- Tell us about your customs and traditions: In the Canadian Immigration Hall at our Museum, the exhibition is divided into four important themes: journey, arrival, belonging and impact. My favorite place to take visitors is the impact section. Here, we tell the amazing story of the contributions …
- How do YOU like our Museum? …
- Change. For some people, change is exciting, for others, terrifying. In June, the Museum changed, the visitor experience changed and the reactions of visitors to our Museum changed. I love change, by the way – especially this kind. I have been working at the museum for over five years now, and I …
- by Steven Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated January 28, 2022) The Royal Castle of Wawel in Krakow, Poland. The Royal Castle of Wawel in Krakow, Poland, housed a state art collection that included some of the most precious cultural artifacts of the nation. In the spring of 1939, the staff of Wawel …
- Lawlor's Island Results …
- In the previous post , I mentioned how Lawlor’s Island is uniquely unknown among Halifax’s harbour islands — it’s overlooked in public discourse and seems to be absent from public memory. We took on a very basic survey of the island to establish what features of the quarantine island still exist. …
- Our family histories are the stories that we decide to repeat and share, editing out the parts that were unclear or unseemly, and over generations those stories become our truths. But what if there was someone who could help decipher family facts from family lore? That is exactly what Cara …
- Child Evacuee, Midwife and CBC Announcer g3 …
- In Search of the Canadian Dream …
- Nick Noorani: Family Man and Social Entrepreneur …