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 [...]
Geocaching to Commemorate the March of New Brunswick's 104th Regiment (Copied from the Heritage Online Newsletter); CBC's Fun Hunt Visits Fredericton Region Museum!; Membership Renewal Time!; York-Sunbury Historical Society Christmas Party; Upcoming Programs Download (9457 kb)
Please join New Brunswick MLA Brian MacDonald, Chair of the New Brunswick 1812 Commemorative Provincial Committee, the Friends of New Brunswick 104th and other guests for the announcement and unveiling of a unique New Brunswick 1812 Commemorative Activity. Tuesday, November 20, 2012 @ 2pm Fredericton Region Museum, 517 Queen Street, Fredericton, NB. For more information [...]
Virginia Morrison, 7 years old (1987.24.2a) Managing a large collection can be an overwhelming job. At the Fredericton Region Museum, we are fortunate to have had several amazing summer students and volunteers over the years. Our volunteer, Brian, has been working with our archival collection now for a few years and he [...]
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 [...]
The Fredericton Region Museum is pleased to announce that the War of 1812 exhibit is now available in printed form. With the assistance of fifteen sponsors, the publication features the history of the war from a New Brunswick perspective. Included in the full colour bilingual publication is the text from the various panels included in [...]
This Sunday, the Fredericton Region Museum has its annual Open House. Join us for a day of fun as you learn more about the history of New Brunswick. The Museum is offering FREE ADMISSION for the day! Fun-filled activities await your entire family. Join us for a children's frog craft! Based off the life of [...]
Ian Malcolm (summer student), His Honour Graydon Nicholas and Samira Torabi (volunteer) with the beaded cap (1969.371.1). Fredericton New Brunswick (Aug. 10th, 2012) – On June 20th, 2012, the Fredericton Region Museum received a forty-pound crate, heavily padded and packaged with the utmost care –- in it was one of the museum’s most [...]
Earlier this year, the Fredericton Region Museum was lucky enough to get donation that shows the personal life of a New Brunswick family almost 100 years ago! Miss Amelia Sara Ward (1896-1987) was born in Burton, New Brunswick, and lived most of her life in nearby Oromocto. Her family owned ‘Stocker’s Hotel’ in Oromocto, and [...]