Reviews of New Brunswick Museum (Museum)

Muznarachel Kamran

Needs to add more attraction esp for kids

cory patterson

Poooooooooop not worth 10 cent let alone 20 a person

john collins

We went on a holiday, it was free, that's a good thing. Not worth paying for it

Carl Boeykens

(Translated) Complete as exhibition (Original) Complet comme exposition

Howard Weintraub

Great

Karine Barrette

(Translated) The information on whales and the construction of boats and their history in New Brunswick is very interesting. (Original) L'information sur les baleines et la construction des bateaux et leur histoire au Nouveau Brunswick est très intéressante.

Antonio Marzetti

Great place to take people of all ages.

Devin Wiles

Good smaller museum with lots of local history ranging from ship building to mastodons and whales. Friendly and helpful staff.

Chico Christie

Plan an all day visit, so many great historical displays for Saint John and all industries in New Brunswick. The history of life in New Brunswick years ago is perfectly depicted and described. There is even a great activity centre for children.

Steven Ficko

Nice kids play room.

ZA family

Nice place to learn about Canada History

Darren

A excellent museum that covers history, sciences, arts and culture, and humanities. Well worth the visit.

Mina

Boring. The only redeeming factor is the children's play area on the top floor. There's a huge puppet show area with many different animal puppets that the children love. Toys Galore and a mini library with seating.

Isabelle Croteau

(Translated) Very nice place (Original) Très belle endroit

Sage Xavier

So many interesting exhibits! Staff are very patient and kind.

Qianjun Ye

Don't have a lot of stuffs, but totally enough for this city with long history.

tristan guillot

(Translated) Too much text, a chance that there is a game room ???? (Original) Beaucoup trop de texte, une chance qu'il y a une salle de jeu ????

Tung Nguyen

Great museum for a small city. An opportunity to know more about the history and culture of Saint John .

Sarah Rudge

Nice curation of local industry including shipping building and whales. Other exhibits include early plant life in the region starting millions of years ago, and art and crafts. Inexpensive. Worth a visit!

PRTPAT

Great educational displays

Paula C

staff was friendly. lots to see. had two small children (between 4 & 7) with us and they had a lot of fun. probably spent around 3 hours there.

Trevor Currie

Kids had a blast

A Giant Panda

Great place for kids. Lots of exhibits focusing on different parts of the maritimes. They have several skeletons and an art floor. They don't have any real specialty and just tend to do whatever. Considering it's only a small province I'm not really surprised

Luke Bellefleur

Had to rush through the museum in 30 minutes, but I enjoyed what I saw.

Heather Allen

I love The new Brunswick Museum time has a way of passing too fast when you are there, I love everything especially things from very long ago ,it's just too much to mention ,come see for yourself Heather Allen It gets a5+star review from me love it oxo

Cive Lucas

My daughters daycare went and were kicked out after 30 minutes. They paid their admission and they were behaving. Pretty disgusted.

Frank Barcenas

Great place

Darin S.

Really great musuem. Worth the visit.

Matthew Westhaver

Oķ atmosphere

Paul Butler

Lots of nice local items and friendly staff, they even had a room upstairs to help entertain the kids.

Tom Donovan

Great Venue...Bring on the ew one

Russell Watts

It's fun but don't expect to spend more than hour there unless you really spend a lot of time in each exhibit.

Marc LeLacheur

For a small city museum it's really good. I thought it'd be like a natural history museum but really it's a bit of everything. There's local history, local biology, a gallery of amazing art, and some really excellent geology exhibits too. If you're fascinated by birds or whales you'll really like their second floor. There's an elevator and stairs, it was easy to get around for us, though it was not busy when we went. Not a bad way to spend a couple hours downtown.

Stephen Eastwood

Great

Patrick Flowers

We enjoy visiting this museum. The whale displays are amazing.

Prince Odoi

Nice place.

Hasan izmir

Little but amazing museum

Mannix Maz

It has everything for kids and adults

Alex

Lots of rich Canadian history

Bob Cobbett

Interesting exhibits

Mily

Beautiful!

Pooya Dibajnia

A small museum that has some interesting exhibits on the traditional industries of New Brunswick: forestry and ship building. Also has a section on nature, where we were given a guided tour of the whales in the Bay of Fundy. Nice way to spend an hour or two.

