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Musée du Nouveau-Brunswick
Saint John (Nouveau-Brunswick)
Although many people are aware that Saint John, N.B. is Canada's oldest incorporated city, few are aware that it houses Canada's oldest continuing museum. The New Brunswick Museum was officially incorporated as the "Provincial Museum" in 1929 and received its current name in 1930, but its history goes back much further. Its lineage can be traced back another eighty-seven years to 1842 and to the original genius of one exceptional person, Dr. Abraham Gesner.
Abraham Gesner was born in Cornwallis, N.S., in 1797. His childhood fascination with scientific experiments led him to study in London, England where he became a physician. After only a few years of practice in Nova Scotia, Gesner moved to New Brunswick, in 1837, to become a full-time geologist. In 1838, he became New Brunswick's Provincial Geologist- the first such appointment in Canada. This position lasted until 1842, when Gesner turned to making a living by displaying his collection of rocks, minerals and "curiosities" to the public.
On April 5, 1842, Dr. Abraham Gesner opened the Museum of Natural History, the original precursor of the New Brunswick Museum, in one room of the Mechanics' Institute on Carleton St., Saint John, N.B. Unfortunately, income from his newly-founded museum was not enough to solve Gesner's financial problems. In 1843, Gesner's collection passed on to his creditors who, in turn, donated it to the Saint John Mechanics' Institute.
Renamed the Mechanics' Institute Museum in 1846, an annual report dating from 1863 described it as, "A large and valuable collection of minerals, a great variety of zoological specimens, and many Chinese, Indian and other curiosities [that] frequently receives additions from foreign sea captains and others who get into their possession foreign articles of an attractive description."
When the Mechanics' Institute closed in 1890, the Natural History Society of New Brunswick acquired the collection and the museum was moved; first to the then new Market Building then, in 1906, to the Union St. location that many Saint John residents still remember. Under the care of its curator and later director, Dr. William McIntosh, the museum's collections and its activities expanded until a new building was essential. In 1934 a proud new Provincial museum facility on Douglas Avenue was officially opened by Prime Minister R.B. Bennett.
As of 1942, the collections, building and properties of the museum officially became the property of the people of New Brunswick. Today, the New Brunswick Museum continues to collect, preserve, study and exhibit our cultural and natural heritage. As well as its remarkable natural sciences collection, the museum has expanded to include one of the largest collections of 19th century decorative arts and Canadiana in the Atlantic Provinces.
By 1992, the museum had outgrown its Douglas Avenue location and plans were made to develop new exhibit galleries in a central Saint John location. In April, 1996, the New Brunswick Museum officially opened at Market Square in downtown Saint John. The museum now offers three floors and 60,000 square feet of exhibition spaces and a wide range of public programs. The collections and Archival and Reference Library, as well, as Head Office continues to be situated at the Douglas Avenue location.
Activités
Koluskap: Wolastoqewi-atkuhkakonol - Stories from Wolastoqiyik, 17 octobre 2006 au 01 janvier 2007, Exposition
Renseignements sur les collections
Natural sciences section includes over 250,000 specimens in geology, botany and zoology; fine and decorative art and ethnology includes ceramics, silver, paintings, New Brunswick craft collection, Mik'maq, Maliseet and Inuit materials; human history and photography includes costumes, sports, industry, marine technology, militaria, numismatics, furniture, photographs (15,000 images); archives includes private papers from 18th and 19th centuries, reference works, and special natural science, shipping and industry collections; library has 40,000 monographs and 500 periodicals
Archives
Manuscrits • Microformes • Documents textuels
Arts décoratifs
