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
New Brunswick Museum’s Edwin Tappan Adney Artifacts Featured at Carleton County Historical Society
The New Brunswick Museum is very pleased to collaborate with the Carleton County Historical Society to feature some artifacts made by renowned New Brunswick historian, Edwin Tappan Adney (1868-1950). Three of the New Brunswick Museum’s scale model canoes made by Adney will be included in the Carleton County Historical Society’s
One Day Only! New Brunswick Museum Displays Treasured Uniform at Albert County Museum
The New Brunswick Museum is very pleased to collaborate with the Albert County Historical Society (Albert County Museum & R.B. Bennett Centre) on a special feature display of the Privy Councillor Uniform Jacket that belonged to Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett (later Viscount Bennett). This richly embroidered jacket was worn
The New Brunswick Museum participated in Museum Week 2022
The New Brunswick Museum participated in #MuseumWeek2022 on its social media channels. This is a worldwide event, with participants sharing content on 7 themes with 7 hashtags over the 7 days of the event, from 13-19 June. June 13: #InnovationMW The Reviving Our Memories program, launched in 2021, is a
New Brunswick Mat Registry Success – Fundraising Goal Reached
The New Brunswick Museum and the New Brunswick Mat Registry are pleased to announce that they have successfully reached their Fundraising Campaign goal of $70,000. Meeting this goal means the Museum and Registry can now provide critical funding for a permanent Virtual Exhibition -Sharing our New Brunswick Mat Hooking Heritage
A Major Gift of Late Georgian and Early Victorian New Brunswick Portraiture
A Major Gift of Late Georgian and Early Victorian New Brunswick Portraiture The Gift of Anne Baker in Memory of the Walker Family Introduction In 2021, the New Brunswick Museum (NBM) received an extremely important collection of late Georgian and early Victorian provincial portraiture. Thanks to the generosity of Anne