Culture and History

Acadian Culture
Museums and Heritage
Theatre

Acadian Culture

Acadian Museum

University of Moncton
(506) 858-4088
Group Contact: Nicole LeBlanc
E-mail: leblannna@umoncton.ca
www.umoncton.ca/maum

Driving Time: 7 minutes
Operating Season: year-round
Group Rates: $1.00 per person
Complimentary Policy: n/a
Minimum time required: 1 hour

An interesting and varied collection of artifacts reflecting the Acadian culture from 1604 to present. Included is a book written by Samuel de Champlain, a huge painting of the Acadian deportation, the original Acadian flag (1884) and more. They have over 35,000 objects related to the Acadians of the Maritimes.

Le Pays de la Sagouine

Route 11, Exit 32A (Acadian Coast)
(506) 743-1407
1-800-561-9188
Group Contact: Ginette Richard
E-mail: sagouinecg@nb.aibn.com
www.sagouine.com

Driving Time: 40 minutes
Operating Season: May to October
Group Rates: $9.00 per person
Complimentary Policy: Driver/Escort free
Minimum time required: 2 hours

International award-winning author Antonine Maillet invented the characters that live in this fictional village. Enter the world of la Sagouine where characters speak a colourful language and leave with a true appreciation of the Acadian "joie de vivre"!

Monument-Lefebvre National Historic Site of Canada

Route 2, Exit 482 (Fundy Coast)
(506) 758-9808
1-877-765-1896
Group Contact: Marc Fougere
E-mail: monument@nbnet.nb.ca
http://www.pc.gc.ca/

Driving Time: 20 minutes
Operating Season: June to October
Group Rates: $2.75 per person
Complimentary Policy: Driver/Escort free
Minimum time required: 1-2 hours

This site commemorates the founder of the first French-language degree-granting institution in Atlantic Canada. It also houses the Acadian Odyssey National Historic Site which is interpreted by the new permanent exhibit called "Reflections of a Journey: The Odyssey of the Acadian People".

Museums & Heritage

Albert County Museum

Route 114 (Fundy Coast)
(506) 734-2003 or (506) 882-2854
Group Contact: Margaret Elliott
E-mail: albertcountymuseum@nb.aibn.ca
www.albertcountymuseum.ca

Driving Time: 35 minutes
Operating Season: mid-June to mid-September
Group Rates: $1.00 per person
Complimentary Policy: Driver/Escort free
Minimum time required: 1 hour

This museum includes a jail, a courthouse and an agricultural building with modern heritage/historical display rooms of the shipbuilding industry, farming, lumbering and mining.

Fort Beauséjour National Historic Site of Canada

Route 2, Exit 513A (Acadian Coast)
(506) 364-5080
Group contact: Juliette McLeod
E-mail: Juliette_McLeod@pch.gc.ca
http://www.pc.gc.ca/

Driving Time: 45 minutes
Operating Season: June to mid-October
Group Rates: $2 per person
Complimentary Policy: Driver/Escort free
Minimum time required: 1-2 hours

A star-shaped fort overlooking the Bay of Fundy that was built by the French in 1751. Step back in time to an era when England and France were caught up in a tug-of-war for supremacy in Acadia.

Moncton Museum & Free Meeting House

Mountain Road – Moncton
(506) 856-4383
Group Contact: Nadine Melanson-LeBlanc
E-mail: nadine.melanson@moncton.org
www.gomoncton.com

Driving Time: 5 minutes
Operating Season: year-round
Group Rates: Donation
Complimentary Policy: n/a
Minimum time required: 1 hour

The history of the city of Moncton can be found at the Moncton Museum from the age of sail, then rail, to the present. The Free Meeting House was built in 1821 and is Moncton’s oldest standing building.

Salem and Hillsborough Railroad and Museum

Route 114 (Fundy Coast)
(506) 734-3195 or (506) 734-3733
Group Contact: Kim Elliott
www.shrr.ca

Driving Time: 35 minutes
Operating Season: June to September
Group Rates: $1.00 per person
Complimentary Policy: n/a
Minimum time required: 1 hour

The Museum is a display of restored railway equipment, including steam engine, old coach cars, snowplow equipment, tank cars and cabooses.

Theatre

Capitol Theatre

Main Street – Moncton (Fundy Coast)
(506) 856-4377
1-800-567-1922
Group contact: Julie Belanger
E-mail: julieb@capitol.nb.ca
www.capitol.nb.ca

Driving Time: Downtown
Operating Season: year-round
Group Rates: Free
Complimentary Policy: n/a
Minimum time required: 1 hour

Restored to its original 1922 elegance, the Capitol Theatre is one of only eight such historically restored theatres in Canada.