Banting House National Historic Site

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…

August 24, 2017

The Visitors Make the Experience

As an emerging museum professional, my favorite place to be is in the collections. I enjoy working with old artifacts,…

August 11, 2017

What is Diabetes: A Museum with Meaning

In my first week as the new summer student at Banting House National Historic Site of Canada, I was surprised…

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…

A brown business card with Dr. Banting's contact information on it.

A Sneak Peak into the Collection at Banting House

The artifacts on display at Banting House National Historic Site of Canada make up only part of the museum’s collection. Sometimes artifacts are…

There is a bed with a metal frame, headboard, and footboard. It is covered in a blanket that has a blue and white pattern. There is pink wallpaper with flowers behind the bed. The linoleum floor is green and yellow with red flowers.

Banting’s Bed

This week I’ve been cataloging some of the items that belonged to Sir Frederick Banting when he lived at 442 Adelaide…

This is a picture of Banting's graduated cylinder. It is a glass cylinder with a wide circular base and pouring spout on the right hand side. Measurement lines are etched into the glass and extend around the circumference of the cylinder. Measurement numbers are in pints and ounces and are etched in a fancy font on the front side of the cylinder. It is standing in front of a a copy of the London Telephone Directory from 1921.

November 28, 2014

Giving Objects Meaning

When is a chair more than a chair? What good is a graduated cylinder outside of a science lab? Using…

August 30, 2014

Behind the Scenes: My Last Day at Banting House

Well, here we are – Saturday, August 30, my last day working at Banting House. I went from a very…

August 16, 2014

King for a Day, more accurately: Temporary Museum Caretaker

As my experience as Summer Intern here at Banting House comes to its close (with only two weeks more until…

Miss Idaho and the Faces of Diabetes

This week, my attention was caught by something very inspirational in the news! Courageous Beauty Pageant contestant (now winner of…

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