Impossible Task and Barb Thompson

Barb Thompson: A simple question, but not an easy one to answer. In fact, many of those we asked says it felt like an impossible task. But, they played along. Curators and museum directors racked their brains for us to choose an artifact or piece of art from the thousands of items in their collections. , according to CBC. Those who know Jane Austen works well might know what pattens are, she wrote about them in her novels. For those who are not literature buffs, these artifacts chosen by Barb Thompson are probably unfamiliar. In honour of M useum Week we posed a simple question to people working in some of the province museums: What your favourite thing in your museum collection? And here to borrow from a classic are a few of their favourite things: DesBrisay Museum, Bridgewater, N.S. Barb Thompson, director Favourite thing: A pair of pattens (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.