New Brunswick Museum hoping to raise $35M by 2027

The New Brunswick Museum in Saint John, N.B., on Aug. 26, 2024. (Nick Moore/CTV)

The New Brunswick Museum is aiming to raise $35 million in the next two years to support its new facility in Saint John.

The Museum, which broke ground for the next phase of its revitalization project last August, recently launched the “Making History Now” capital campaign, which seeks to raise $35 million by 2027.

Jim Irving, co-CEO of J.D. Irving, Limited, will chair the campaign’s cabinet. His company gave $3 million to the Museum as a “lead gift,” according to a news release.

“A new, world-class New Brunswick Museum will inspire new generations of New Brunswickers, giving them a chance to learn more about our province’s history and its importance to the rest of the country,” Irving said in the release.

The revitalization project will update the 90-year-old building at 277 Douglas Ave. in Saint John. The work, which will expand the property to nearly 165,000 square feet, is expected to be complete by 2027.

“The new museum will feature state-of-the-art exhibition galleries, discovery centres, research and teaching laboratories, a public auditorium, Indigenous engagement spaces, and a rooftop terrace,” the release says.

The Museum previously said the provincial government was spending $58 million on the project while the federal government is pitching in $49.9 million.

The Museum left its previous home in Market Square after its exhibition space closed in October 2020.

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