This Sunday, the Fredericton Region Museum has its annual Open House. Join us for a day of fun as you learn more about the history of New Brunswick. The Museum is offering FREE ADMISSION for the day! Fun-filled activities await your entire family. Join us for a children's frog craft! Based off the life of [...]
Ian Malcolm (summer student), His Honour Graydon Nicholas and Samira Torabi (volunteer) with the beaded cap (1969.371.1). Fredericton New Brunswick (Aug. 10th, 2012) – On June 20th, 2012, the Fredericton Region Museum received a forty-pound crate, heavily padded and packaged with the utmost care –- in it was one of the museum’s most [...]
Sunday August 19th is a special day for the Fredericton Region Museum. Not only is it our Open House, it is our second time giving the public a glimpse into our world – the world of artefacts. At last years Open House the Fredericton Region Museum decided to try something new. We wanted to give [...]
Earlier this year, the Fredericton Region Museum was lucky enough to get donation that shows the personal life of a New Brunswick family almost 100 years ago! Miss Amelia Sara Ward (1896-1987) was born in Burton, New Brunswick, and lived most of her life in nearby Oromocto. Her family owned ‘Stocker’s Hotel’ in Oromocto, and [...]
Marie Chavannes' wedding dress being prepared for exhibit at the Fredericton Region Museum. What do Fredericton, bubble-wrap, and opera all have in common? Stop into the Fredericton Region Museum on 571 Queen Street to find out! The local museum is now debuting an exhibit that showcases the lovely refurbished wedding gown of 1950s [...]
Today, the Mactaquac Dam is a prominent part of the central New Brunswick landscape. Owned and operated by NB Power, the dam has the capacity to generate 653 megawatts of electricity – nearly twenty percent of New Brunswick's total power demand! It's a pretty impressive feat of structural engineering (or is it...), and a local [...]
Fredericton, NB – July 06, 2012 – Spencer Murgatroyd, a young Frederictonian is gearing up for her second summer at “Hannah`s Tea Place”, her budding business at the Fredericton Region Museum. Young entrepreneur, Spencer, sparked interest in the memoirs of Loyalist girl Hannah Ingraham after learning about the Ingraham Family from the Loyalists of Fredericton exhibit [...]
A Hearty Welcome: Royal Tours of New Brunswick, 1794-2012 Title Banner June 29, 2012 Fredericton New Brunswick - As the Fredericton Region Museum prepares for Canada Day, it is also getting ready to open its newest travelling exhibit! Curated by Barry Mackenzie, it explores the history of royal visits to New Brunswick. The [...]
York Sunbury Historical Society Program All evening programs take place at Old Government House (51 Woodstock Road, Fredericton) at 7:30pm. We can park on site and come in the side entrance and programs are free and open to the public! The York Sunbury Historical Society presentation on Thursday, June 21, 2012 at Government House: Drinking and [...]
This summer at the Fredericton Region Museum, we will be having children's programs every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, beginning at the end of June! There will be a different fun theme each week! Keep reading to see all our different themes, and register using the form at the bottom of the page! All About Trains! [...]