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Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· 3d

We are grateful to the Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition for organizing Thursday event in Toronto and proud to be one of the many sponsors. Photos below by Sara Wolfe and Liz Bernstein. www.hiroshimadaycoalition.ca

A peace lantern on Nathan Philips Square

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· 10d

We were delighted to give Bancroft mayor Paul Jenkins a tour of the museum renovations today.

Museum director Chris and mayor Paul Jenkins stand in front of the museum sign.

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· 27d

Great to sit down with @ricbresee.bsky.social today to talk about the need to learn about peace, the importance of engaging with youth, and the benefit the museum will bring to Bancroft.

Four people stand in front of the peace museum sign

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· 29d

We have a community garden. Want to use it? Great. Come and join us on Wednesday afternoons or Friday mornings. It’s a friendly and informal crowd. All are welcome. Zero cost. And it’s as much a social thing as a horticultural thing.

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· Jul 7

And here’s a recent visitor to our peace garden. 👋

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· Jun 24

Our Director, Chris, is at the launch of the 50th anniversary exhibit celebrating five decades of the critically important work of @ploughsharesca.bsky.social

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· Jun 21

Museums are not neutral. We are firmly, passionately, pro-peace. Funding for peace is difficult. You can help us by donating canadianpeacemuseum.ca/donate

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· Jun 20

Photos from today’s Walk for Peace, an event organized by Friends of the Canadian Peace Museum. News on the event: www.mybancroftnow.com/73552/news/c...

A sign reading “Justice, equality, peace. Now”

A crowd on stage above a banner “walking together for peace”

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· Jun 17

Is there any accounts for rating bees? Like a @weratedogs.com kinda thing? If so, we submit this photo of Bradley B.

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· Jun 15

Yesterday, there was a call for peace from the president of the International Confederation of Midwives Convention in Lisbon. @internationalmidwives.org Chief Executive, Anna af Ugglas said that 61% of maternal deaths occur in humanitarian and areas affected by conflict. #IDM2025

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· Jun 11

We had a VIP visitor supervising the renovations today. Any comments on the state of our window seals require a minimum $5 donation.

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· Jun 10

Early results from our user surveys show that event attendees are learning skills and acting on that new knowledge.

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.

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· May 20

Grab the latest "Bancroft this Week" to learn about our recent delegation to the Town of Bancroft.

Newspaper article titled "Houston says peace museum can be economic generator"

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· May 14

Spring is here and our friends have been planing asparagus in the peace garden. It should be ready to harvest in two years.

A slightly elevated view of a community garden

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· May 12

A pleasure to see us make Kingston’s Whig Standard newspaper. Earlier this year we were approached by Peace Quest to see if we could host their school-peace-education content. We were delighted to do so. Here it is: canadianpeacemuseum.ca/web-archive

Newspaper article: Grassroots Canadian Peace Museum grows with new digital partnership

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· May 12

Thanks to a donation from Peter Van den Dungen, our peace poster collection now includes posters from Tehran, Bradford and Vancouver.

World Peace Forum 2006 (Vancouver) poster

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· May 9

Grab this week’s Bancroft Times to read about our wonderful volunteers and ongoing renovations.

Newspaper article: Peace Museum celebrates National Volunteer Week. Photos of people painting and laying flooring

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· May 7

Thanks to the Town of Bancroft for long-term lending us a surplus freezer. We support Well-being North Hastings get food to people in need and this very much compliments our ability to do so. Thanks to Jimmi's Italian Kitchen for lending us the trailer. We ❤️ our community

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· May 4

Thansk to Linda and Dave who spent yesterday renovating our museum-to-be.

Dave and Linda are smiling, in front of a wall that they are plastering. It is beautiful.

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· Apr 22

Behold, a lot of junk that was in the creek. #EarthDay

5 bags of garbage. 6 big tarps. A dirty wheel, lots of plastic conduit and some siding.

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· Apr 22

Behold, a cleaner creek. #EarthDay

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· Apr 22

This Earth Day, we’re hauling all sorts of junk out of the creek and wetlands behind the Musuem. It’s very rewarding work.

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· Apr 22

Yesterday we had the pleasure of speaking to our neighbours about our plans for the museum. It was a pleasure to be hosted by the residents of Riverstrone Residence.

A man speaks to a room of seniors. A picture of the Canadian Peace Museum is displayed on a computer screen.

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· Apr 18

Nightskye North - join us tonight (April 18 2026) for live music open mic. Super-informal, free event, open to all. Details on all upcoming events: canadianpeacemuseum.ca/events

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.

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· Apr 18

We are proud to announce the launch of our web archive. Web archive: canadianpeacemuseum.ca/web-archive Newspaper link: www.calameo.com/read/0032892...

Newspaper article: "Peace Museum launches web archive, preserves websites"

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· Apr 7

Volunterrs today include Bryan from Jimmi's Italian Kitchen. Bryan is framing in the furnaces in our Main Hall. Jimmi’s also sponsors our annual Stories of Peace award ceremony. canadianpeacemuseum.ca/awards

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· Apr 7

The 125 Parties and 137 signatories of the Rome Statute 🟩 State party (e.g. Canada) 🟨 Signatory that has not ratified (e.g. Iran) 🟪 State party that subsequently withdrew its membership (e.g Philippines) 🟧 Signatory that subsequently withdrew its signature (e.g. USA) 🟥 Non-party, non-signatory

A map of parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Parties

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· Apr 5

Want free seeds? Good news: we have free seeds.

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 Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· Apr 4

Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Lloyd Axworthy signed the Ottawa Treaty on 3 Dec 1997 Currently 162 nations have ratified/acceded the treaty, to ban landmines Today is International Day for Mine Awareness & Assistance in Mine Action en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_... 📸 credit: Dave Chan

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.

Canadian Peace Museum@canadianpeacemuseum· Apr 4

Step by step, a peace museum is being created. @angusmaccaull.bsky.social wrote about us: broadview.org/canadian-pea...