• Filming and Photography at the Museum
    … What to know about capturing your Museum experience We encourage visitors to capture their visit and share on social media.  Please be respectful of other … permission to use photographs and/or video recordings in which they may appear, for archival, documentary or promotional purposes. What is …
  • Terms and Conditions
    … What to know about capturing your Museum experience We encourage visitors to capture their visit and share on social media.  Please be respectful of other … permission to use photographs and/or video recordings in which they may appear, for archival, documentary or promotional purposes. What is …
  • Filming and Photography
    … What to know about capturing your Museum experience We encourage visitors to capture their visit and share on social media.  Please be respectful of other … permission to use photographs and/or video recordings in which they may appear, for archival, documentary or promotional purposes. What is …
  • Douwe and Hinke Neef and Family
    … worked 60 to 80 hours per week (except Sundays), every week of every year for 26 years. Since the sponsors for the family were situated in both Chatham, …
  • Quotes - Arrival in Canada
    … was just a toddler of about 2 years of age when we landed in Halifax. My parents long ago told me the story that when the ship landed in Halifax, I was fast asleep in …
  • Peter, Helena Peters
    … three sons Isaac 12, Jacob 8, and Gerhard 6, immigrated to Canada in 1925. They left their home in Romanowka, Ukraine and travelled to Berlin where they boarded the … 14th for the journey to Canada. Upon arrival in Quebec City on April 26th they travelled to Winkler, Manitoba. In 1933 the family moved to …
  • Canada’s Titanic – The Empress of Ireland
    … November 23, 2015 to November 13, 2016 Original painting by Ken Marschall © 1996. Canada’s Titanic – The Empress of Ireland is a … history of the Empress of Ireland including the role it played in immigration and development of Canada. Considered one of the finest ships … Canada’s Titanic – The Empress of Ireland …
  • Irene Ferguson McNeil
    … Clyde McNeil, on January 28, 1943. Irene Cecilia, was born October 26, 1943, at Ruskin College, Oxford, England. Canadian mother-in-law was concerned due … in London, England and wanted her daughter-in-law and granddaughter to come to Canada. Arrived in Halifax on the ship, Ile de France (carrying …
  • Andy Alfoldy
    … 1956 We left Hungary in 1945 and wound up in Germany via Austria. My grandfather and father were both medical doctors, My father was a … She was tied up at dockside in Bremerhaven, Germany. Through my nine-year-old eyes the General was like a huge city topped by the volcano of …
  • John James Vanderlee
    … Name: Zuiderkruis Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: September 26, 1952 Age on Arrival: 19 years For my first transatlantic crossing, I was surprised how smooth the voyage …