Curt McClelland

Great museum!

Aman Aleid

Place to have new things to start with kids especially It’s great start to learn Keep updates the place The admission fees is fairly acceptable

Andrew N. Byrne

Can't wait until the 3rd floor is finished. However, just because much is covered over with tarp of the 1st floor and the 3rd floor is closed for renovations, doesn't mean you shouldn't go. My brother and I had a great hour here all the same. The staff member was very nice and informed us before we paid about all the renovations. Also, the price was reduced from $8/adult to $6, so that was nice. Still a lot to see, in a very picturesque area, and thoughtful displays.

Tracy Seper

Loads of fun for the kids. Adults will love the exhibits as well. Lots of history. Located in beautiful Market Square. Underground parking.

Thomas Richard Miles Boxall

Good, but I wanted more local history. The bird collection is cool.

MissTara86

It was cute and a nice little place to visit. Nothing super fancy. Thought I'd read they had a few dinosaur fossils however I didnt see them. The kids play area could be upgraded a little bit :)

Bijan Talukdar

Nice place

Reggie Hoffman

Needs to better organize for flow of traffic

Sandy F

Very quaint and informative. It was a nice little stop on our road trip!

Cristina Nannarone Tran

We took a day trip to St John and love museum to give you info on the place you are in. This was a beautiful museum. Staff was lovely, the exhibits where well put together and very informative. They change them and we wil be back to see the others. It is right downtown in a nice little mall you can walk about and what f you go outside you see the harbour and cam walk though the downtown core. Great place.

Andrew Atwin

Awesome resource for history of newbrunswick

Helikon Tex

Educational!

Alisha B

Wasn't super impressed with our visit .. not much interactive stuff for children.. the top floor was closed not sure if that is due to covid or not.

Shaun Vaught

Most of the exhibits require a lot of reading. Takes a long time.

JL Northorp

Very interesting to take a tour through. Has a store to buy souvenirs.

Stanislav Shakhov

Just Very good museum. I can recommend to visit it.

Zack

Cool place

Bradley bumlove

Its like all the same thing since I was 12 years old now 15 years later and not much has changed

Andre Rossignol

(Translated) Nice place to visit (Original) Nice place to visite

Thomas Mlodzinski

History of New Brunswick in the essence. Recommended..

Mostafa Aboelneil

Although many people are aware that Saint John, New Brunswick, is Canada’s oldest incorporated city, few are aware that it houses Canada’s oldest continuing museum. 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.

Denys Zlobin

Must visit just for the hall of great whales. Kids loved it. They also have a big play are for kids so you can rest and let them run around.

Victor Manuel Mendez Fonseca

Very interesting museum. The section about how they used to manufacture ships is amazing. Also they have a very huge collection of whale bones

Ron Mosocco

We spent close to a full day here as part of our vacation we spent 3 months touring the lovely Country of Canada! What a wonderful time we had in this very immense Museum that cover so many areas of interest from the birth of our plant and evolution of minerals to trilobites and dinosaurs to whales and whaling. From timbering to the building of wooden ships. From the history of handwriting to beautiful paintings and works by local and Canadian artists as well as artifacts of historical importance. From plants and stuffed birds and animals to what else but Canada’s favorite sport of hockey! There are three floors to view items, with clean public restrooms. Child and disability friendly. If in the area you should plan at least a half day’s experience. And don’t forget the nearby Loyalists House to tour as well.

Peter Alward

Great place

Aritra Chaudhuri

Lot of great artifacts.

Burton P Vitale

Loved it, great history

Andrew Jones

Love taking our kids here. Affordable with lots of other great places around.

Jason Ramsay

Great atmosphere.

Frank Szalai

Great place to spend a few hours with kids (any age). There are different types of things for viewing (china, paintings, animals, fossils, geology and history related exhibits). Check out their website, there are some days when you can visit for free. ;-)

Sébastien Privel

Interesting small museum

Jeremy Clack

Great place to come and see a great deal of local history and art. Make sure you have several hours to take it all in.

Bruno Saunier

I visited the New Brunswick museum earlier this month and although I ddin't have a great deal of time to explore the museum what I did see was fascinating. I particuarly liked the Whale exhibit and thought that the fact that there were various items that you could touch and feel was really good and think that this is a big selling point for parents with young children who naturally want to interact with the exhibit. The geology exhibit was also good and like I say I only wish i'd had more time to explore the whole museum.

