Browse Public Archives Online Exhibits

Staff at the Public Archives regularly create exhibits on a variety of themes in Island history. You can view the current exhibit at the Public Archives or, in many cases, view the exhibit online.

What exhibits are available online?

Some of the exhibits available online include:

  • Celebrating Old Home Week
  • New Kid on the Block: The Public Archives Moves to Great George Street (Heritage Week 2020)
  • Caps and Gowns: Graduation Photos at the Public Archives
  • Let it Snow: Images of Our Island Winter (Heritage Week 2019)
  • Images of Early Camping in Prince Edward Island
  • Island Heritage Stands the Test of Time: Examples of Early Documentary Heritage at the Public Archives and Records Office (Heritage Week 2018)
  • The Public Archives Celebrates Canada 150: A Look at the Charlottetown Camera Club 1967 Centennial Celebration
  • Public Archives and Records Office submission to The Ties that Bind Canada: A Canada 150 Project of the National, Provincial, and Territorial Archivists’ Conference (NPTAC)
  • Images of Historic Province House (Heritage Week 2017)
  • Charlottetown Harbour Through the Years (Heritage Week 2016) 
  • Preserved by Letters: Fifty Years of the Public Archives and Records Office 
  • Celebrating 80 Years at the O'Leary Public Library (A Joint Project of the Public Library Service and Public Archives, November 2014)
Education and Early Years

General Inquiries

Holiday Hours
December 24, 10am-12pm
December 25-26, Closed
December 27, 30-31, 10am-5:00pm (note: no evening hours)
January 1, Closed

 

Winter Hours:

Monday to Friday, 10:00am-5:00pm, Thursday evening, 5:00pm-8:00pm

Public Archives and Records Office
Atlantic Technology Centre (ATC), Suite L20
176 Great George Street
PO Box 1000
Charlottetown, PE C1A 7M4

Phone: 902-368-4290
Fax: 902-368-6327

archives@gov.pe.ca