• The Reunion
    A man drives down Terminal Road towards Pier 21. He is wearing a blue shirt; next to him his wife holds a bouquet of flowers. He is nervous and excited. He is coming home in a sense and he cannot stop thinking about what brought him to Pier 21 the first time, all that had happened before and all …
  • Pier 21 Club Donation
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  • Step 2 of 2 (Payment) for Pier 21 Club Donation
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  • Step 2 of 2 (Payment) for Ruth Goldbloom Educational Bursary Fund Donation
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  • Two Ways to Dig into the History of the Black Battalion (1916-1920)
    Credit: Courtesy of Esther Clark Wright Archives at Acadia University The world nearly forgot the existence of No. 2 Construction Battalion, a military unit made up of Black men determined to serve their country during the First World War. Those seeking to enlist at the time faced discrimination …
  • Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946
    The Canadian Citizenship Act came into effect on 1 January 1947 under the government of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. The act established Canadian citizenship as a distinct category and allowed residents of Canada to obtain citizenship regardless of their country of origin. [1] Prior …
  • There's more to this book than recipes
    Rebecca Teitelbaum's recipe book contains 110 pages of recipes collected in a concentration camp. (Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre Collection, 99.008.001b)   The special exhibition eat make share: a taste of immigration ends its run at the Museum in January, before travelling to locations …
  • Delicious and jam-packed with history
    Patties, like these ones from Brawta Jamaican Jerk Joint in Halifax, are a great meal to warm up a Canadian Winter.   Are Jamaican Patties the most history-packed food in Canada? Okay, okay, that question is probably impossible to answer. Lots of foods have fascinating and complex histories. But …
  • Museum Unveils a “Super Important Resource”
    Explore the timeline at timeline.pier21.ca Attention history nerds: Clear your next several hours. There are thousands of years of history to learn about on the Museum’s new digital timeline ! The timeline is full of information about the histories of peoples in the lands we now know as Canada, and …
  • A Welcome Sign?
    Cartoon published July 1, 1999. (Material republished with the express permission of: PNI Maritimes LP, by its general partner, PNI Maritimes GP Inc.) At the end of this month, 2024 will be over. This has been a milestone year for the Museum. 2024 marked 25 years since Pier 21 reopened to the …