A ground breaking new exhibit is opening this weekend at Grey Roots Museum and Archives just outside of Owen Sound.
Heritage Interpretation Supervisor Petal Furness thought an exhibit that featured stories of the Anishinabe people would be well received.
The Anishinabe people were ancestors that inhabited Grey County in early European settlement days.
Furness and museum staff worked with Basil Johnston, a well known elder storyteller and author of the Anishinabe people.
Johnson has been a teacher and has also worked at the Royal Ontario museum in Toronto.
Furness says money for the development of the exhibit came from the museums assistant program in hopes that the exhibit will eventually travel around Ontario.
The exhibit features coral carvings, colourful art, the stories and eventually a video presentation of the opening ceremonies that features Johnston telling the stories.
The exhibits grand opening is today at Grey Roots and features Anishinabe drummers, dancers and singers.
The stories will be told and all happens outside in Moreston Village at the Museum starting at 11 AM.
Furness says the opening will only add to the atmosphere of all the live exhibits at the museum and in the village.