Ashley Dorian

Big& bright gallery. Local Artists.layaway available. Must see!

isabelle croteau

(Translated) Very nice museum (Original) Très beau musée

Sean McKinley

We visit here a couple of times a year. I really like the museum however they have so many other items they could put on display of only they had a bigger space.

Steve Mahler

Great place and friendly service

Michael Margulis

Very nice museum. With beautiful exposition

Christian Roy

Very static Museum with interesting features. Adults will like it more than children. More reading is needed than interactivity.

Tim Zugger

Great maritime museum. I wish I had more photos of the inside. Nice place for kids and adults. Enjoy!

NOIR. E.L

Got a free visit at 4:30pm. Small in size. Good to kills time.

Eric Testaud

(Translated) Nice place to visit. The exhibition is well done. well done (Original) Bel endroit à visiter . L exposition est bien faîte. Bravo

cathy b

Nice little museum. Very interesting and well maintained.

Jaret LeBlanc

Excellent way to spend a few hours. My toddler loved the Discovery Area

Maxime Robitaille

(Translated) Relevant and good. Very various. Great (Original) Pertinent et bien. Très varié. Super

Rob Davidson

All the interactive exhibits were turned off. And no time clock punch cards!

Ryan Genereaux

I was expecting more but it was decent. They gave me half off because a lot of exhibits were closed and there were signs everywhere saying sections were closed due to building issues and the province and landlord were working on them. Layout is a little confusing, but there are some cool exhibits on ship building and whales. Come prepared to read because most information is printed on 8.5x11 paper with 12pt font.

Francine Stanback

Interesting and filled with great exhibits!

Terri Turrell

Love the local flair - the riverboats, shipbuilding and sunken ships. It's sad to see the building I'm disrepair with fewer exhibits than were available in previous visits.

Scott Likely

Excellent displays on history, geology, Flora and fauna of the area.

Moataz M. M. Kamel

Great place

Aaron Dyck

While it doesn't have the size or splendour of some of the more famous Canadian museums, this location provides for a nice environment to learn about New Brunswick's history, both natural and archeological. The third floor houses a nice gallery of artwork from New Brunswick. There are not a lot of interactive exhibits, but as long as you don't mind reading you will learn a lot.

Anthony Muljadi

Pretty missable

Haseeb khan

Nice place , lots of old utensil's

Wandering Whalen

Great space and an awesome learning space.

Victoria Golden

Great place to take the family

Brent Harris

Great collection of our heritage

Curtis Godin (Google Maps Editor)

The New Brunswick Musiem is beautiful and such a great place to bring the whole family and has a lot of research and time put into their facility. This has to be on of the most beautiful places in Brunswick square. I was only in there one time. I believe that it is 10 dollars to enter and they may have family specials but I'm not sure. All I can say is wow! This place with all their collection of history and monuments; I would definitely recommend this to anyone who wants to get a great day and see things that you may never get to see. It's a great place to bring the whole family and kids as well as a nice relaxing daytime outing to bring a significant other. Very beautiful musiem...

Naveen Kamboj

Something different

James Suffredine

Was an interesting couple hour experience.

Emma “Stylelover” Black

I went yesterday

Joanne Martin

The Saint John New Brunswick Museum is a wonderful fun experuence but I am bias as I work many functions in their Wale hall.

Kiersten Mitchell

A little boring on the first floor with a lot to be desired in terms of presentation but overall a good, educational environment.

Artem Zazykin

Nice)

Lucas Cardoso

(Translated) very cool (Original) muito legal

Lisa Spray

Educational, great family outing for locals or on vacation.

terrin scott Saint john

I love going to the market Square museum

Ryan Reed

A lot of information and well laid out. The staff on hand are very knowledgeable and happy to answer any questions. It's very reasonably priced too (although the gift shop was less so)

GWoo

Very good museum highlighting the history of New Brunswick.

Ted Hadley

Shouldn't have to pay for museums

Mike LeBlanc

place is falling apart

Famille Tankam

(Translated) Good historical appeal (Original) Bon attrait historique

Gary Sharpe

If you're interested in the history of NB, this is a must visit! Great exhibit on the Golden age of ship building, and don't miss the hall of whales!

