The Fredericton Region Museum is excited to announce the details of their annual Open House happening on the 14th of August. For one day each year, the museum opens their doors for free to everyone in the community. This event is not only an excellent opportunity for history lovers and frequent visitors, but also for [...]
Fredericton, N.B. - July 14th, 2016 For the fifth consecutive year, this July and August the Fredericton Region Museum is set to open one of its galleries as a studio for a local artist. The museum’s Artist-In-Residence program is run annually as a collaboration with artists to encourage a relationship between historical institutions and [...]
March 2016 (PDF): Exploring the History of Trophies with the Officers’ Quarters; YSHS Annual General Meeting; Introducing Our Confederation Curatorial Team; 1,000 Followers! Yay!; Museum Summer Day Camps
KESWICK RIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY “HISTORY SPEAKS” SERIES SUPERIOR SCHOOL – 112 Route 616 Sunday April 10th 2 pm – HISTORY SPEAKS THROUGH ARTIFACTS Ruth Murgatroyd of the Fredericton Region Museum, Dawna Gordon curator of the Keswick Ridge Historical Society Museum and David Coburn of the Coburn Family Farm Museum will present several interesting items from [...]
Fredericton Region Museum and Sports Hall of Fame taking part in fire safety training, 2015. The application deadline has been extended to May 9th! The Fredericton Region Museum has a limited number of summer student opportunities each year, as funding is dependent upon grants from Young Canada Works, Student Employment Experience Development (SEED) and Canada [...]
Date: Sunday, February 14th, 2016 Time: 1pm to 3pm Location: Fredericton Region Museum (located in Officers’ Square) Stop by the Fredericton Region Museum for a Geocaching adventure. Visitors will be lead in a crash course on how to “cache” before being let loose to find several caches that have been hidden throughout the museum. There [...]
This program has a direct focus on archaeology. Defined as the study of human activity in the past, primarily through the recovery and analysis of material culture; archaeology is most often touched upon when learning about history. Plus, who does not like to get their hands dirty and find cool stuff? Archaeology is an area [...]
On All Hallows Eve, join us for several hours of trick-or-treating fun with one of our most popular exhibits. The Coleman Frog has been a friendly and fun part of the Fredericton Region Museum for years and secretly loves Halloween! With the help of the staff at the museum, the Coleman Frog will decorate the [...]
On Saturday, September 26th, come and preserve your memories at a scrapbooking workshop located in the heart of the Fredericton Region Museum. The Fredericton Region Museum launched it’s contemporary participatory exhibit entitled “Stories of Those Affected by Cancer” on September 5th. While constructing this exhibit, the museum called upon members of the community to submit experiences [...]
Fredericton Region Museum to be launching new exhibit on cancer this autumn. The date of the launch is set for September 5, 2015 at the Fredericton Region Museum in downtown Fredericton. FREDERICTON, NB – Aug 12, 2015 – Entitled “Stories of Those Affected by Cancer,” the new exhibit from the Fredericton Region Museum forms its [...]