Canada’s Penitentiary Museum Is Hiring! / Le Musée pénitentiaire du Canada embauche! Canada’s Penitentiary Museum, located in the old Warden’s residence of Kingston Penitentiary, is looking for interested applicants for the summer season (May 1 to September 1). The Museum chronicles the history of the federal correctional system in Canada, with several floors devoted to […]
For the Museum’s 60th anniversary, we’re looking back at our history – and what better way then by looking at some of the coverage of the Museum in the media over the years. In 1984, Andre Furlani, staff writer for the Kingston Whig-Standard, visited the Museum while it was temporarily closed and preparing to move
In June 1973, Discussion, the in-house magazine of the Canadian Penitentiary Service (later the Correctional Service of Canada) published a substantial cover story, “Penal Museum Links Past and Present,” on the Penitentiary Museum. The writer, Mona C. Ricks, starts by noting that “it’s not a well-known museum. Neither is it large…seldom seen by the public”
For the Museum’s 60th anniversary, we’re looking back at our history – and what better way then by looking at some of the coverage of the Museum in the media over the years. In 1969, William Ramsay interviewed Murray Millar, Superintendent of the Staff College, and visited the Museum; the story ran in the Whig
May 29, 1969 – A visit to the Museum Read More »
A wonderful profile in Let’s Talk, an official Correctional Service of Canada, about our curator Dave St. Onge, discussing the Museum’s 60th anniversary, our history, our collection, including some new acquisitions, and our enduring popularity. A fitting tribute to Dave’s hard work and leadership. Read the article here: https://www.canada.ca/…/read/2024/05-24-dave-st-onge.html
Faces of CSC: Dave St. Onge Read More »
May 20, 2024 marks the official 60th anniversary of Canada’s Penitentiary Museum. On May 20, 1964, Superintendent Robert Cunningham wrote to all Regional Directors and the Wardens of all Penitentiary Service institutions to report that a room had been set aside at the Staff College in Kingston, Ontario. This ‘exhibit room’ would be used to
The Museum is born, May 20, 1964 // Le Musée est né, le 20 mai 1964 Read More »
Canada’s Penitentiary Museum is happy to announce our doors are open to the public! Starting May 6, you can visit the Museum between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm, 7 days a week. This season of the Museum we mark a special anniversary as well – Canada’s Penitentiary Museum turns 60! In May 1964, the Canadian
Museum researchers are proud to have worked on this article about the important role women have played in Corrections since the earliest days. “For now, travel back in time with us to learn more about the important role women have played in corrections since the first penitentiary opened in Kingston in 1835. Today, we’re proud
Museum researchers are very pleased to have worked on this article. Very informative! While Women’s History Month is recognized in October in Canada, it is commemorated in March in various other countries around the world. To commemorate, take a journey back in time with us, all the way to 1835 to learn more about who
In time for Remembrance Day, a look at the ‘unknown front’ of World War 2: the home front. How did Canadian penitentiaries contribute to the war effort? In 1943, journalists and photographers visited three Canadian penitentiaries to answer this question. Read here: https://www.canada.ca/…/2023/11-10-pen-goes-to-war.html This story was published in Let’s Talk by the Correctional Service of
The Pen Goes to War // Le pénitencier participe à la guerre Read More »