Tag: canadian penitentiary museum

• Canada’s Penitentiary Museum

  

  Written by Emily Manson I’ve been to Canada’s Penitentiary Museum a few times, but I learn something new each time I visit. The site is small but picturesque and packed with fascinating history. It is located directly across the street from Kingston Penitentiary, in the former Warden’s residence. The building of a house for the…

  museumskingstonblog

  September 20, 2018

  Historic Sites

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• Canada’s Penitentiary Museum: Innovative Inmates

  

  It is 1998 and you’ve landed yourself a bunk in the Dissociation Cell area of Stony Mountain Institution in Manitoba. While using your supplied toothbrush for its rudimentary purpose of brushing your teeth is an option, there is another one. The innovative inmate you are, you could also use it and source remnants of various…

  museumskingstonblog

  August 15, 2016

  Exhibits and Events

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