Céramique, porcelaine ou poterie • Costumes • Meubles ou mobilier • Verre • Ferronnerie, argenterie ou orfèvrerie • Instruments de musique • Textiles ou tapisseries
Beaux-arts
Culture: Africaine • Américaine • Asiatique • Australienne • Canadienne : Autochtone ou Premières Nations : Inuit • Européenne • Océanienne • Centrale/Sud-américaine
Période : Contemporaine • Moderne • Historique
Médium : Média mixtes, multimédias ou installations • Peintures • Photographies • Estampes et dessins • Sculptures • Carnets à croquis ou albums
Divers : Art folklorique • Art guerrier • Art religieux
Histoire humaine
Agriculture • Zootechnie • Objets archéologiques • Astronomie • Objets de cérémonie • Chimie • Horloges ou instruments qui marquent le temps • Équipement de communication • Informatique • Costumes et accessoires • Monnaie • Électricité • Exploration et relèvement • Pêche • Foresterie • Meubles ou mobilier • Objets et technologie domestique • Traitement d'images : Film : Histoire et technologie du film : Photographie • Technologie et histoire industrielles • Manuscrits • Cartes, tableaux, plans ou bleus • Histoire et technologie de la mer • Masques • Médailles • Histoire et technologie médicales • Météorologie • Souvenirs • Histoire et technologie militaires • Instruments de musique • Physique, mathématique ou métrologie • Impression et reliure • Objets religieux ou liturgiques • Équipement de sports • Timbres • Jeux et jouets • Transport : Aérien : Maritime : Terrestre motorisé : Terrestre non motorisé : Ferroviaire • Histoire locale • Armes et armements
Sciences naturelles
Collections biologiques ou plantes et animaux : Agricole ou domestique : Espèces menacées : Parasites : Spécimens scientifiques : Spécimens types : Spécimens zooarchéologiques : Organismes terrestres : Organismes aquatiques : Marin : Eau douce : Botanique : Plantes non vasculaires, Lichens : Plantes vasculaires, Plantes à graines : Zoologie : Invertébrés, Crustacés, Vers plats (Plathelminthes), Insectes (Insecta), Méduses, coraux, anémones de mer (Cnidaires), Mille-pattes ou chilopodes (Myriopodes), Mollusques, Vers ronds (Nématodes), Araignées (Arachnides), Éponges (Spongiaire), Étoiles de mer (Astéride), Vers (Annélides) : Vertébrés, Amphibiens (Amphibia), Oiseaux (Aves), Poissons (Pisces), Mammifères (Mammalia), Reptiles (Reptilia) • Sciences de la Terre et collections géologiques : Minéraux : Pierres • Collections de paléontologie : Invertébrés fossiles (paléontologie des Invertébrés) : Vertébrés fossiles (paléontologie des Vertébrés)
Services
Permanent, Temporary, Travelling and Virtual Exhibitions; public events (music, performing arts, activities for discovery gallery, etc.); openings; interpretive activities; education programs
Services de recherche
Dossiers d'archives • Recherche généalogique • Bibliothèque
Programmes éducatifs
Programmes pour les écoles : 0-4 ans (Préscolaire) : 5-11 ans (Maternelle à 6e année) : 12-17 ans 7e à 13e années (Québec : Secondaire 1 à CEGEP) : 18 ans et plus (Postsecondaire) • Programmes pour les aînés • Programmes pour la famille • Cours ou ateliers • Centre ou salles de découvertes • Films • Causeries
Services aux visiteurs
Services bilingues • Visites guidées : Anglais : Français • Activités et services pour jeunes : Poussettes disponibles : Salle réservée à l'allaitement ou table à langer • Location de salles de réunion • Stationnement : Payant • Boutique • Aménagement pour besoins spéciaux : Stationnement : Toilettes : Fauteuils roulants disponibles : Accessible aux fauteuils roulants • Vestiaire • Toilettes
Services de bénévoles
Services de bénévoles offerts • Formation aux bénévoles offerte
Nombre de bénévoles : 30
Tâches : Research
Public Programs
Clerical
Services de restauration
Infrastructure d'accueil
Publications et produits
"Chickadee Notes"
Guides du musée • Catalogues • Brochures • Rapports annuels • T-shirts, sweatshirts ou casquettes • Trousses pédagogiques
Heures d'ouverture et droits d'entrée
Période : Toute l'année
Ouvert : Open 7 days per week
Mon. - Wed., Fri. - 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Thurs. - 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Sat. - 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sun. - noon - 5 p.m.
Holidays - noon - 5 p.m.
Fermé : Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day, and Good Friday.
