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Museum Tour
Map of Museum Site The Woodmen's Museum complex covers several acres. All the paths and trails are marked and
easily traveled by young and old. We will try and show you as much as we can, but for the true experience, you will want to
visit us. We will start our tour at the Main Complex. Clicking on the small pictures
will load larger pictures in another window.
1. Welcome Center (Enterance & Gift Shop) - The main entrance
brings you into the Gift Shop where you will be greeted by our friendly staff who can provide you with information on the
museum and the surrounding area. Next you will enter the Natural History Gallery. This is the home of the Gideon Brown
(taxidermist) Collection. Adjoining this room is the Art Gallery with its periodical displays. On the upper floor you will
find the office of the Miramichi Salmon Association, Inc. The MSA is well known for its Salmon conservation program. Also
on the upper level is the Cedar Room. This facility is appropriate for banquets, weddings, gatherings, meetings etc. and will
seat 150 guests comfortably. Catering services are available upon request.
2 & 3 The two exhibit halls are also known as "Quonset Huts". They were once used as actual Lumbering
camps by Boise Cascade Company who donated the huts to the museum in the early stages of construction. We begin our visit
with a geology display, because rocks and soil play an important role in the growth of trees. You will see how mother nature
plays tricks which cause many deformities in the natural growth of trees. The Micmac and Maliseets were our very first lumberjacks.
The primitive stone tools have evolved into metal tools and axes which are still used today. Take a stroll down memory lane.
Envisage the struggles and hardships of days gone by. Imagine washing your clothes on a washboard! or ironing clothes with
an iron that needed to be heated on a woodstove before using!! or the old one room school house, or the Barber shop with its
red & white pole.
4. Plough Sheds. Here you will find an assortment of farming equipment. |
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Central New Brunswick Woodmen's Museum, Inc.
Open Victoria Day Weekend, May 17th - October 17th, 2008
Daily 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
6342 Route 8 Highway, Boiestown, New Brunswick * Canada E6A 1Z5 Phone: (506) 369-7214 Fax: (506) 369 -9081 |
