The New Brunswick Museum selects Diamond Schmitt Architects for the Museum’s Revitalization Project
The Board of Directors of the New Brunswick Museum (NBM-MNB) is pleased to announce that we have selected Diamond Schmitt Architects to plan and design a New Brunswick Museum facility in Saint John, following a rigorous Request for Proposal process run by Colliers Project Leaders. The renowned Canadian architectural firm
Necklace made by Private Charles Morgan added to NBM collections
Charles Henry Morgan, Canadian, born in England, 1886 – 1967 necklace, 1916-1918 glass and faceted brass beads with cotton overall: 66 × 1 cm Gift of Wendy Jacobson, 2022 (2022.13) Thanks to the generosity of Wendy Jacobson of Newport, Virginia, the New Brunswick Museum has recently added a modest necklace
MUSEUM OFFICIAL RECEIVES QUEEN’S MEDAL
The New Brunswick Museum would like to extend its congratulations to John G. McAvity, Executive Director of the Foundation for the New Brunswick Museum, for receiving the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal. The Medal was presented at Government House in Fredericton by the Honorable Brenda Murphy, Lieutenant Governor of
Black History Month – February 2023
As sorting, cataloguing and research occurs at the New Brunswick Museum, additional or more detailed information is brought to light. Digitization permits the sharing of information that had been available previously only at in-person visits. For Black History Month, February 2023, some newly digitized archival material were featured each week.
New Brunswick Museum – Request for quote – Interactive Web Site Development
NEW BRUNSWICK MUSEUM REQUEST FOR QUOTE Project: Interactive Web Site Development Description: The New Brunswick Museum seeks the services of a Web Site Developer for the production of an online virtual exhibition: Sharing Our New Brunswick Mat Hooking Heritage. This exhibition will be bilingual and will be available for viewing
Release of Request for Proposals marks important milestone in New Brunswick Museum revitalization project
26 January, 2023 Saint John, New Brunswick The Board of the New Brunswick Museum (NBM) has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking an architectural firm to plan and design a modern New Brunswick Museum in Saint John. “This is the first step to getting a new provincial museum built
A Simple Non-adhesive, Non-sewn Exhibition Mount Idea
Violet A. Gillett’s “Jack in the Pulpit” painted textile panel (New Brunswick Museum A49.34) The New Brunswick Museum recently lent a number of works by New Brunswick artist Violet Gillett to the McCain Gallery in Florenceville, NB for a temporary exhibition. Among them was a long panel of rayon fabric
#AskAConservatorDay 2022
4 November is #AskAConservatorDay! Within the NBM, Dee Stubbs-Lee, NBM Conservator is responsible for the active preservation of the collection. For conservation stories, please visit the blog articles below. Relaunching Samuel William Hopey’s “King of the Fleet” https://www.nbm-mnb.ca/relaunching-samuel-william-hopeys-king-of-the-fleet/ Agents of Deterioration with NBM Conservator Dee Stubbs-Lee https://www.nbm-mnb.ca/agents-of-deterioration-with-nbm-conservator-dee-stubbs-lee/ Preserving the semi-fossilized
Relaunching Samuel William Hopey’s “King of the Fleet”
King of the Fleet – the Sequel (Conservator’s Perspective) Dee Stubbs-Lee, NBM Conservator In 2017, I received a message that the Humanities Department was considering the acquisition of a shadow box ship model for the NBM collections. There was a passing mention that “perhaps it needed a little bit of
New Brunswick Day 2022 – A selection of 150-year-old images of the province extracted from the Canadian Illustrated News
In recognition of New Brunswick Day 2022, a selection of 150-year-old images of the province extracted from the Canadian Illustrated News is being featured. All the works are in the collection of the New Brunswick Museum (NBM). The Canadian Illustrated News was published between 1869 and 1883 by George-Édouard Desbarats