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…Our first house was near Botanical Gardens so guess where we went for walks on Sunday afternoons? …
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My father and his friends built our first house in 1953. …
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by Eleanor Matheson, Heritage Interpreter Time 0:00:59 Transcript: So I painted a mural of Quebec City. As the ship was leaving, the Empress of Ireland was getting ready to sail away. This might have been the last sight that people were seeing. So it’s a recognizable silhouette of Quebec City, with …
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by Dan Conlin, Curator Time 0:01:31 Transcript: We’re now preparing to put artifacts in a case from the wheelhouse of Empress of Ireland. The wheelhouse was the nerve centre of the ship. It’s where the captain and officers on duty control everything that happened on the ship: they could communicate …
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by Ron Marsh, Model Builder Time 0:04:07 Transcript: Hello. My name is Ron Marsh. I am here today at Pier 21 Immigration Museum to talk about the Empress of Ireland , a model which I built. I was born and brought up in Halifax. I was the son of a sailor and I worked 38 years for the navy in DND. I …
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by Michele Gervais, Curatorial Projects Coordinator Time 0:01:13 Transcript: A major form of communication within the steamships that brought immigrants to Canada were voice tubes, or voice pipes, as this example seen display salvaged directly from the 1914 wreck of the RMS Empress of Ireland. We …
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by Scott Stewart, Heritage Interpreter Time 0:06:12 Transcript: Hello my name is Scott Stewart. I am a Heritage Interpreter here at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. I’m in our Empress of Ireland Exhibit and today I’d like to take a look at the dining experience of passengers aboard …
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By Anthony Black, Senior Writer Published on 01/03/2022 March 4, 2022 was the unveiling of a new art project by the Museum’s Artist-in-Residence, Aquil Virani. Read what he has to say about what makes a hero, what makes for an ideal immigrant, and his hopes for the future. Your project is called …
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By Anthony Black, Senior Writer Published on 01/12/2021 December 5 is International Volunteer day. This is the story of a connected chain of volunteers who have served at the Canadian Museum of Immigration and its home, Pier 21. Possibly the longest serving volunteer in the history of Pier 21, …
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By Anthony Black, Senior Writer Published on 04/01/2022 Lawrence Hill What do turquoise crocodiles and gifted children have to do with the aftershocks of the transatlantic slave trade? Award-winning writer Lawrence Hill (The Book of Negroes) spoke with us about his new novel Beatrice and Croc Harry …