The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax has a new exhibit about a little-known ethnic group with ties to Nova Scotia going back to the 19th century.

Resilience on the Move: Roma People in Canada is a temporary Community Presents exhibit, that focuses on Roma, a distinct and diverse peoples, often described as gypsies, an inaccurate term most Roma find offensive.

The first national exhibition of its kind about Roma, curator Sara England says it aims to shed light on the history of this unique cultural group.

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