First courier of New France
On December 23, 1705, Pierre da Silva, known as “The Portuguese,” became the first officially commissioned Courier of New...
Mont-Albert
K.G. Chipman, J.L. Rathbun & Alvin Barter at Mont-Albert, Québec, 1922
Stained-glass window featuring the Nativity
Created by artist Yvonne Williams in 1942, this work was reproduced in a series of Christmas stamps issued in 1976. The series...
The Making of Medieval Europe – Power and Splendour
Spanning the years AD 400 to 1500, from the fall of Rome to the beginning of the Renaissance, the Middle Ages in Europe was a...
Halifax N.S. from Citadel
Stereoscopic photograph ”Halifax N.S. from Citadel, Looking East” [186?-187?]
The Forster doll house
Measuring 135 cm high and 104 cm wide, the Forster doll house contains more than 900 objects. It was built in 1921 as a way of...
Victoria Memorial Museum Building
View of the west side of the Victoria Memorial Museum Building in Ottawa, Ontario, 1929
Contempra Telephone
The Contempra telephone was marketed 50 years ago in 1968. The first telephone to be developed and manufactured in Canada, it...
Two men playing checkers
Full length portrait of two men playing checkers, photographed by Arnprior Art Studio, Arnprior, Ontario, [after 1880]
Prisoner’s box
This wooden box was made by a prisoner incarcerated during the 1837 Rebellion in Upper Canada and held in the Toronto Gaol. While...
William Notman: Witness and Photographer of the Victorian era
Why in 2018 should we be interested in William Notman? Perhaps because his success bears such powerful witness to interesting...
Parliament Building
Parliament Building of British Columbia in Victoria [19-]
Flute
Music plays an important role in the social and ceremonial life of First Peoples. Flutes are associated primarily with ceremonial...
Armistice Day
World War I veterans marching in a street on day of armistice, Ottawa, Ontario, November 11, 1918
Mallet
This mallet was used by Ada Sylvester, who worked at the Canadian Car and Foundry in Thunder Bay, Ontario, during the Second...
Icebreaker CCGS D’Iberville
Icebreaker CCGS D’Iberville underway, Resolute Bay, 1964
Decoy
This colorful decoy, made in the mid-20th century in Ontario, depicts a hooded merganser.
Horse-drawn hearse
Horse-drawn hearse in front of Saint-Philippe church, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, [ca 1925]
18th century clock
This clock belonged to Charles Le Moyne (1687–1755), second Baron de Longueuil. This prominent member of the military elite in...
A mysterious stamp
A few years ago, the Canadian Museum of History acquired a stamp design, called an essay, that is both a national treasure… and...