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, [...]
Fredericton’s young entrepreneur, Spencer Murgatroyd, knows exactly where her favourite place in the city is to have fun, and on November 9th, she’ll be on TV to show the rest of Canada. Spencer invited CBC’s Cross Country Fun Hunt host, Jordan Francis ("Camp Rock 2," "Connor Undercover"), and the "Cross Country Fun Hunt" crew to [...]
November 2, 2012 Featured Titles: The Metamorphosis 7:00 pm at Fredericton Region Museum, 571 Queen Street, Fredericton, NB Harry Houdini (via Bruce MacNab) comes back to Atlantic Canada! Not many people know that Houdini spent some time in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick early in his career. Now, Bruce MacNab reveals how Houdini's time in Canada resulted [...]
P4-2-35 Stephen Glasier home, Lincoln – built about 1777 and torn down 1944. A note from the Program Committee: The Program Committee is pleased to announce the following list of presentations for the York-Sunbury Historical Society. All presentations will take place at 7:30pm in the basement of Government House, except for the Annual General [...]