On the second floor balcony of the Fredericton Region Museum, a young girl from colonial times serves iced tea and cookies. Spencer Murgatroyd dresses in period costume as Hannah Ingraham, a woman of Loyalist descent who arrived in Fredericton from New York State in 1783 at the age of 11. She was a refugee, escaping [...]
Formed in 2013, The Madrigal Artisans, a branch of the Madrigal Players, opened a gift shop found at the second entrance of the Fredericton Region Museum, 571 Queen Street in Officers’ Square. Along with their arts and crafts for sale, The Madrigal Artisans will be offering art and craft activities/classes. Items available for sale at [...]
The Fredericton Region Museum is pleased to host its second Artist in Residence program. Made possible by a grant from the City of Fredericton Arts Culture & Heritage project, this program seeks to inspire artists with Fredericton’s diverse and rich heritage. The program is open to local artists, working in a visual media, whose work [...]
The event is being held at the Fredericton Region Museum, 571 Queen Street, on Wednesday July 9 at 7:00pm. Join us for an event featuring the second volume in the popular Tappan Adney series published by Goose Lane Editions that covers 1891 to 1896 in New Brunswick's hunting and fishing way of life. The book [...]
The Fredericton Region Museum is pleased to be hosting an artist-in-residence program for the second time this summer. This program seeks to make connections between artists and Fredericton’s cultural heritage by engaging the art community directly and meaningfully, while creating an experience for visitors that is unique. This year’s artist is a painter/sketcher who specializes [...]
Located on the upper balcony of the Fredericton Region Museum, overlooking Offiicers’ Square, Hannah’s Tea Place offers visitors a place to relax and enjoy some cookies and ice tea and/or participate in an interesting project all while learning about the interesting history of the Fredericton Region. Established in 2011, Hannah’s Tea Place will be providing [...]
The summer camp themes and dates have been decided !Create and Play!- July 7-11 This week will focus on the history of arts, crafts and recreation. What did people do for fun? What games did they play and what did they create? Learn about the past through fun, hands on activities. Activities will include visits [...]
The summer camp themes have been decided! Dates for each theme will be available soon! Dates: • July 7 – 11 • July 28 – August 1 • July 14 – 18 • August 5 – 8 (4 days) • July 21 – 25 • August 11 – 15 Create and Play! This week will [...]
The Fredericton Region Museum will be offering summer day camps for the summer of 2014! Kids 8-11 will be welcome to register. They will have the opportunity to learn about history, make crafts, play games and take field trips! Ages: 8 – 11 years Dates: • July 7 – 11 • July 28 – August [...]
The Fredericton Region Museum has a limited number of summer student opportunities each year. As funding is dependent upon grants Young Canada Works, Student Employment Experience Development and Canada Summer Jobs), interested students should research the youth employment programs and ensure that they qualify and, if applicable, are registered with the program candidate banks. Student Employment [...]