The PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation is hosting Fossil Day at Beaconsfield Carriage House in Charlottetown featuring PEI fossils, hands-on activities, and local fossil expert, Laura MacNeil. Take a step back in time at the event on Friday, May 2, from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m...
Island Digital Voices is back with a new season as it continues celebrating storytelling, community, and the Island's diverse voices. Island Digital Voices is an initiative of the Government of Prince Edward Island, led by PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation. It captures and...
What to do if you find a potential fossil, artifact, ecofact, a shipwreck or a potential old dwelling? If you find what you believe to be a fossil (i.e. plant, foot print or faunal), artifact (i.e. stone tools, pottery/ceramic, coins and others), ecofact (old animal bones)...
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...
Several Islanders were recognized recently for preserving and promoting Prince Edward Island’s heritage. PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation, along with Lieutenant Governor Antoinette Perry, presented the 2024 Heritage Awards to groups and individuals in several categories at...
Beaconsfield Historic House will be presenting a limited series of 10 concerts at the facility’s Double Drawing Room. The fundraising event promises an intimate musical experience, with only 15 tickets available for each show. “Don't miss this amazing opportunity to immerse...
Eptek Art & Culture Centre is hosting two exhibitions, Aquaculture: Farming the Waters and Summerside Art Club's AquaVision from November. 28 to Feb. 16, 2023. A public launch event will be held on December 5 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Aquaculture: Farming the Waters is developed in...
The PEI Heritage Fair program is a student-centered, inquiry-based learning opportunity that allows grades five to nine students to explore a Prince Edward Island or Canadian history topic of interest. Through guided inquiry-based learning, students are encouraged to think...