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Many post its with hand written holiday memories stuck on a white wall.

Favourite holiday memories from the community

With Hanukkah just ending and Christmas in full swing, the memories wall has been filling up inside the Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah: Traditions in Guelph exhibition! The exhibition explores celebrations from past…

Child's note reading The First time I went to a storm game

Sports memories from the community

If you’ve had a chance to visit our Sports Guelph Played exhibition, you may have noticed the interactive Sports Memories Wall.  The exhibition explores many interesting stories about Guelph’s famous…

Guelph Maple Leafs

George Sleeman, the Guelph Maple Leafs and the Americanization of Canadian baseball

As one of the first Canadian baseball presidents to hire American players, George Sleeman was credited (…or discredited) as being responsible for the Americanization of the Canadian game. In 1999,…

Guelph Museums Logo. Navy blue text reads Your Stories Live here.

Using our Online Collections Database

Did you know that our collections can be viewed online? Our Online Collections Database is available at any time right from home! It just takes 4 clicks to get to the online database from…