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 /

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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

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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

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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

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painting: Viburnum Lantanoides - Moose Bush

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

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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

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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

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Willow Grove, New Brunswick, and Amber Valley, Alberta stamps – launch of the 13th issue in Canada Post Black History Month series

The New Brunswick Museum was honoured (alongside Ralph Thomas, a New Brunswick Black History Society Co-Founding Member & Projects Coordinator and others) to contribute historical knowledge and collections from the New Brunswick Museum to this very important release of Canada Post’s two stamps for Black History Month.  This project helps

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Recently Donated Table by Pre-Eminent 19th-Century New Brunswick Cabinetmaker Thomas Nisbet Reveals New Design Details

Thomas Nisbet (Canadian, born in Scotland, 1776 – 1850) games table, 1820-1830 mahogany and mahogany veneer with pine and brass (closed): 74.3 × 91.5 × 45 cm (open): 71.5 × 89 × 91 cm Label: under tabletop, self-adhesive maker’s label, THOS. NISBET, / CABINETMAKER & UPHOLSTERER,  / PRINCE WILLIAM STREET,

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Pandemic Stories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_oqRGIRbpw At the beginning of April 2020, we asked New Brunswickers to participate in our pandemic stories contest, “Calling all New Brunswickers.” A total of 77 participants shared with us personal first-hand accounts, recording their experiences during Covid-19. Archival staff at the New Brunswick Museum Archives and Research Library eagerly

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