The Labrador Campus (formerly the Labrador Institute) has been Memorial University’s permanent presence in Labrador since 1979. Collections are predominantly archival and library, but as an important cultural and educational institution, the Labrador Institute also maintains close ties with the museum community. The Institute has collaborated on several exhibitions of art and artifacts in the past, and retains a permanent collection of Labrador grasswork, as well as a series of watercolour paintings by Stephen Hamilton.