• Step 2 of 2 (Payment) for Pier 21 Club Donation
    Thank you, your information has been successfully received. There are three ways to complete your donation right now: By Credit Card Clicking on the button below will take you to PayPal, a secure online financial institution. Please note you can pay using your credit card without signing up for a …
  • Step 2 of 2 (Payment) for Ruth Goldbloom Educational Bursary Fund Donation
    Thank you, your information has been successfully received. There are three ways to complete your donation right now: By Credit Card Clicking on the button below will take you to PayPal, a secure online financial institution. Please note you can pay using your credit card without signing up for a …
  • 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 …
  • Peace – The Exhibition
    May 16 to October 20, 2014 and May 5 - June 7, 2015 Peace – The Exhibition , a travelling exhibition developed by the Canadian War Museum and adapted by the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, vividly illustrates the rich diversity of Canadians’ choices and actions for peace, and how these …
  • The Suitcase Activity
    Ideal for: Ages 9 - 15 Decorate Your Suitcase Decorate the outside of your suitcase with the things that represent you: the baggage and things you take with you everywhere you go. You may want to include things like hobbies, interests, favourites, or people, places or things that are important to …