Uncategorized

For the Museum’s 60th anniversary, we’re looking back at our history – and what better way then by looking at some of the coverage of the Museum in the media over the years. In 1984, Andre Furlani, staff writer for the Kingston Whig-Standard, visited the Museum while it was temporarily closed and preparing to move […]

In June 1973, Discussion, the in-house magazine of the Canadian Penitentiary Service (later the Correctional Service of Canada) published a substantial cover story, “Penal Museum Links Past and Present,” on the Penitentiary Museum. The writer, Mona C. Ricks, starts by noting that “it’s not a well-known museum. Neither is it large…seldom seen by the public”

For the Museum’s 60th anniversary, we’re looking back at our history – and what better way then by looking at some of the coverage of the Museum in the media over the years. In 1969, William Ramsay interviewed Murray Millar, Superintendent of the Staff College, and visited the Museum; the story ran in the Whig

A wonderful profile in Let’s Talk, an official Correctional Service of Canada, about our curator Dave St. Onge, discussing the Museum’s 60th anniversary, our history, our collection, including some new acquisitions, and our enduring popularity. A fitting tribute to Dave’s hard work and leadership. Read the article here: https://www.canada.ca/…/read/2024/05-24-dave-st-onge.html

Canada’s Penitentiary Museum is happy to announce our doors are open to the public! Starting May 6, you can visit the Museum between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm, 7 days a week. This season of the Museum we mark a special anniversary as well – Canada’s Penitentiary Museum turns 60! In May 1964, the Canadian

Museum researchers are proud to have worked on this article about the important role women have played in Corrections since the earliest days. “For now, travel back in time with us to learn more about the important role women have played in corrections since the first penitentiary opened in Kingston in 1835. Today, we’re proud

Museum researchers are very pleased to have worked on this article. Very informative! While Women’s History Month is recognized in October in Canada, it is commemorated in March in various other countries around the world. To commemorate, take a journey back in time with us, all the way to 1835 to learn more about who

In time for Remembrance Day, a look at the ‘unknown front’ of World War 2: the home front. How did Canadian penitentiaries contribute to the war effort? In 1943, journalists and photographers visited three Canadian penitentiaries to answer this question. Read here: https://www.canada.ca/…/2023/11-10-pen-goes-to-war.html This story was published in Let’s Talk by the Correctional Service of

Canada’s Penitentiary Museum is now closed for the 2023 season. We would like to thank the over 30,000 people who visited the Museum this year – on the 150th anniversary of Cedarhedge. Thank you to our staff and volunteers who did so much to make our visitors’ experience memorable. See you in 2024! // Le