Museum hours on Canada Day: 12pm - 5pm Once again, the Fredericton Region Museum will be open on Canada Day this year. We’re offering some awesome activities between noon and 5pm, in addition to our usual exhibits. If you’re wondering “Why visit a museum on Canada Day?”, here are 5 great reasons: Children’s [...]
Fredericton, New Brunswick – July 01, 2013 – Spencer Murgatroyd is poised to open her business, "Hannah's Tea Place," for its third consecutive summer. Spencer has served herbal and iced teas with cookies to hundreds of patrons of the FrederictonRegionMuseum over the last two years while portraying Hannah Ingraham, a Loyalist girl featured in one [...]
The New Brunswick Branch of the Monarchist League of Canada, in partnership with the Fredericton Region Museum, is hosting a fun-filled afternoon of royal-themed children's activities in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Queen's Coronation. Taking place at the Museum from 1 to 4 PM on Saturday, June 1st, this FREE event is open [...]
English: Making bobbin lace in Dubrovnik (Photo credit: Wikipedia) May 18th is International Museum Day and the Fredericton Region Museum will be celebrating with the Seaspray Lace Guild! They will be demonstrating the art of pillow or bobbin lace at the museum from 1 to 4pm. Come and try your hand or watch [...]
Thank you, Joshua, for colouring a sword plate picture to use on the blog! In commemoration of New Brunswick’s role in the War of 1812, the Fredericton Region Museum and the York Sunbury Historical Society are having a colouring contest. Children are invited to colour a picture of a Sword Belt Plate that belonged [...]
The Fredericton Region Museum (FRM) is seeking applications for its 6 week summer artist-in-residence program. About our Organization The FRM was founded in 1934 by the York Sunbury Historical Society and has gained an enviable reputation over its 75+-year existence as a pre-eminent facility for the collection, storage and display of important New Brunswick historical objects, artefacts [...]
Natasha Bozek, Executive Director of the Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick, and Ruth Murgatroyd, Executive Director of the York Sunbury Historical Society The Fredericton Region Museum wishes to thank the Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick for donating several books for our upcoming summer children program series. Community partnerships are vital to our success! [...]
Two individuals helped to create this replica trophy – Mr. Mark Magee of Magee’s Jewellery and Mr. Paul Inman. The Fredericton Region Museum presented a trophy to the winners of the snowshoe race. Fifty years ago, Lieutenant-General E.W. Sansom, then the President of the York-Sunbury Historical Society, determined that something should be done [...]
The War of 1812: A New Brunswick Perspective During the War of 1812, the winter of 1813 was one of extreme cold and heavy snows. Between February and April, the 104th Regiment of Foot marched more than 1100 kilometres from Fredericton, New Brunswick to Kingston, Ontario to reinforce British troops and thwart an [...]
Spencer dressed as Hannah Ingraham at the Fredericton Region Museum As you know from our blog post, “CBC’s Fun Hunt Visits Fredericton!”, Spencer nominated the Fredericton Region Museum as Canada’s “funnest” place! As of Saturday, she made the top 20 list of fun places along with Clarenville, Newfoundland, Stratford, Prince Edward Island, Brockville, [...]