Arts policy in Newfoundland and Labrador began with the development of cultural self-consciousness following Confederation.

Examples of architecture from the fishing community, Bonavista.

The importance of preserving Newfoundland folk architecture. Examples of architecture from Trinity and Bonavista.

The quiet months of February and March were known as the matting season along the rugged coast of northern Newfoundland and Labrador.

Traditional music represents the province's history and culture, and forms a vital link between the past and present.

While the arts take many forms, vernacular art has always been important in Newfoundland daily life.

The visual arts have long played a part in the history of Newfoundland and Labrador, though they may never have been as significant or visible as they are today.

Although it is often described in different terms, the expedition that led to the discovery of Newfoundland was primarily an economic enterprise.

European fishers had been working off Newfoundland and Labrador's coasts for about 100 years by the turn of the 17th century.

The origin of what is today referred to as traditional society in Newfoundland and Labrador may be traced to a way of life that developed around the inshore fishery in the late 19th century outport.

An informal economy is one in which people provide for their own needs by engaging in a variety of noncommercial activities

Letter to George Calvert from Edward Wynne, dated August 17, 1622.

Much of our knowledge of daily life in outport Newfoundland in the late 18th and early 19th century comes from the pens of visitors. They were typically missionaries, explorers, naturalists, and geologists whose work brought them to outlying communities not often visited by outsiders or even the local government.

Considerable uncertainty surrounds our understanding of daily life in Newfoundland during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Beothuk material culture consists of the physical things left behind by these people including their tools, weapons and features

Innu culture and traditions

The history of the Mi'kmaq, their lifestyle, and their relations with the Europeans

The term Palaeo-Eskimo is used to refer to the peoples of the Arctic who lived before the Thule.

History and culture of the Thule people

During the late 1960s and 1970s, Newfoundland and Labrador experienced what has been variously called a cultural renaissance, revival, or revolution.