The Benevolent Irish Society’s Museum opened in 2007 and is located in the Society’s clubrooms at 30 Harvey Road. It houses several artefacts pertaining to the Society’s extensive history and has storyboards detailing prominent features and figures of the Society’s past. Yet, while the museum may not be that old, the Society itself has a lengthy and distinguished history, being established in 1806. Prior to its present location, the Society was located at the historic St. Patrick’s Hall on Queen’s Road. The Society was founded as a non-denominational charitable organization and education became a fundamental feature of the Society’s mandate. The BIS has had historical connections to such important groups as the Irish Christian Brothers, and the Presentation Sisters. It also has historical connections to prominent figures in Newfoundland and Labrador history such as Bishop Michael Anthony Fleming, Patrick Morris, a leading reformer in the campaign for representative government who served as president for several years in the early 1800s, and also Judge William Higgins and P.T. McGrath, who played important roles in the resolution of the Labrador boundary dispute in 1927.

Facilities: Public washrooms, free parking, food and beverage services.

Special Activities: Guided tours of the premises, including the club room and museum will be available throughout the day.
At 2:00 pm on Saturday, and 11:00am on Sunday there will be performances of Irish and Traditional Newfoundland music, including performances by older BIS members and recitals by some of the younger members.

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http://bisnl.ca/BISHome.html

Culture Lives Here!” CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada's national public broadcaster and one of this country's largest cultural institutions.

On Saturday, September 25, 2010 we are opening our doors in St.John’s to share the art of broadcasting with you. Drop by between 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. for a behind the scenes look at how CBC programs are made. Experience the newsroom, the place where an idea becomes a story and drop by the T.V studio and meet some of your favorite CBC hosts.

There will be food and refreshments, plenty of interactive activities and great entertainment.

Facilities: Disabled access, public washrooms, free parking, gift shop

Special Activities: Tours of building
Entertainment including live music
Food and refreshments
Activities for children


http://www.cbc.ca/nl

Eastern Edge Gallery, now 26 years old, has inhabited the Baird building space for approximately 20 of those years. It has undergone numerous transformations since the beginning of the gallery. The Baird building is one of the older downtown buildings which was used as a dock on the harbour side of the street and storefronts on the Water Street side. Fished used to be processed in the Eastern Edge space and United Sail Works was upstairs in St. Michael's Printshop.

Facilities: Disabled access Public washrooms Free parking (limited spaces) Refreshments available - juice, water, pop and tea available while supplies last.

Please be gentle near the art. Please do not photograph or videotape art without asking for permission.

Special Activities: Art exhibits -YoRodeo! (Nova Scotia) 3D silk screen prints (3D glasses will be provided to view!) -Sculputural prints by Colin Lyons (Quebec)

Attendants will be present to discuss the art.

http://www.easternedge.ca

This 137 year old church was constructed in 1837. Built of Native stone faced with cement and roofed with Newfoundland slate, the building was a modified Gothic Design. Unlike its sister churches, Cochrane Street Church and Gower Street Church, George Street Church, though situated in a crowded downtown area, managed to escape the ravages of fire. More than a century after its construction, though several times enlarged, the original building still stood, in the words of its historian, "sturdy and serviceable, elegantly simple, in harmony with its environment: a much-loved landmark to all with a sense of place who love St. John's."

Facilities: Disabled access, public washrooms.

Special Activities: The first tour of the building will begin at 10:30am. The men's choir will perform at 11:00am.
A light lunch will be served at noon.
The second tour will commence at 2:00pm, to be followed by another performance by the choir at 2:30pm.

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http://www.georgestunitedchurch.com/

The Hindu Temple, formerly known as Chinmaya Mission (St. John's), was located in Mount Pearl from 1976 to 1995. Responding to the needs fo the growing community, a new temple was built on the present site. The new facility was consecrated on May 7, 1995. The deity worshipped is Krishna. The temple spires (dome and gopuram) were built in March 2002 at which time the temple celebrated the Kumbhabhishekam. Although the temple primarily is a place of worship for the hindu community, it is open to people of all faiths. There is a prayer hall, library, and yoga room upstairs, and a community hall and kitchen downstairs.

The temple serves the religious, cultural, and spiritual needs of the community. The children are given every opportunity to participate in doing puja and singing bhajans.

Facilities: Disabled access, public washrooms, free parking.

Special Activities: Tours will be provided every 30min. On Saturday the first tour is at 10:30 am and the last tour at 3:30pm. Sunda the first tour is at 1:30pm and the last tour at 3:00pm. Exhibits will be open.

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http://sites.google.com/site/hindutemplestjohns

A restored drug store circa 1895.

A heritage project established to preserve the history of pharmacy in Newfoundland. This museum shows how drug stores looked in the early 1900s with a set of oak store fixtures, slow globes, tin embossed ceiling and many shop bottles. There are implements used in the practice of pharmacy such as pill making machines, mortars and pestles, label dispenser, and a variety of dispensing scales.

This building was constructed in 1922 by Peter O'Mara and operated as Peter O'Mara Drugs until about 1985. It's architecture is a form of Art Noveau and Art Deco Amalgam. It opened as a museum in September 1988.

Facilities: Free Parking

Special Activities: Exhibits on this history of pharmacy.
Retired pharmacists as well as volunteers on site to provide information and answer questions.
Pill making demonstrations.

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Like many other buildings in downtown St. Johns', the LSPU Hall currently stands on a site that has a history stretching back hundreds of years. The site has been owned by the first Congregationalist Church in Newfoundland (1789), the Sons of Temperance (1853), the Longshoremen's Protective Union (1912), and now the Resource Centre for the Arts (1976).

