March 2015 Newsletter
March 2015 (PDF) YSHS Annual General Meeting; Museum Summer Day Camps; Reflecting on the War of 1812 with the Latest Officers’ Quarters!; March Program; April Program
The History of Art at the Fredericton Region Museum
The Fredericton Region Museum will be offering a free activity for children ages 6 and up as part of Culture Days. Children will visit our 19th Century Drawing Room and learn about the style and history of the portraits. Children will then have an opportunity to draw their own portrait, or to draw a friend’s! [...]
Geocaching Event to Commemorate the Great War
Join us for an exciting event to commemorate New Brunswick in the Great War. The Gregg Centre and the Fredericton Region Museum have commissioned the Regt Major NBGWGP to establish a Geotour of the Greater Fredericton Area. During the event, the design for the commemorative Great War geocoin will be revealed. There will also be [...]
Goose Lane Tappan Adney Vol. 2 Book Launch
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 [...]
Artist in Residence at Fredericton Region Museum
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 [...]
Summer Camp Themes and Dates!
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 [...]
Summer Camp Themes
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 [...]
Peekaboo Shadows Theater Show & Reception
Peekaboo Shadow Theatre Show and Reception Program Miguelina Izaguirre's exhibit of shadow puppetry held its last show at the Fredericton Region Museum last night. Miguelina Izaguirre, a local artist, applied and had been recruited by the Fredericton Region Museum to provide interactive programming in its exhibit space, starting last July on Canada Day. Miguelina has [...]
Open House at the Museum – Coming soon!
It's that time of year again! The Fredericton Region Museum's annual Open House will take place on Sunday, August 18 (10 am - 5 pm). This is the fifth year the museum has offered a day of free admission to celebrate the summer season, and this year's Open House promises to be a memorable occasion! This year’s Open House [...]
Returning Family Pocket Watches Give Timeless Insights into Local Genealogy
This summer, the Fredericton Region Museum acquired a beautiful, yet mismatched, pair of pocket watches from Philip Johnstone Burpee. Burpee, while living in Alberta, sent the watches back home to New Brunswick. Though the watches have different origins, they have come together through the Burpee family, tying together and continuing New Brunswick’s history. These watches [...]