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        ALLAN MOSES BIRD GALLERY


        The Moses family arrived on Grand Manan in 1872, one year after the last Labrador Duck had been shot in Canada.  They came at the peak of the scientific collecting era, when scientists were busy everywhere collecting and documenting species before it was too late. Three generations contributed to the famous bird collection, which added so much to the knowledge of birds of southern New Brunswick.

         

        Originally housed in a private museum on Allan Moses’ property in North Head, the collection was moved in 1951 to the basement of the Grand Harbour High School.  In Canada’s centennial year, 1967, it moved once more, just across the road, and became the founding collection of the Grand Manan Museum.

         

        Allan Moses was a third generation taxidermist and one of the most prolific of his day.  The Allan Moses Bird Collection is still the largest collection in the Museum. In 18 display cases are found more than 300 different species of birds, collected mostly in and around the island, a key migratory flyway over for 300+ species.   Many of the song birds were collected from the bases of lighthouses which they would fly into at night during spring and fall migrations.

         

        On display:

        • 300 taxidermy birds
        • Biographical displays and photos on the donor and his family
        • Artefacts from taxidermy process
        • Artefacts from several species collection trips to Africa
        • Allan Moses, The Birdman of Grand Manan, 1881-1953
        • NFB 3-minute documentary film: "Eye Witness No. 49", "Alan Moses: Bird Man of Grand Manan", available on the Gallery's touch screen computer
        • Bird calls, photo, and species description for most of the birds on display, available on the Gallery’s touch screen computer

        The Allan Moses Bird Gallery has 18 display cases of birds found locally.
        The Allan Moses Bird Gallery has 18 display cases of birds found locally.
        Interactive Touch Screen of Bird Calls, Photos, & Text and a NFB Short Film.
        Interactive Touch Screen of Bird Calls, Photos, & Text and a NFB Short Film.
        Photos, Text, Artefacts on Three Generations of the Moses Family & Artefacts from Africa.
        Photos, Text, Artefacts on Three Generations of the Moses Family & Artefacts from Africa.
        The Male King Eider Duck was added  in 2018 in a collaboration with the NB Museum.
        The Male King Eider Duck was added in 2018 in a collaboration with the NB Museum.
        Allan Moses sitting in front of his private Natural History Museum in North Head in 1946.
        Allan Moses sitting in front of his private Natural History Museum in North Head in 1946.
        Our Passenger Pigeon, a species now extinct, was probably collected prior to 1900.
        Our Passenger Pigeon, a species now extinct, was probably collected prior to 1900.
        The Allan Moses Bird Gallery has 18 display cases of birds found locally.
        Interactive Touch Screen of Bird Calls, Photos, & Text and a NFB Short Film.
        Photos, Text, Artefacts on Three Generations of the Moses Family & Artefacts from Africa.
        The Male King Eider Duck was added  in 2018 in a collaboration with the NB Museum.
        Allan Moses sitting in front of his private Natural History Museum in North Head in 1946.
        Our Passenger Pigeon, a species now extinct, was probably collected prior to 1900.
        The Allan Moses Bird Gallery has 18 display cases of birds found locally.
        The Allan Moses Bird Gallery has 18 display cases of birds found locally.
        Interactive Touch Screen of Bird Calls, Photos, & Text and a NFB Short Film.
        Interactive Touch Screen of Bird Calls, Photos, & Text and a NFB Short Film.
        Photos, Text, Artefacts on Three Generations of the Moses Family & Artefacts from Africa.
        Photos, Text, Artefacts on Three Generations of the Moses Family & Artefacts from Africa.
        The Male King Eider Duck was added  in 2018 in a collaboration with the NB Museum.
        The Male King Eider Duck was added in 2018 in a collaboration with the NB Museum.
        Allan Moses sitting in front of his private Natural History Museum in North Head in 1946.
        Allan Moses sitting in front of his private Natural History Museum in North Head in 1946.
        Our Passenger Pigeon, a species now extinct, was probably collected prior to 1900.
        Our Passenger Pigeon, a species now extinct, was probably collected prior to 1900.
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        address: 1141 Rt. 776, Grand Manan, NB, E5G4E9

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