It was destroyed multiple times by the Great Fires that ravaged St. John's in the nineteenth century in 1817, 1892, and again in 1922, but each time it was rebuilt.

Since 1976 the LSPU Hall has housed the Resource Centre for the Arts (RCA), a non-profit organization committed to the advancement of the arts in Newfoundland and Labrador. In the years since, the building has hosted hundreds of plays, concerts, exhibitions, festivals, and workshops. It is now one of the most important centres for the performing arts in the province.

Facilities: Disabled access, Public washrooms

Special Activities: Tours of the building will take place every 30min from 10am to 4pm.
There will also be a round table discussion about the experience of women as research for a play by Alison Woolridge, Berni Stapleton, and Amy House. Full details can be found here.

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http://www.rca.nf.ca

The Garden is open May 1 - November 30 and offers a variety of educational programs, including junior naturalist camps, gardening workshops, bird watching, Sunday family programs, a cirriculum

Facilities: Disabled access, public washrooms, free parking, gift shop, food and beverage services.

Special Activities: Art show in conference room.
Display room, flower gardens, and hiking trails open. Tours and guided hikes to Oxen Pond will be available throughout the day.

Please wear weather-appropriate clothing when outside. Remain on the trails at all times. Please do not pick flowers or other plants.

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http://www.mun.ca/botgarden

The building is located in a quiet and friendly neighbourhood at 680 Logy Bay Road (at the corner of Logy Bay Rd and Cadigans Rd) in the town of Logy Bay, 1.4km north of the TCH overpass on Logy Bay Road. It was acquired by the Newfoundland Sikh Society in 2003 and converted into the Gurdwara (place of worship). this in the only place of worship for a small community of the Sikhs in this province.

We conduct services on Sundays as well as several special religious service functions during the year.

We are in the process of setting up a library and a museum on the premises.

We also conduct language classes for our children. We have been involved in making presentations in schools ant as our site as part of our cultural awareness activities.

Facilities: Wheel chair access (limited), Free parking, public washrooms.
No meat, alcohol, or smoking permitted on premesis. Shoes must be removed to enter the prayer hall. Head covers will be provided, if required.

Special Activities: Tours and talks will be available throughout the day.
Exhibits and videos to view.
Refreshments available for visitors.
Beginner Punjabi lesson (time TBA).

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In 1679, a Newman's ship bound for London was driven far from its planned course by pirates and foul weather. As winter was closing fast upon them, the captain of the ship sought shelter in St. John's, and it was decided to remain in the harbour until spring. The ship's cargo of wine was stored in caves. When the ship returned to London, the flavour of the port seemed to have improved. After that discovery, Newman's sent its port to Newfoundland to mature in wine cellars there. The Newman Wine Vaults were constructed for this purpose sometime before 1845. As it presently stands, the Newman Wine Vaults consists of two large rooms running parallel to Water Street. Stone was used as the basic building material with lime mortar made from seashells. The vaults themselves are constructed of stone and fired red brick. The bricks are tapered to fit the curve of the vaults, with the headers always facing the floor, and are bound with lime mortar, although some cement was used during repairs on the building circa 1947. Each room is slightly over 11' wide, with the vaults reaching an average height of 10'5". The Vaults are currently enclosed by a 20th century structure of rubble stone and hydrostone block.

Facilities: Public Washrooms
Gift Shop

Special Activities: Tours available throughout the weekend. Take part in a wine tasting, guided by an expert. Other programming TBA

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http://historictrust.ca/index.php/newman-wine-vaults

In 2007 the provincial government officially designated Robin Hood Bay as the Eastern Regional Waste Management Facility.

The site today is the same size as that originally used (180 hectares) and has been extensively rennovated into a modern and environmentally sound waste management facility.

Facilities: Public Washrooms Free Parking

Special Activities: Guided bus tours of the site will be provided. Tours will leave on the half hour, from 10am until 3:30.

Please park where directed, and remain in your vehicle until directed to board the bus. No walking tours are available. Visitors must arrive on-site in a vehicle - no walk-ins.

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http://www.stjohns.ca/cityservices/environment/wastediversion/robinhoodbay.jsp

The building housing the Royal Newfoundland Regiment Museum was built in 1942 as part of the lend/lease program between the British and American governments. It contains the Officers and Senior NCO's mess, and the dining hall for CFS St. John's. The building (308) is administered by Canadian Forces Station St. John's.

Facilities: Public washrooms, Free parking, Regimental Kit Shop
Please note there is no wheelchair access to the museum on the second floor.

Special Activities: Exhibits
Video presentation of archival film from WWI

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The entire Regatta Boathouse will be open to the public. The Erg-room (indoor practice room) with six rowing machines, the shell house where all the boats are stored, the Regatta Museum and deck off the museum will all be open to the general public. Come and see our shells up close! If weather permits, we may have one or two in the water. In true Regatta spirit we plan to use the antique "wheel" in our museum - try your luck with a few free spins and win prizes!

The Regatta Museum chronicles the history from the first Regatta in 1818 to present day, and celebrates the many traditions that all can enjoy. The Regatta this year celebrated its 192nd year, which makes it the oldest continuously organized sporting event in North America. the museum contains information of the history of the races, memorabilia and artefacts of past races, and rare footage of races from the 1920s. The museum is found on the second floor of the Boathouse on Quidi Vidi Lake.

Facilities: Disabled access - wheelchair lift is available Public Washrooms Free Parking

Special Activities: Volunteers will be on hand to provide information. Play the wheel to win prizes Museum exhibits

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www.stjohnsregatta.org