School Days Museum

06/23/2025

The “School Days” Museum in Fredericton is waiting for your visit from June 9th to August 22nd, 2026!

Visiting Hours:
Monday to Friday: 10am-5pm.
Saturday: 1pm to 4pm (beginning in July)

Re-enactments in the one-room school will take place on Wednesday afternoons in July and August at 1:30pm and on other days re-enactments will be impromptu. Take part in a lesson as taught years ago!

Step back in time and enjoy a guided tour of early school days memories ... or just browse at your own will. Enjoy many exhibits from early classroom education: text books, photos of Normal School grads back in the very early years, countless photos of one-room schoolhouses, a replica of a one-room school classroom, and items used in those early school days. Have an interesting peek into the past!

Directions: Drive to the bottom of York Street and park in the city parking lot. Pay the parking fee at the booth near the entry of the museum BEHIND the Justice Building. Look for the sign
“School Days” Museum above the entrance door.

Admission: Free. Donations only. Sign the guest book.

Contact: 506-459-3738

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07/26/2023

Visitors trying out the more modern school desks!

07/26/2023

Visitors enjoying reindeer craft at "Christmas in July" event.

07/26/2023

The "teacher" conducts a fun lesson in the "Christmas in July" event.

07/26/2023

Many historical records of early education years!

07/26/2023

Indigenous School Children Photos

07/25/2023

Classroom attendance registers of earlier schools can be found at the museum.

07/25/2023

Interesting items used in long-ago classrooms.

07/18/2023

Christmas in July, 2023!
The School Days Museum invites you to a Christmas re-enactment lesson in the one-room school classroom on Tuesday, July 25th and Wednesday, July 26th beginning at 1:30 pm. Take a step back in time and discover what Christmas was like in a little New Brunswick school in the days of your ancestors!

04/27/2018