In the previous blog entry, I discussed three of my favourite outdoor spots in New Brunswick, including some protected parks and well-known natural landmarks. In this post, I’ll be going over some of the best indoor spots within the province – places where I love to take friends or family when they come for a visit.
Beaverbrook Art Gallery
One of the most celebrated and prestigious galleries in all of Canada, Beaverbrook Art Gallery houses an impressive collection encompassing a wide variety of styles. If you like romantic impressionism, Beaverbrook features many paintings by the renowned English painter J.M.W. Turner. For fans of naturalist landscapes and depictions of Canada’s indigenous cultures, the gallery owns a substantial amount of work by Canadian artists Cornelius Krieghoff and Emily Carr.
But the true highlight of touring Beaverbrook Art Gallery is its acclaimed Salvador Dali collection. Featuring paintings, sculptures, and several hand-drawn sketches, the gallery is home to the single largest Canadian collection of Dali’s artworks.
Capitol Theatre
Located in my home city of Moncton, the Capitol Theatre is a permanent fixture of New Brunswick’s lively artistic and dramatic community. Constructed in 1922, the building itself is of great historical significance, and its Beaux-Arts style of architecture captures the spirit of the Vaudeville era. Its intimate seating arrangement and excellent acoustics are well-known throughout the Maritimes.
The theatre’s annual roster of live shows earns consistent praise from both critics and audiences. They host stage plays, classical music concerts, dance recitals, and stand-up comedy shows, offering something for everyone inside a hall full of character and history.
Resurgo Place
Moncton is also home to Resurgo Place, a museum and visitor’s center focused on the history of the region. As educational as it is entertaining, the facility is a combination of multiple attractions—part museum, part municipal archives, and part science center.
The museum features many seasonal and permanent exhibits about the region’s early settlers, its industrial development, and its larger cultural heritage. The science center is host to an interactive learning environment with exhibits demonstrating the practical applications of everything from biology to engineering to physics. Also featuring a Children’s Discovery Zone, a visit to the science center provides hours of good, clean fun for people of all ages. For the more serious historian, the archives are home to a vast amount of Moncton’s official public records, such as photographs, blueprints, and historically significant documents and artifacts.
I hope this run-down of my three favourite indoor spots to visit in New Brunswick piques your interest in paying our little province a visit. We’ve got a lot to offer here for visitors for sure. Who knows? Maybe I’ll see you at one of these spots soon.