Banting House National Historic Site

An Intern’s Journey; Chapter 5: The Importance of Support

One of the great things about this internship is that each day I seem to be working on something new…

An Intern’s Journey: Chapter 3; The Importance of a Website

It’s certainly been a busy week and its only Tuesday! Last week I talked about my work with Banting House…

An Intern’s Journey: Chapter 2; Navigating a Digital World

For as long as I can remember, the time we live in has been termed the digital age. It’s my…

An Intern’s Journey: Chapter 1; Who am I?

Hello everyone! My name is Kat MacDonald and I’ll be working at Banting House National Historic Site as an intern…

Banting’s Books for World Book Day

For World Book day, we thought we would dig up one of Banting’s books. Although there are many to choose…

February 8, 2016

Uncovering Banting’s Last Moments

Sir Frederick Banting is known for saving the lives of countless diabetes patients through his discovery of insulin. However, the…

Taking the Lead at Banting House!

As a summer intern at Banting House, I have spent most of my time thus far learning the ropes –…

What Would You Save in a Fire?

A few weeks ago, Grant, the curator at Banting House National Historic Site of Canada, came across an article that…

Police chief presenting framed license plate to Grant in front of the London Police Service flag and beside a wooden desk.

January 16, 2015

A Generous Donation from the London Police Service

Today at Banting House National Historic Site of Canada we were lucky to receive a donation to the collection from…

The photo shows the sink in the Apothecary room at Banting House and two shelves holding medicine bottles, vials, and supplies, as well as pestle and mortar bowls.

January 9, 2015

Banting’s Apothecary

Dr. Banting occupied three of the rooms of Banting House NHSC while he lived here from June 1920 to April 1921.…

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