Conservation Work: An Acadian Memento Mori
As New Brunswick’s provincial museum, the New Brunswick Museum not only works with in its own collections but also provides support to other museums across the province. For example, a memento mori— or death memorial—owned by the Musée Acadien de Caraquet was in need of restoration for exhibit at the
The NBM Quilt Collection: Stories from the 18th Century to Contemporary New Brunswick
Quilts tell stories, especially those of their makers. The New Brunswick Museum is fortunate enough to have a collection of these stories stretching from the twenty first century all the way back to the 1700s. The NBM acquired its first piece of bedding in 1927 and has since acquired 411 quilts
NBM BiotaNB 2015 Finds: Identifying and Preserving Mushrooms
One of the New Brunswick Museum’s major annual events, the 7th annual NBM BiotaNB, has drawn to a close. Every year, researchers from across Canada and the United States join NBM scientists in one of New Brunswick’s 10 largest Protected Natural Areas (PNAs) to study the area’s biodiversity for a
Bioblitz 2014 du MNB à la zone naturelle protégée du Grand Lac
Le Bioblitz 2014 du Musée du Nouveau-Brunswick bat son plein! Jusqu’au 20 août, une cinquantaine de personnes comprenant des spécialistes, des bénévoles et des étudiants prendront part à des recherches sur la biodiversité de la zone naturelle protégée (ZNP) du Grand Lac, près de Gagetown. C’est le sixième Bioblitz annuel
Caledonia Gorge Protected Natural Area Bioblitz
Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad Bishops Mills Natural History Centre via Nature NB The Caledonia Gorge (Protected Natural Area) Bioblitz – is well under way in Albert County, and participants are beginning to get over the fear that vehicles will rupture themselves on boulders or topple off the roads
Bioblitz event targets Caledonia Gorge
Published Thursday June 23rd, 2011 Telegraph-Journal A3 Sabrina Doyle Environment: Scientists will research numerous aspects in the province’s smallest protected area The untamed forest of the Caledonia Gorge is about to be put under the microscope by scientists searching for earthy treasures. For two research-intensive weeks, they’ll be out in
Bioblitz producing exciting results
Telegraph Journal For the past week and a half, nearly 20 scientists have been getting up at six in the morning so they can spend the day thrashing through the woods looking for things that most people never even notice. They’re taking pat in a ground-breaking “bioblitz” in the Jacquet
Colonel Edward Colpitts Weyman
Born on 27 August 1882 in Lower Millstream, Kings County, New Brunswick,[1] Edward Colpitts Weyman was the son of Charles Wesley Weyman (1833-18 November 1927)
Lieutenant Arthur Clair Gilmour
26 May 1893 – 6 March 1918 Arthur Clair Gilmour was born in Saint John, NB, on 26 May 1893 to Arthur Burrell Gilmour and
Agents of Deterioration with NBM Conservator Dee Stubbs-Lee
Introduction Have you ever wondered what causes objects to fall apart or deteriorate over time? Whether in museums or in our own homes, the causes
The Army Train, February – May 1942
The Army Train was a 15 car railway train containing displays of arms, clothing, equipment etc., and was authorized by the Canadian Department of National
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