Tag: Kingston Pen

• 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

  canada, canadian penitentiary museum, corcan, corrections canada, kingston ontario, Kingston Pen, kp, prison art, ygk

• Canada’s Penitentiary Museum: Innovative Inmates

  

  The year is 1998 and you have landed yourself a bunk in the Dissociation Cell area of Stony Mountain Institution in Manitoba. You have been given a toothbrush and other basic necessities. While using your toothbrush for its rudimentary purpose of brushing your teeth is an option…you could also source remnants of various household items…

  museumskingstonblog

  August 15, 2016

  Exhibits and Events

  Kingston Pen, Tourism