Portrait of a Prime Minister: Paul Martin Although Paul Martin was Canada’s Prime Minister for a relatively brief period, from December 2003 to February 2006, he had a... Museum Research Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 808
A Long-Awaited Synthesis: The Far Northeast The Far Northeast: 3000 BP to Contact is a long-awaited synthesis representing decades of research in the field of Archaeology... Publications Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 820
Bone Detective – A Box of Secrets On the last day of excavations in the lot behind 62 Sparks Street, while digging a hole to get a good stratigraphic profile of an... Museum Research Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1074
Bone Detective – The “Iron Man” of the Barrack Hill Cemetery: A Life i... There are so many stories that came out of researching those left behind in the Barrack Hill Cemetery, it was difficult to narrow... Museum Research Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 962
Bone Detective – The Maiden: Could She Have Been a “Mad Hatter”? This woman was found lying on her back, arms to her sides, hands on her thighs, feet to the east, and head facing south. Like... Museum Research Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1097
Bone Detective – “The Violated”: Not Buried Alone This is the first blog in the series Bone Detective: Mysteries of Those Found Beneath Downtown Ottawa about the findings in the... Museum Research Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1733
Bone Detective: Mysteries of Those Found Beneath Downtown Ottawa – Ser... The Barrack Hill Cemetery was the first settler cemetery in Ottawa, then known as Bytown. It was opened in late fall 1827 or... Museum Research Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 3128
Five Amazing Facts about Trivial Pursuit – The most successful Canadia... One afternoon in December 1979, Montréal journalists Chris Haney and Scott Abbott sketched out an idea for a board game. It... Museum Research Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 2303
Accessibility and Inclusiveness: Evolving Resources for People Impacte... The Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Foundation’s collection sheds light on the ongoing creativity of designers... Museum Research Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 2831
Artifactuality Podcast: Prince of Plastic – How Karim Rashid advanced ... Why can’t the objects we use every day be beautiful, unique and useful? This is the question that drives Karim Rashid, an... Artifactuality Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 2362
Artifactuality Podcast: Hearts of Freedom – A new perspective on South... Between 1975 and 1985, political events in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos led to a humanitarian crisis that saw more than 100,000... Artifactuality Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1476
Artifactuality Podcast: We Have Always Been Here – Conversations with ... Wally’s Beach is the name local settlers have given to a stretch of land on the St. Mary Reservoir in southern Alberta. Around... Artifactuality Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1788
Artifactuality podcast: Breaking Ice – The story of the Colored Hockey... Black hockey has a longer history in Canada than you might expect. It’s a story shared in Artifactuality, a podcast series that... Artifactuality Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1523
Artifactuality podcast: The Meaning of Mitsou – A conversation about s... An artist’s signature look has a major impact on enduring memories around their music. Just ask Mitsou. Before she conquered... Artifactuality Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1747
A Silk Robe and Ten Thousand Porcelain Dishes: Links Between Early Can... In 1634, French explorer Jean Nicollet carried “a robe of Chinese damask, adorned with flowers and multi-coloured birds” on... Museum Research Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1794
A Spoonful of Mystery: In search of early Canada’s most famous pewter ... At least once or twice a year, pewter utensils — with their quiet charm — appear in auction catalogues and the inventories of... Museum Research Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1357
We wanted to include everything! Behind the scenes of From Pepinot to ... Over the past few years, for the team developing From Pepinot to PAW Patrol® – Television of our Childhoods, the good news was... Exhibitions Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 3986
Pandemic Protests and “Freedom Convoy” Context This month marks the one-year anniversary of the end of the month-long protests known as the “Freedom Convoy.” It also marks... Museum Research Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1526
Creating a History of Canadian Children’s Television: Belonging and In... From Pépinot to Paw Patrol® – Television of Our Childhoods takes a nostalgic, emotional, historical and reflective look at 70... Exhibitions Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1977
The Origins of the Mercury Series: A Conversation with Managing Editor... This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Mercury Series. Published by the Canadian Museum of History in association with the... Publications Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1766