Category Archives: Features

Make the CATP Museum a Part of your Staycation/Vacation!

Are you staying around home this summer? Or perhaps traveling in Canada? If so, why not take in some of our great museums? The CATP Museum, located at the Brandon Airport is an amazing gem that tells an important part of Canada’s history and its major role in nation building. The CATPM is also aContinue reading “Make the CATP Museum a Part of your Staycation/Vacation!”

Music in the Second World War

This post was written by Rory M., one of our summer students. Rory is a Music major at Brandon University. In the era of the Second World War, music played a quiet yet significant part in Canadian life, both at home and abroad. With a rapidly changing landscape of music production and accessibility, it becameContinue reading “Music in the Second World War”

See Ya Later to our Summer Staff

We were very fortunate to have two excellent summer staff with us this year, Seraphina and Sandra.  They were a great team at welcoming visitors, doing tours, helping with interpretation signage and research, and providing excellent and much needed French interpretation!  We will miss them dearly, but the good news is we will continue toContinue reading “See Ya Later to our Summer Staff”

The Barber’s Book

A guest blog post by summer employee, Seraphina Gilbert. We asked Seraphina to write a few posts about her favourite displays, this is her first post. During WWII, the Canadian home front was a surprisingly busy place as the country responsible for much of the munitions and vehicle manufacturing. Canada was also home to theContinue reading “The Barber’s Book”