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Nominations open for PEI Heritage Awards
2024-10-07
Nominations are open for the 2025 Heritage Awards to recognize individuals and groups who help preserve the heritage of PEI.
“Each year, we recognize those who have made significant contributions to preserving and celebrating our Island's rich history. It is through their efforts that we are...
Séance reenactment at Beaconsfield: A Halloween experience beyond the ordinary
2024-10-07
This Halloween season, visitors can immerse themselves in a world of Victorian-era spiritualism at Beaconsfield Historic House in Charlottetown with a reenactment of a 19th-century séance and a chance to uncover the spirits that may lurk within its walls.
The event takes place every Thursday,...
Support for communities helping people during emergency events
2024-09-25
After Hurricane Fiona hit PEI in the fall of 2022, many residents depended on community reception centres for heat, food, Internet, showers, and other services while they were without power.
To help these centres support residents during future emergency events, the provincial government’s...
In the Time of Maud a trip to the past
2024-08-14
Since the release of the Anne of Green Gables novel in 1908, the lore and legend of Lucy Maud Montgomery has continued to grow.
Arguably her most beloved work, the story of Anne Shirley not only sold millions of books, but has also been adapted into movies, a television series and stage...
Check out Museum and Heritage Foundation summer events
2024-07-29
The PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation will be holding a variety of events for all ages over the next three weeks.
Here is the schedule:
July 30 - 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. – Queer Young Adult Historical Fiction Society reading and discussion at Beaconsfield Carriage House
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Minister offers best wishes to Island Olympic and Paralympic athletes and officials
2024-07-25
Hon. Cory Deagle, Minister of Fisheries, Tourism, Sport and Culture issued the following statement:
“Competing in the Olympic and Paralympic Games is a feat that only the most elite athletes achieve.
I’d like to extend huge congratulations and wish the very best of luck to Hannah Taylor,...
Statement by Honourable Cory Deagle regarding the presence of MSX in Bedeque Bay
2024-07-13
Hon. Cory Deagle, Minister of Fisheries, Tourism, Sport and Culture issued the following statement:
“Prince Edward Island has received confirmation of the presence of multinuclear sphere X (MSX) caused by Haplosporidium nelsoni in wild oyster samples collected in Bedeque Bay.
While MSX...
Podcast explores the hidden history of PEI
2024-06-28
With production on a fifth season now underway, the hidden island podcast has come a long way since its beginnings in 2020.
The podcast, which is released by the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation, has seen its number of listeners grow with each new season.
“So far the podcast has been downloaded...
Sowing the seeds of culture with new educational project
2024-06-19
With his lunch break barely started, a Grade 5 École François-Buote student grabs a rake and is ready to carry on making a garden bed.
“Can we go back to work now?” he asks Jason MacNeil, who is the programming coordinator for the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation. It turns out that student isn’t...
New program at Orwell Corner celebrates cultural diversity in agriculture
2024-05-13
A new program launched at Orwell Corner Historic Village will teach Island students about the agricultural traditions of the Mi’kmaq, French Acadians and British settlers.
Agri-CULTURE Seeds of Change, which kicked off last month, is an educational project funded by the federal department of...