Gary Sharpe

If you're interested in the history of NB, this is a must visit! Great exhibit on the Golden age of ship building, and don't miss the hall of whales!

Adam Whitenect

Nice children's space on the 3rd floor, lots of toys.

W. Andrew Powell

By a small city's standard, the New Brunswick Museum is about average, but it has some highlights that make it worth a stop, including a small art gallery, and a display of whales that will leave kids with wonder in their eyes. Their gift shop is also surprisingly great.

Sébastien Comeau

This museum is probably okay for tourists but for locals, it hasn't brought us much new in many years.

Andrew Mann

Interesting. Some artifacts. A lot of diaramas. Lots to read. Some fun and interactive items for the kids

Later Peter

Enough activities over several floors to distract the kids for a bit.

Konstantin Finnern

Not really interactive, but a beautiful art gallery

Erik F

I used to love this place, but it's a shame to watch it fall into disrepair. It's a great opportunity for the province to show some of its awesome history, but as it stands now it, like much of the province is in a dilapidated state. Too bad, there is some great potential here. I will say that it is still a great spot to bring kids and is an affordable family outing. Kids still had fun, but as an adult, it's a bit hard to watch the museum's downfall.

Pascal Turcotte

(Translated) Not much to see .. (Original) Pas grand chose à voir la..

Jordan Durnford

Lots of stuff to see. Great place to take the kids

Russell Moore

It was a amazing tour I had

Ryan Beckham

Terrific museum, lot's of history and stuff Art gallery sensors are a bit sensitive so watch out

George Koshy

BEAUTIFUL

Elle Yeva

You'll learn a lot here and it has a very nice gift shop

Henry Bennett

Lots of historical and cultural significance in this museum. Staff are delegate members and are very friendly

Anthony Belyea

Great place to learn about early Canadian history. Impressive collection!

Tomas Peiser

An excellent place to learn of local history.

Brian Kenney

Museum was alright. Local history section poor lighting, very low off the ground information boards and disarray of objects that did not transcribe to the information posts (not labels no clue what was what)

ice cream man

It was fun but could be in a better place

Raymond Louis Lemay

(Translated) It's to do. (Original) C'est à voir.

Amanda Fredericks

Friendly staff! Great way to spend about 1-2 hours in the Saint John location. Lots of fun and knowledge for all ages! Great prices too (even better if you're a CAA member!!)

Fallon Pursey

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE trash..

Rob Moir

Attended a presentation at the Mary Oland Theatre. Always a great venue.

Paul Labelle

Very comprehensive and something for all ages.

Peter Hazen

Great for the curious understanding our present.

Archonstix

The museum is a fantastic place to explore and learn with a great amount of exhibits to enjoy.

Bete Cavichioli

(Translated) Amazing (Original) Espetacular

Justin MacLean

A little lack luster not very interesting

Stuart Hook

Great place.why move

Maryaa Iran-Fadaei

Amazing place to gain knowledge about New Brunswick! <3

Gosh Darn

Okay on a rainy day

Annalisa Dayao

It was ok. I went there in 2010 and everything seems to be the same. There is a section that's closed off due to flooding....I hope they fix it and get a chance to add something new

Heather Ferguson

Very reasonable ticket prices. The whale exhibit is great and lots to do for the kids. They had science experiments for the kids to do with great, friendly staff. All of the exhibits about New Brunswick history were great, especially the ship information and exhibits.

Germaine Pataki-Thériault

Always a pleasure to visit. We used to drive to Saint John a couple of times a year to go to the museum with our girls. That was a while ago. Went today and as exciting as ever. So many interesting facets to explore and beautifully displayed.

Frances Jones

Very interesting place to visit

Eddie Martin

Great place to spend a few hours with family!

Candace Carter

Myself and my son really enjoyed the sound exhibit today. The staff were very friendly.

Carole PONY_4

Interesting things

Pamela Smyth

I really enjoyed visiting this place & would recommend 2 others

Rodney Sauveur

Lots to see and read. There is something for everyone. Excellent kids area on the 3rd floor. Worth the money. It takes awhile to do everything.

