Brandon General Museum and Archives
19 9th St # 101 R7A 4A3 Brandon, MB, Canada

NOTICE: As of November 12th, 2020, the Brandon General Museum & Archives will be closed to the public until further notice as the province of Manitoba moves into Code Red. Check our website and follow us on social media for museum updates.... Stay safe, Brandon. Remember to be kind.

Thanks to Old Canada Series for sharing these snippets of our Spanish Flu in Brandon series on their page/ People really narrowed in on the Daylight Savings bit on this one.

Throwback Thursday to a view of Jack behind the bar at our Behind Brandon's Green Door exhibit last fall. Check behind the link below to find a short presentation of this exhibit posted on our website. http://brandongeneralmuseum.ca//behind-brandons-green-doo/

"Oh BOY!, C.C.M.s!!!" This holiday ad from a 1926 edition of Brandon Sun is here to remind you that THE GIRL can skate, too. While we are here to remind you that the CCM Tack hockey skate was invented right here in Brandon, Manitoba, by resident George Tackaberry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Tackaberry... CCM Tack History Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioFlSubMhjc

You can still vote until Jan. 17th for your Westman favourites! Maybe next year Brandon Sun can have a museum category. https://www.brandonsun.com//Westman-Readers-Choice-2021-57 Show your support for Brandon people and businesses and vote!

Have a happy weekend from all of us at the BGMA! Pictured: Eastern Bluebird (male) from the BJ Hales Natural History Collection, undated specimen from the Atkinson Collection.

Didn't catch all of our Spanish Flu in Brandon updates the last couple of months? Check our website for all of the updates to this project so far: http://brandongeneralmuseum.ca//the-spanish-flu-in-brandon/