We've had a wonderful summer here at the Fredericton Region Museum. One of our favourite parts were the history themed summer day camps. This year, we offered four fun-filled and educational weeks. Our first camp was the Blast to the Past: The Fredericton Edition camp. This camp was certainly a blast! We visited all kinds [...]
The Fredericton Region Museum would like to invite everyone and their families for a free fun-filled day at the Museum on August 2nd from 10:00AM until 5:00PM. Every year our Open House event gets bigger and better and we are certain that this year will be the best yet. This is the only day on [...]
The Fredericton Region Museum is happy to welcome Dr. Krista Wilkins, assistant professor in the nursing faculty at the University of New Brunswick, as a new partner/co-curator for our upcoming exhibit, “Stories of Those Affected by Cancer”. Dr. Wilkins is contributing the results of her research on two-time cancer survivors. Her research involves interviewing people [...]
The gift from Sean Dunbar and his brewery, Picaroons, was presented to the York Sunbury Historical Society President, Maxine Campbell, prior to the Annual General Meeting on May 21st. Fredericton, NB (June 1, 2015) – A local brewer, passionate about New Brunswick’s history and giving back to the community, has donated $10,000 to [...]
On September 5th the Fredericton Region Museum will be launching our newest exhibit, “Stories of Those Affected by Cancer.” We are currently collecting submissions here. Knowing that it is difficult to write about such a meaningful experience, we would like to provide the public with some tools to help put their stories onto paper. In [...]
May 2015 (PDF) YSHS Annual General Meeting; Looking for submissions for upcoming cancer exhibit; Museum Summer Day Camps; Summer Camp Sponsorship; Freddy Plus
Water a fight at the end of a fun week at the history museum! We are taking registration for Fredericton Region Museum day camps and there is still space available! You may register between 10am to 4pm during weekdays at the Museum office (571 Queen Street) or by mail at PO Box 1312, [...]
Recently the Fredericton Region Museum received a very generous donation from Lynn Richard, owner of A Pile of Scrap, located on the north side of Fredericton. Lynn has donated a large quantity of scrap-booking materials to the museum for our upcoming exhibit on cancer. The Fredericton Region Museum would like to thank Lynn for her [...]
Fredericton Region Museum staff and volunteers after fire extinguisher training with the Fire Department, July 2015. 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 Summer Jobs. Interested students should research the youth employment [...]
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