Closed Mondays: November 1 - May 15
Droits d'entrée : Payante
$6.00 Adults
$4.75 Seniors
$3.25 Students/Children
$13.00 Family (2 adults, 3 students)
Rabais : Groupes
Adresse
Musée du Nouveau-Brunswick
Market Square, Saint John (Nouveau-Brunswick)
E2L 4Z6
Téléphone : 506-643-2300
Télécopieur : 506-643-2360
Courriel : nbmuseum@nb.aibn.com
Adresse postale :
Musée du Nouveau-Brunswick
277 Douglas Avenue, Saint John (Nouveau-Brunswick)
E2K 1E5
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Dernière mise à jour : 2006 10 26
Abraham Gesner was born in Cornwallis, N.S., in 1797. His childhood fascination with scientific experiments led him to study in London, England where he became a physician. After only a few years of practice in Nova Scotia, Gesner moved to New Brunswick, in 1837, to become a full-time geologist. In 1838, he became New Brunswick's Provincial Geologist- the first such appointment in Canada. This position lasted until 1842, when Gesner turned to making a living by displaying his collection of rocks, minerals and "curiosities" to the public.
On April 5, 1842, Dr. Abraham Gesner opened the Museum of Natural History, the original precursor of the New Brunswick Museum, in one room of the Mechanics' Institute on Carleton St., Saint John, N.B. Unfortunately, income from his newly-founded museum was not enough to solve Gesner's financial problems. In 1843, Gesner's collection passed on to his creditors who, in turn, donated it to the Saint John Mechanics' Institute.
Renamed the Mechanics' Institute Museum in 1846, an annual report dating from 1863 described it as, "A large and valuable collection of minerals, a great variety of zoological specimens, and many Chinese, Indian and other curiosities [that] frequently receives additions from foreign sea captains and others who get into their possession foreign articles of an attractive description."
When the Mechanics' Institute closed in 1890, the Natural History Society of New Brunswick acquired the collection and the museum was moved; first to the then new Market Building then, in 1906, to the Union St. location that many Saint John residents still remember. Under the care of its curator and later director, Dr. William McIntosh, the museum's collections and its activities expanded until a new building was essential. In 1934 a proud new Provincial museum facility on Douglas Avenue was officially opened by Prime Minister R.B. Bennett.
As of 1942, the collections, building and properties of the museum officially became the property of the people of New Brunswick. Today, the New Brunswick Museum continues to collect, preserve, study and exhibit our cultural and natural heritage. As well as its remarkable natural sciences collection, the museum has expanded to include one of the largest collections of 19th century decorative arts and Canadiana in the Atlantic Provinces.
By 1992, the museum had outgrown its Douglas Avenue location and plans were made to develop new exhibit galleries in a central Saint John location. In April, 1996, the New Brunswick Museum officially opened at Market Square in downtown Saint John. The museum now offers three floors and 60,000 square feet of exhibition spaces and a wide range of public programs. The collections and Archival and Reference Library, as well, as Head Office continues to be situated at the Douglas Avenue location.
Activités
Koluskap: Wolastoqewi-atkuhkakonol - Stories from Wolastoqiyik, 17 octobre 2006 au 01 janvier 2007, Exposition
Natural sciences section includes over 250,000 specimens in geology, botany and zoology; fine and decorative art and ethnology includes ceramics, silver, paintings, New Brunswick craft collection, Mik'maq, Maliseet and Inuit materials; human history and photography includes costumes, sports, industry, marine technology, militaria, numismatics, furniture, photographs (15,000 images); archives includes private papers from 18th and 19th centuries, reference works, and special natural science, shipping and industry collections; library has 40,000 monographs and 500 periodicals
Archives
Manuscrits • Microformes • Documents textuels
Arts décoratifs
Céramique, porcelaine ou poterie • Costumes • Meubles ou mobilier • Verre • Ferronnerie, argenterie ou orfèvrerie • Instruments de musique • Textiles ou tapisseries
Beaux-arts
Culture: Africaine • Américaine • Asiatique • Australienne • Canadienne : Autochtone ou Premières Nations : Inuit • Européenne • Océanienne • Centrale/Sud-américaine
Période : Contemporaine • Moderne • Historique
