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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A Book in the Service of a Cause: The Role of Canadian Women During th...
Certain books are more than simply books. They are a cause. Material Traces of War: Stories of Canadian Women and Conflict,...
Qajartalik 2022 – Collaborative Community-Based Archaeological Fieldwo...
Much like everything else, my ability as a Museum curator to do archaeological fieldwork has been impacted by the COVID-19...
What DNA Analysis Can Tell us About Bytown Settlers
By looking at it today, you would never know that part of downtown Ottawa was built on the first settlers’ cemetery of Bytown,...
Archaeology Without Borders: Contact-Era Archaeology in Maine
My role as Curator of Eastern Archaeology at the Canadian Museum of History is to enhance the understanding of Canadian...
Robert Demers: Legal Eagle in the 1970 October Crisis
The October Crisis shook Montréal, Quebec and Canada in 1970. In Montréal on October 5, a Front de libération du Québec (FLQ)...
Unearthing Canada’s First World War Internment History
The War Measures Act, enacted on August 22, 1914, gave the Canadian government sweeping powers to conduct the war. In...
“Desserts” is “Stressed” Backwards: COVID-19 and Pandemic Foodways in ...
When her children were sent home in March 2020 due to the first COVID-19 lockdown, Saskatchewan mom Dawna Doell decided that...
Reflections on 1968: An Electrifying Year in Canada
Looking back on 1968, I think about the testing of the first intercontinental nuclear missile carrying multiple warheads and how...
Signs of the COVID-19 Era: Collecting Pandemic History
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has forced significant adaptation and innovation, while exposing long-standing inequities in Canada...
Allan MacEachen, the “Celtic Sphinx” (1921–2017)
Politician Allan MacEachen would have turned 100 years old in 2021. Although he had a number of nicknames over the course of...
Behind the Scenes… Early Holiday Cards
The expression and exchange of warm wishes in the form of holiday greeting cards is a tradition dating back nearly two centuries....
Behind the Scenes… Political Greeting Cards
The expression and exchange of warm wishes in the form of holiday greeting cards is a tradition dating back nearly two centuries....
Preserving Your Greeting Cards
Over the years, we all receive many greeting cards from people we care about, with memories we would like to preserve. A few...
Vaccine Mandates in Historical Context
As Canadians face another winter of COVID-19, vaccine mandates — the proof often required to work, shop or participate in...