Volume 28, Number 1 (Spring and Summer 2011) Officers' Quarters - War Brides Part 2 Editorial/Production Team: Virginia Bjerkelund (Chair) Elaine Mercer (Editor) Vincent Erickson (Editor) Fred White Bill Acheson Doug Wright Production Team: Elaine Mercer (Editor) Melynda Jarratt (Fredericton Region Museum War Brides Exhibit Curator) Ruth Murgatroyd (Museum & Society Executive Director) Caitlin [...]
Come take a fascinating voyage through the history of modern day chewing gum, from spruce trees to Wrigley's double mint and Bazooka Joe bubble gum. Parents and children will be given the opportunity to make their own bubble gum using our fantastic bubble gum making kits. Every kid will leave the program chewing their own home made gum!! This is a date at the Fredericton Region Museum that you do not want to miss, so buy your tickets ASAP at the Museum or call 455-6041 for details.
For the duration of the summer months the Fredericton Region Museum is welcoming young entrepreneur, Spencer Murgatroyd, as she opens up her tea shop on the Museum’s first floor. Ten year old Spencer will be selling herbal teas and sugar cookies while portraying the character of Hannah Ingraham, a member of the 18th century [...]
A message from the “School Days” Museum! Do you want to know what school was like for your grandparents or your parents? Come join us for a “Day in a one room Schoolhouse”! On Wednesday afternoon at 1:30, we at the “School Days” Museum will be putting on a re-enactment of a day [...]
Come celebrate the excitement and joy that our Coleman frog brings to our visitors! On Thursday, July 7th 2011, the Fredericton Region Museum will be hopping into history with our most famous resident, The Coleman Frog! Children will get to meet and greet our 42 pound frog and engage in arts and crafts [...]
This summer is our 4th annual colouring contest here at the Fredericton Region Museum! (formerly York Sunbury Museum).Come visit the museum, and pick up a colouring page for your child. Children entering the contest must be under 12 years of age, but all are welcome to colour! Submit your finished colouring pages on or [...]
A notice from the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women - reprinted with permission. The New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women has launched a Women’s History Map, an online listing of sites and landmarks of importance to the history of women in New Brunswick. The website lists over 125 [...]
Question: “I am researching the fifth Lord Lansdowne. On 23 October 1884 he made a visit to a collection of factories 2 1/2 miles from Fredericton. These, a village and a church were established by a self made man from the province of New Brunswick. He owned 200,000 acres of woodland. I would be grateful [...]
Time: 17 February · 19:30 - 22:30 Location: Government House on Woodstock Road (use side entrance) Hosted by: York Sunbury Historical Society More info: The Excursion to Savage Island: On a pleasant Saturday in September 1940 the York Sunbury Historical Society accompanied by the University of New Brunswick Science Club went on an outing to Savage [...]