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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The New Brunswick Museum workshop series Natural Dyes with Denise Richard

On Sunday, 29 May from 1-5pm join the New Brunswick Museum for a one day Natural Dyes workshop with New Brunswick Artist, Denise Richard. In this Natural Dye workshop, participants will explore a variety of dyes including plants, roots, wood and insect dyes. By the end of the workshop, they

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Unlocking Mysteries at the New Brunswick Museum: An 18th-century United Empire Loyalist glass plate

Maker Unknown (Bohemian School) [possibly the Harrach Factory, Neuwelt, Czech Republic) Plate, bowl or undertray, before 1789 blown, cut and engraved colourless glass overall: 3 × 23.5 × 23.5 cm Gift of Angela Huntjens and Dr. Johannes Huntjens, 2015 (2015.49) New Brunswick Museum Collection It is extremely rare for 18th

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