Joel Teston

(Translated) Static museum of potential for more interactivity (Original) Musée statique du potentiel pour plus d intéractivitè

Joanne mclaughlin

Nothing new

Jean-Paul Dusome

Awesome and historic

Jasmine Legault

(Translated) Very nice museum, very diverse. Could be more interactive ... (Original) Très beau musée, très divers. Pourrait être plus interactif...

Carole Morand

(Translated) Magnificent ! (Original) Magnifique !

Annette Sammut

Beautiful Museum

Franz Ruberl

Can't argue with the $10 admission fee, but this is still a disappointing experience. Things that pop to mind: Some displays are completely missing. One has a note saying it was borrowed by someone for study....over 10 years ago. It has been 10+ years. Get it back, or at the very least, switch out the display. There seems to be a Fundy tides display right at the front. Seemed to be completely inoperable when we were there (mid-Feb 2019). Fix it, turn it on, or get rid of it. A lot of the signage is dated and seems to be peeling around the corners. Some of the signs don't even tell you what the sign is for; the first floor signage is a "read and try to find the item they're talking about". It should be set up more like the bird section where everything has a number to reference on the sign. A good 15% of the place was blocked off or shut down due to building issues or a "work in progress". Several displays had tarps over them and buckets everywhere due to what I assume was a leaking roof. Some skeletons on the ceiling aren't even referenced anywhere (what am I looking at?). All in all, hugely disappointing - especially the natural history floor. All of this could likely be rectified with a new facility; it really needs to be updated in a hurry. But I guess the current state of it is good enough for the provincial Con. government since they decided to pull the promised money towards creating new facilities. I mean...who needs science and history anyways? I don't know if I despise the current government more for this, or the past governments for not addressing the issue earlier as this place has obviously been falling apart for a while.

Valentine Madjo

(Translated) nice experience (Original) nice expérience

Martin Roussel

(Translated) Beautiful museum. Some section would be due to be updated. (Original) Beau musée. Certaine section serait dû pour être mis au goût du jour.

Marilyn King

A wonderful place to explore NB culture, history, art and nature

R F

I just don’t like museums. Any kind of museums. But I can admit this one looks amazing and worth 10$ for a ticket

Kumar Abhishek

Nice place near the seashore

NF Contacts

Lots to see and learn.

Xiong Jun

(Translated) averave (Original) averave

padrochucky

Nice artifacts! To bad some of the places were closed due to building problem! Not the museum's fault!

Morel Ouellette

Very educational.

Martine Pelletier

More interesting than I taught. I'm not into art, but it was really a surprise for me to be into it. Worth the price. If you got children, they got a beautiful place for them with you and crafts.

Connie Davis

Wonderful ocean exhibits as well as dinosaur and fossil displays

Yves Boucher

Had a great experience with the family

David Koehler

Friendly guides.

marjorie macpherson

I knew a brief history of new brunswick, canada

Nigel Kerr

Informative

Bob Jones

Amazing geology exhibit

Dani Evans

Cool place. Not impressed they had something going on the 2nd floor so we couldnt see the whole museum.... But they still charged us full price !!!!! Not happy

Aldo Mallet

(Translated) Superb collection of antiques. (Original) Superbe collection d'antiquités.

Christopher Ross

Nice interesting

m shuk

Whale skeletons were amazing. But the exhibits left a bit to be desired. Saw an exhibit on Quebec archaeology that was just okay. The permanent exhibit on last can industry was basic but cool. Worth a visit for sure.

Johnny Thompson

kids loved it. good value. 5/5

Samjustin Taylor

Very interesting

John Albrecht

Small but very well put together

henry lee

This museum is very helpful for immigrants or travellers to know Province of New Brunswick as well as Canada.

melissa lyttle

Not for me

Sid Robertson

very interesting

Linda Lacroix

Wonderful experience. Beautifully laid out, easy to get around. Loved the heritage displays and photos. Wonderful little theater with films of various aspects of Fundy Bay. Great little gift shop with items from area craftsmen including pottery, tartan shawls, jewelry and books. Reasonable price.

noah smith

Definitely a great museum, stop by if you're in SJ

John Doe

Small, but priced fair. My children enjoyed it.

CU SOON

Take the time to visit, very interesting

Antonio Aguilar

So cool to attend the Dia de Muertos

Masaya Suzuki

Nice!