Canadian Peace Museum

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Museum director Chris and mayor Paul Jenkins stand in front of the museum sign.
Chris and Ric chat over a table
Our community garden.
A bee on a purple flower
A room of people talking
T shirt slogan: Museums are not neutral
A sign reading “Justice, equality, peace. Now”
A bee on a purple flower.
A bee on a purple flower
Keynote speaker on stage
Cecropia moth
Pie chart showing responses to a learning-impact question. Half of respondents (50%) selected “Yes (I learned something that I am now doing).” One quarter (25%) selected “Don’t know.” Equal proportions of 12.5% selected “Almost (I learned something that I will do)” and “No (I’m doing exactly the same as before).” The largest segment is “Yes,” indicating that most respondents reported changing their behaviour based on what they learned.
Newspaper article titled "Houston says peace museum can be economic generator"
A slightly elevated view of a community garden
Newspaper article: Grassroots Canadian Peace Museum grows with new digital partnership
World Peace Forum 2006 (Vancouver) poster
Newspaper article: Peace Museum celebrates National Volunteer Week. Photos of people painting and laying flooring
A freezer on a trailer
Dave and Linda are smiling, in front of a wall that they are plastering. It is beautiful.
5 bags of garbage. 6 big tarps. A dirty wheel, lots of plastic conduit and some siding.
A very clean creek
Bundles of junk
A man speaks to a room of seniors. A picture of the Canadian Peace Museum is displayed on a computer screen.
A flat lay of vintage seed packets and gardening pamphlets arranged around a handwritten sign. The seed packets feature colorful illustrations of flowers and plants, including foxglove, tufted pansy, wild cucumber vine, and various blossoms in pink, yellow, orange, and white. Visible text on the central handwritten sign reads: “Nightskye North, April 18, 4–11, @ Peace Museum, 19 Valleyview, Bancroft, Open Mic.” The sign is written in blue, red, green, and gold marker on white paper. Surrounding materials include retro-style gardening booklets and plant diagrams, creating a nostalgic, botanical theme.
Newspaper article: "Peace Museum launches web archive, preserves websites"
A handsome dude is framing in a furnace
A map of parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Parties
A wooden table displays a seed-starting station with labeled envelopes and gardening supplies arranged neatly. Brown paper seed envelopes are laid out in rows, each handwritten with plant types, varieties, and growing notes. Readable seed types across the display include: mixed lettuce (butter, red, tango varieties); mesclun mix (2024 and 2025 batches); white four o’clock (tall flowering plant; full sun); Venetian morning glory (blue, purple, pink; trellis, full sun); giant marigold (tall; full sun); marigold (orange); soapwort (for bedding or rock gardens; full sun); Canterbury bells (cup-and-saucer mix; biennial; full sun); coleus (rainbow mix; shade/partial shade); chili (green hatch, medium heat; full sun); cilantro; Sugar Baby watermelon; buckwheat; and hickory (tree seeds). Also visible are commercial seed packets including beefsteak tomato, cherry tomato, long red cayenne pepper, and Caribbean red hot pepper, along with small bags of saved seeds and a jar of stored grains or seeds.
Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Lloyd Axworthy signing the Treaty. Looking on are Jody Williams, coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (and winner of the 1997 Nobel prize); Cornelio Sommaruga, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross; UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan; and Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Credit: Dave Chan.
A room slightly more painted that the last time we shared. It’s the staircase of the peace museum.
A paintbrush, in front of a half painted walll
A woman sitting in a chair, taking to a room of people
People sitting in a circle listening to an author.
People selling seeds in our peace museum
Man on stage talking behind a podium
A collage-style event poster featuring historical protest imagery and ephemera. At the center, a handwritten note reads: “Night Skye North — March 21, 4–11 pm — Peace Museum, 19 Valleyview Dr., Banccroft — Bring your best protest song.” Behind the note are layered visuals including a worn LIFE magazine cover titled “Tragedy at Kent: Cambodia and Dissent,” a fiery explosion scene, and black-and-white photos of demonstrations and crowds, evoking themes of protest, war, and activism.
Event invite flyer, all info in the post
A man points at a painting in UN corridors, others take photos and observe
“STOP THIS WAR” poster
Canadian Peace Museum sign
Museum building
Canvas print of painting showing Dutch women making forged travel documents and intercepting telecommunications
A man turns the page on some 1914 newspapers
“Canadian Peace Museum” bumper stickers
Two people hold Hannah Arendt’s book “Totalitarianism”
Event poster, which is basically a replication of all the data on the link. Event title "Making the abolition of war a realistic goal"
Book cover of Hannah Arendt's Totalitarianism
Facebook review: “As a school teacher, I was delighted with the talk that a Canadian Peace Museum representative gave to my class. He was excellent with the kids, and spoke about peace, community, and kindness. The children appreciated the enthusiastic and engaging style.”
Newspaper front page
People chatting in a museum
Newspaper clipping “Colonies or Trade war - Is Nazi’s Ultimatum
Website screenshot, all available here: https://canadianpeacemuseum.ca/
Text saying: Oxford Children's Word of the Year 2025: Peace
A smiling soldier, and civilians hold newspapers with the headline “PEACE!”
Front entrance of a school
Folks play Zombie by the cranberries in the Canadian Peace Museum’s eclectic room
Event invite: Empathy for Ourselves & Others A Nonviolent (Compassionate) Communication Workshop January 20, 3:00–5:30 pm Place: Peace Museum, 19 Valleyview Drive, Bancroft What Empathy Is ~ Presence, Curiosity, Connection What Empathy is Not ~ Fixing, Advising, Reassuring Why This Workshop Many of us know what to say~ but not how to stay connected when emotions run high Empathy offers a simple human way to reconnect with ourselves and each other in hard moments In This Workshop, You’re Invited to… • Learn how to listen without fixing or advising • Practice intentional relating when emotions arise • Practical, simple, guided empathy tools You May Discover… • More calm and clarity under stress • Greater confidence in listening and responding • A simple pause to support everyday life No experience necessary ~ Come as you are Facilitators: Lorie, Erin and the Trust
A man screwing drywall around a door frames
Pastel style home made sign on art paper. Reads “no room for hate” with a multicoloured heart.
A banana box of newspapers. Visible titles on the top read “peace bid voiced” and an image of an anti-wat protestor shot at Kent State University in 1960.