NBM launches new online activity sure to ignite memories and conversations for all ages!
From left to right: Wayne Long, Member of Parliament for Saint John-Rothesay, Dr. Dominique Gélinas, NBM Head of Exhibitions & Visitor Experience, and Bernard Riordon, OC., Hon DFA, NBM CEO. The New Brunswick Museum (NBM) has launched a new digital project on its website ( www.nbm-mnb.ca ) called “Reviving Our
Call for Submissions – New Brunswick Contemporary Quilt Award 2021
Call for Submissions New Brunswick Contemporary Quilt Award 2021 Deadline: Sunday, 3 October 2021 The Marco Polo Quilters Guild and the New Brunswick Museum are proud to present the biennial, juried New Brunswick Contemporary Quilt Award (2021). The award winning quilt will be purchased for the permanent collection of
New Brunswick Contemporary Quilt Award
The New Brunswick Museum (NBM) houses an extremely important textile collection. In the bedding component alone, over 700 quilts, quilt tops and quilt blocks provide an excellent cross section of provincially-produced bedding. More than ninety percent of these items originated, or most likely originated, in New Brunswick (especially Saint John,
NBM Recent acquisition – Drum – 1880-1890
John C. Haynes & Co. (American, 1865-1900) drum, 1880-1890 varnished wood with leather, skin, metal and cotton or hemp 29.3 × 42.8 × 42.8 cm inside, paper label, MASSACHUSETTS / DRUM MANUFACTORY / JOHN C. HAYNES & CO. / 33 Court Street, Boston, / Wholesale and Retail Dealers in /
Museum Foundation Raises over $300,000 for the New Brunswick Museum
On May 28th, the Foundation for the New Brunswick Museum (FNBM) presented a cheque of over $165,000 to Elspeth Williams-Hagan, the Vice Chair of the New Brunswick Museum (NBM). Since late 2020, the FNBM has now raised more than $300,000. These funds were raised by the FNBM for innovative educational
Statement from the New Brunswick Museum
The Board of Directors, Staff, Volunteers, and Management of the New Brunswick Museum wish to join with all citizens of New Brunswick expressing our deepest condolences to the Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc First Nation and all other Indigenous Communities for the horrific find of the remains of 215 children at the
Collaborative leadership for transformational change at the New Brunswick Museum
Today, May 18th is a special day celebrating museums and heritage, not only in New Brunswick but worldwide as International Museums Day is recognised around the globe. This day also marks a new beginning for the future of New Brunswick’s provincial museum, as the New Brunswick Museum (NBM) welcomes its
Maria Morris Miller – Atlantic-Canadian artist and teacher
On this Earth Day, read about Maria Morris Miller, a mid-19th-century Atlantic-Canadian artist and teacher, and her appreciation for the flora of the world around her. The New Brunswick Museum houses an important collection of paintings and prints by Maria Frances Ann Morris Miller (1810-1875), an exceptional Nova Scotian artist
Mary Magdalene – Miller Gore Brittain
Miller Gore Brittain (Canadian, 1912 – 1968) drawing: Mary Magdalene, 1935-1940 sanguine and watercolour wash on wove paper (newsprint ?) 38.3 × 33.5 cm Gift of Wamae Gichuru, 2020 (2020.20) New Brunswick Museum Collection Thanks to the generosity of Wamae (Matthew) Gichuru, grandson of Kjeld and Erica Deichmann, the New
Painless Parker – most eccentric dentist
He has been referred to as a “most eccentric dentist” and his ethics were called into question on various occasions. M.G. McClinton & Company Booklet Painless Parker Outlaw His Confessions [1926] 15.8 x 8.2 cm Peter Pronych fonds Pronych-4 Edgar Randolf Parker was born in Tynemouth Creek, New Brunswick in