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Games

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Trivia

The Board

Them days you sent a youngster up the road to say there was a game on. Now you send the code, and if a chair's still empty when you deal, one of the regulars takes it.

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Down the road

Well, Sunday after Mass we'd walk it. Start at the gate and go down, and every house along here I'll tell you who's in it.

The Rooms Provincial Museum

The Rooms is Newfoundland and Labrador's premier cultural institution, located on a prominent hillside site in St. John's overlooking the harbour. Opened in 2005, the building houses the Provincial Museum, the Provincial Art Gallery, and the Provincial Archives under one striking modernist roof. The building's dramatic architecture was inspired by the traditional 'rooms' of Newfoundland outport fi

The Rooms is Newfoundland and Labrador's premier cultural institution, located on a prominent hillside site in St. John's overlooking the harbour. Opened in 2005, the building houses the Provincial Museum, the Provincial Art Gallery, and the Provincial Archives under one striking modernist roof. The building's dramatic architecture was inspired by the traditional 'rooms' of Newfoundland outport fisheries — the waterside wooden sheds and stages where fish were processed and stored — scaled up and expressed in contemporary materials. The design by architect Fowler Bauld & Mitchell gives the building an angular, layered silhouette that is visible from much of the city and has become part of St. John's skyline. The Provincial Museum collection spans Newfoundland's natural history, Indigenous cultures, European exploration and settlement, the fishery, Confederation with Canada in 1949, and contemporary provincial life. The archive holds an extraordinary collection of documents, photographs, and records relating to Newfoundland's history. The Art Gallery houses an impressive collection of works by Newfoundland and Labrador artists as well as broader Canadian and international collections. The Rooms hosts major travelling exhibitions, educational programs, and community events. It functions as the cultural memory of the province and is the institution tasked with preserving and interpreting Newfoundland and Labrador's identity. Admission to The Rooms includes all three institutions and the building itself is worth visiting for the architecture and harbour views alone.

Fact

On the go

Them days the garden party was the whole summer. Here's what's on the go now, and when.

The kitchen

Well, Sunday the pot was on before Mass and the smell of it met you at the gate. Here's what was in it, and how it's done.

The hall

Them days the hall had a dance Saturday and the kitchen had music the rest of the week. It's still playing. Come in and listen.

The yarns

He said, you know the one about the light on the water. I said, I do. That's a story, mind, and I'll tell you which parts.

Not the house

No, I said, that's not the house. It was down just below there. Go back up the road.

Back up the road