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: 406
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: 401
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: 7 Number of views: 1387
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: 13 Number of views: 1002
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: 13 Number of views: 1121
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... Museum Research Number of likes: 14 Number of views: 3877
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,... Museum Research Number of likes: 16 Number of views: 1687
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... Museum Research Number of likes: 15 Number of views: 4009
“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... Museum Research Number of likes: 35 Number of views: 1761
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... Museum Research Number of likes: 22 Number of views: 2920
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... Museum Research Number of likes: 23 Number of views: 2197
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... Museum Research Number of likes: 44 Number of views: 34715
Freshly Pressed: Place-Making in the Pretty Harbour! Besides a freshly pressed orange, is there anything that smells better than a fresh off the press archaeological... Museum Research Number of likes: 86 Number of views: 3300
Daniel Weetaluktuk: A Community Archaeology Pioneer International Inuit Day (November 7), proclaimed by the Inuit Circumpolar Council, provides an opportunity to celebrate the... Museum Research Number of likes: 44 Number of views: 3290
An archaeology wonder moment As archaeologists, we are often asked about the best object we ever found. For me, what is most important is how we found it,... Museum Research Number of likes: 48 Number of views: 3466
Public help survey endangered archaeological sites One of the fundamental parts of an archaeologist’s job is to find archaeological sites. There are many ways to do this, from... Museum Research Number of likes: 9 Number of views: 7063
Repatriation Project Reveals Remarkable Story – Part 2: Telling ... In our previous post, we introduced you to an Inuit man who lived eight centuries ago. During the process of repatriating his... Canadian History Hall Number of likes: 16 Number of views: 3439
Repatriation Project Reveals Remarkable Story Part 1: The Story One of the guiding principles of the new Canadian History Hall is to present this country’s history from... Canadian History Hall Number of likes: 16 Number of views: 4326
A collection of nearly 75,000 artifacts tells the story of Fort Fronte... Breaking ground on a condominium project doesn’t always involve an international war. In the case of the Frontenac Village... Museum Research Number of likes: 8 Number of views: 3621
Solving a northern mystery In 1954 at Native Point, Southampton Island, in what is now Nunavut, a Smithsonian archeologist excavated a partially exposed... Museum Research Number of likes: 8 Number of views: 2962