Archive: Musings

Last week, we told the story of Allan’s Mill, Guelph’s first flour mill. Today, we’re going to tell the story of Margaret Allan. Margaret was the daughter of David Allan,…

Here on the blog we like to occasionally feature an artefact that isn’t on display in our gallery, but which is in our permanent collection. Consider it a behind the…

Dragon slayers, miracle workers, champions of the poor. Their acts of bravery and charity inspired Guelph’s early settlers. Now their names adorn our schools, churches, hospitals and businesses. I’m talking…

One of our ongoing features here on the blog is #askacurator, in which we give you the opportunity to pose a question to our amazing curatorial team. The question can…

Saints Preserve Us is a Guelph Museums exhibit featuring Debbie Thompson Wilson’s miniature paintings of the saints who lent their names to Guelph’s schools, churches, streets and organizations. It opens…

We posted this photo of an artifact from our collection on twitter yesterday and asked if anyone could identify the object. Looks somewhat terrifying, doesn’t it? @chelseybunsh was quick to…

On the fourth Friday of every month, we invite one of Guelph’s most exciting musical acts to perform here at the museum. Our handsome stone abode, perched above the city,…

This weekend many of our city’s best athletes will be lacing up a pair of their favourite runners and headover to Exhibition Park to compete in the annual Thanksgiving Day…