anniversary of Beaumont-Hamel.
Located in Apothecary Hall, a heritage
building constructed in 1922 featuring Provincial Archives
Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles, trhe The Rooms Provincial Archives expertly
museum has retained its original maple preserves Provincial Government records

flooring and tin pressed ceilings. deemed to have enduring legal, fiscal,
evidential, or research value. The Rooms
You will discover in-house and Provincial Archives also collects records
commercial pharmaceuticals from the from private sources that have enduring
past 100+ years, mortars and pestles, value to the history of the province.
scales and tablet presses, perfumes
and cosmetics, and two ornate show Provincial Art Gallery
globes from the early 1900’s. Experience art in all its forms at The Rooms
Provincial Art Gallery. Two fl oors of galleries
Railway Coastal Museum with 10,000 square feet of exhibit space
495 Water Street, St. John’s make it the place to see selections from over
T: 709.724.5929/709.724.5932 7,000 works in the permanent collection and
Toll Free: 866.600.7245 travelling exhibits from around the world.
www.railwaycoastalmuseum.ca
Provincial Museum
Completely restored to its original The Rooms Provincial Museum tells the
grandeur, the old Railway Station now stories of Newfoundland and Labrador and
houses over 100 exhibits and displays its diverse peoples. Over a million natural
telling the story of the Newfoundland history specimens and over a million artifacts
Railway and Coastal Boat Services. bring these stories to life, connecting us
Features a 90-foot diorama of the with our past and the environment that DISCOVER
Newfoundland Railway passenger cars. has both shaped our experiences, and
has been changed by our presence.
OUR STORY

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therooms.ca 9 Bonaventure Avenue, St. John’s, NL 709-757-8090