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The New Brunswick Museum is a principal repository and steward of material that documents or represents the natural and human history of New Brunswick.
Hours and Admission. Public Notice – The NBM Boutique is open Monday through Saturday 10 am to 5 pm. The NBM Exhibition Centre will be closed until further notice due to building repairs.
The New Brunswick Museum was officially incorporated as the “Provincial Museum” in 1929 and received its current name in 1930. Its history, however, can be traced back another 87 years to 1842, when Gesner’s Museum of Natural History opened to the public in Saint John.
The New Brunswick Museum is a collection-based public institution which engages people, in both official languages, contributing to the knowledge and understanding of New Brunswick’s cultures and natural environment.
Staff and Research Associates of the New Brunswick Museum are involved in a wide variety of research programs relating to our extensive collections. The collections are managed through computer based databases: InMagic for the Natural Sciences and the Archives and Research Library, and The Museum System (TMS) for the Humanities.
The scientific collections of the New Brunswick Museum are the result of more than a century and a half of collection and study. From our beginning in 1842 as Gesner’s Museum of Natural History the collections have grown from 2,173 items listed in Gesner's catalogue to more than 300,000 natural history specimens.
This online collection is a searchable database of artworks and historical objects from the permanent collection of the New Brunswick Museum. Each database record includes information about an object and when available, an image.
The New Brunswick Museum is the oldest continuously operated museum in Canada. It is also the only provincial museum in Canada that is situated outside the provincial capital. Its early start (in Canadian terms) and its location in Saint John, an industrial seaport, have had an impact on the character and scope of its international collections.
New Brunswick Museum Archives collects, preserves, and gives access to documentary heritage such as diaries and other personal papers, business records, maps, and photographs. Greeting cards, playbills, menus and other ephemera giving fascinating glimpses into the history of New Brunswick.
Archives and Research Library. New Brunswick Museum prepares for move out of Douglas Avenue Facility. Effective Monday, October 23rd 2023, NBM staff will begin the process of moving the collections from Douglas Avenue to the temporary space at Lancaster Avenue.
