The New Brunswick Museum thanks the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation Inc. for the recent generous donation of $20,000. The funds will be used for the development of the Sheila Hugh Mackay Collection of Strathbutler Award Winners at the New Brunswick Museum as well as strategic initiatives relating to the promotion

Tourism, Heritage and Culture Transportation and Infrastructure Office of the Premier SAINT JOHN (GNB) – The provincial government will purchase a portion of the former Canadian Coast Guard property in Saint John as the future site of the New Brunswick Museum. “Your government recognizes the important role that the New

In August 2005, Mexican filmmaker and pilot Francisco Gutiérrez took off in his ultralight aircraft from Montreal to follow the monarch butterflies on their 6,000 km migration from Canada to the mountains of central Mexico, in a bid to raise awareness of the importance of preserving the butterflies’ habitat. In

The New Brunswick Museum is pleased to host the exhibition BENEATH the surface opening on Friday, 26 January, 5-7pm. This exhibition is a unique partnership between Craft NB and Parks Canada with generous support of the Province of New Brunswick. This group exhibition, curated by Maegen Black, was inspired by a week-long residency at

The New Brunswick Museum had its Quarterly and Annual Board Meetings on December 6, 2017. The New Brunswick Museum is New Brunswick’s provincial museum, and is Canada’s oldest continuing museum, this year celebrating 175 years. It is responsible for the preservation, understanding, management and interpretation of the natural and human

The New Brunswick Museum (NBM) is pleased to announce the selection of four artists for the continuing exhibition series, KNOW YOUR OWN ARTISTS. The four artist who will have solo exhibitions starting in 2018 are: Brigitte Clavette (Fredericton), Emilie Grace Lavoie (Edmundston); Ann Manuel (Fredericton) and Vita Plume (Jemseg) Selected through

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

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 In celebration of the Nature Trust of New Brunswick’s 30th anniversary, Conservation on Canvas, an exhibition of paintings featuring Nature Trust

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