The New Brunswick Museum hosts the Board of Directors of the Alliance of Natural History Museums of Canada
The New Brunswick Museum (NBM) is pleased to host the Board of Directors of the Alliance of Natural History Museums of Canada (ANHMC) for their autumn meeting, taking place October 15-17 in Saint John. The ANHMC is a national network of natural history museums and similar institutions dedicated to the
NB Museum Feature: Gallery Hop October 13, 2017 – “Your Utopia” by Maggie Higgins
Maggie Higgins 2017 Greater Saint John Professional Visual Artists’ Fund Grant Recipient In May 2017, the New Brunswick Museum and the Saint John Arts Centre announced that Saint John artist Maggie Higgins is the recipient of this year’s Greater Saint John Professional Visual Artists’ Fund grant. Higgins is a 2014
Conservation on Canvas, an Exhibition of paintings of the Nature Trust of New Brunswick’s Nature Preserves by artist Michael McEwing, opens at the New Brunswick Museum on October 5th
Conservation on Canvas, an Exhibition of paintings of the Nature Trust of New Brunswick’s Nature Preserves by artist Michael McEwing, opens at the New Brunswick Museum on October 5th In celebration of the Nature Trust of New Brunswick’s 30th anniversary, Conservation on Canvas, an exhibition of paintings featuring Nature Trust
2017 New Brunswick Contemporary Quilt Award Winner
The New Brunswick Museum and the Marco Polo Quilters Guild are proud to present the biennial, juried New Brunswick Contemporary Quilt Award. The award-winning quilt will be added to the permanent collection of the New Brunswick Museum. The purpose of the New Brunswick Contemporary Quilt Award is to ensure that
New Brunswick Museum Participates in Blue Whale Necropsy
The Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus, is the largest mammal on earth, measuring up to 34 m and weighing up to 150 tons. There are 600 – 1500 Blue Whales in the North Atlantic with pollution, climate change, lack of food and boat collisions being the main threats to this endangered
Research Can Get Messy
Researchers from the New Brunswick Museum and other organizations conduct a whale necropsy near Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Sometimes research can get a little messy. At least when you are conducting an animal autopsy, called a necropsy, on the largest mammal on the planet. That’s what Mary Sollows, the New Brunswick
Celebrate International Museums Day at the New Brunswick Museum – Free Admission
Museums across the world will be celebrating International Museums Day on Thursday, May 18 and the New Brunswick Museum is no exception! Celebrate International Museums Day with a free visit to the New Brunswick Museum Exhibition Centre in Market Square, Saint John! This year, as the NBM celebrates its 175th anniversary, be sure to make plans on this day
Fred Ross
Fred Ross was born in Saint John, NB, on 12 May 1927. His contributions to New Brunswick’s art community spanned more than sixty-five years and he was one of the province’s most recognized and influential painters. Some of his formative art training took place under Violet Amy Gillett (1898-1996) and
Exploring BiotaNB 2016 – Common Species
While Aaron Fairweather was searching for an as-of-yet undescribed species of ant, two other members of the day’s Mount Sagamook expedition, Dr. Stephen Clayden and summer student Victor Szymanski, were compiling a collection of all the plant species in a defined area near the summit. Unlike their ant-collecting colleague, Stephen
Recently Conserved Paintings from the New Brunswick Museum Collection
A regular part of the care of a collection is the effort to ensure its preservation. Another facet of a museum’s goal is to share the collection with the public through exhibition. Sometimes objects are unable to be displayed because their condition compromises the artist’s intent or exposing them may