Unfortunately my friend and I had an incredibly uncomfortable and unpleasant experience at the Palais. The man at the desk (I believe his name was George) would not stop talking to us about himself before and after our visit, and commented inappropriately on my body and sexuality.
As for the exhibit itself, the second floor included an exhibit of what we perceived to be racist caricatures of Black and Indigenous children, made by a white man in 2021. The Palais information offered no explanation or analysis of this, and seemed to celebrate this man's seemingly very fetishistic and inappropriate work.
As we were trying to exit the museum, George cornered us into another long conversation, in which I tried to bring up the racist nature of the exhibit but he cut me off repeatedly and once again commented on my body inappropriately and appeared to be flirting with me (I believe he is 30-40 years older than I am)
We were looking forward to this but were incredibly disappointed and uncomfortable. For other young people, especially young women, going to this museum, please be careful and avoid this man! read more
