Eastern Region

Home From The Sea, John C. Crosbie Sealers Interpretation Centre

The John C. Crosbie Sealers Interpretation Centre is a unique facility featuring a striking Museum and Art Gallery as well as a powerful seaside Memorial Statue and Monument. Through art, artifacts and multimedia, the museum vividly brings to life the sealers’ stories. At Porter’s Point, rests the bronze statue of father and son, Reuben and Albert John Crewe in a frozen embrace, and a Memorial Monument listing all those in the 1914 sealing disaster, one of Newfoundland's greatest tragedies