Médium : Média mixtes, multimédias ou installations • Peintures • Photographies • Estampes et dessins • Sculptures • Carnets à croquis ou albums
Divers : Art folklorique • Art guerrier • Art religieux
Histoire humaine
Agriculture • Zootechnie • Objets archéologiques • Astronomie • Objets de cérémonie • Chimie • Horloges ou instruments qui marquent le temps • Équipement de communication • Informatique • Costumes et accessoires • Monnaie • Électricité • Exploration et relèvement • Pêche • Foresterie • Meubles ou mobilier • Objets et technologie domestique • Traitement d'images : Film : Histoire et technologie du film : Photographie • Technologie et histoire industrielles • Manuscrits • Cartes, tableaux, plans ou bleus • Histoire et technologie de la mer • Masques • Médailles • Histoire et technologie médicales • Météorologie • Souvenirs • Histoire et technologie militaires • Instruments de musique • Physique, mathématique ou métrologie • Impression et reliure • Objets religieux ou liturgiques • Équipement de sports • Timbres • Jeux et jouets • Transport : Aérien : Maritime : Terrestre motorisé : Terrestre non motorisé : Ferroviaire • Histoire locale • Armes et armements
Sciences naturelles
Collections biologiques ou plantes et animaux : Agricole ou domestique : Espèces menacées : Parasites : Spécimens scientifiques : Spécimens types : Spécimens zooarchéologiques : Organismes terrestres : Organismes aquatiques : Marin : Eau douce : Botanique : Plantes non vasculaires, Lichens : Plantes vasculaires, Plantes à graines : Zoologie : Invertébrés, Crustacés, Vers plats (Plathelminthes), Insectes (Insecta), Méduses, coraux, anémones de mer (Cnidaires), Mille-pattes ou chilopodes (Myriopodes), Mollusques, Vers ronds (Nématodes), Araignées (Arachnides), Éponges (Spongiaire), Étoiles de mer (Astéride), Vers (Annélides) : Vertébrés, Amphibiens (Amphibia), Oiseaux (Aves), Poissons (Pisces), Mammifères (Mammalia), Reptiles (Reptilia) • Sciences de la Terre et collections géologiques : Minéraux : Pierres • Collections de paléontologie : Invertébrés fossiles (paléontologie des Invertébrés) : Vertébrés fossiles (paléontologie des Vertébrés)
Services
Permanent, Temporary, Travelling and Virtual Exhibitions; public events (music, performing arts, activities for discovery gallery, etc.); openings; interpretive activities; education programs
Services de recherche
Dossiers d'archives • Recherche généalogique • Bibliothèque
Programmes éducatifs
Programmes pour les écoles : 0-4 ans (Préscolaire) : 5-11 ans (Maternelle à 6e année) : 12-17 ans 7e à 13e années (Québec : Secondaire 1 à CEGEP) : 18 ans et plus (Postsecondaire) • Programmes pour les aînés • Programmes pour la famille • Cours ou ateliers • Centre ou salles de découvertes • Films • Causeries
Services aux visiteurs
Services bilingues • Visites guidées : Anglais : Français • Activités et services pour jeunes : Poussettes disponibles : Salle réservée à l'allaitement ou table à langer • Location de salles de réunion • Stationnement : Payant • Boutique • Aménagement pour besoins spéciaux : Stationnement : Toilettes : Fauteuils roulants disponibles : Accessible aux fauteuils roulants • Vestiaire • Toilettes
Services de bénévoles
Services de bénévoles offerts • Formation aux bénévoles offerte
Nombre de bénévoles : 30
Tâches : Research
Public Programs
Clerical
Services de restauration
Infrastructure d'accueil
Publications et produits
"Chickadee Notes"
Guides du musée • Catalogues • Brochures • Rapports annuels • T-shirts, sweatshirts ou casquettes • Trousses pédagogiques
Heures d'ouverture et droits d'entrée
Période : Toute l'année
Ouvert : Open 7 days per week
Mon. - Wed., Fri. - 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Thurs. - 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Sat. - 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sun. - noon - 5 p.m.
Holidays - noon - 5 p.m.
Fermé : Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day, and Good Friday.
Closed Mondays: November 1 - May 15
Droits d'entrée : Payante
$6.00 Adults
$4.75 Seniors
$3.25 Students/Children
$13.00 Family (2 adults, 3 students)
Rabais : Groupes
Adresse
Musée du Nouveau-Brunswick
Market Square, Saint John (Nouveau-Brunswick)
E2L 4Z6
Téléphone : 506-643-2300
Télécopieur : 506-643-2360
Courriel : nbmuseum@nb.aibn.com
Adresse postale :
Musée du Nouveau-Brunswick
277 Douglas Avenue, Saint John (Nouveau-Brunswick)
E2K 1E5
Obtenez le plugiciel de visualisation cartographique
Dernière mise à jour : 2006 10 26
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2006 12 01 Avis
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