Events
Early ON: Downtown Playtime
Weekly program offerings for children from 0 to 6 years old and their families, offered through the EarlyON Child and Family Centre. Beginning Wednesday, September 5, Guelph Civic Museum will become the Downtown EarlyON Playtime location with free drop in family programming that promotes early learning and development from 9:30 to 11:30 AM on a weekly basis. The EarlyON Child and Family Centre at the Guelph Community Health Centre has been in existence since 2003. EarlyON have eight off-site Neighbourhood Playtimes and…
Find out more »Fourth Friday: The Waverlys
Kick off your weekend with a performance by The Waverlys! On the Fourth Friday of the month, Guelph Museums offers free admission to the Guelph Civic Museum after 5 p.m. Performance by The Waverlys at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Cash bar. The Waverlys are an Alternative-Folk duo composed of cellist and vocalist Charlotte Moore and singer/songwriter Kevin Myles Wilson. With minimal instrumentation; a guitar, a cello and a vintage suitcase transformed in to a kickdrum, The Waverlys, led by smooth, sincere…
Find out more »Summer Exhibitions Reception
Celebrate the opening of summer exhibitions, 'The Dailies: Front Pages & Frontispieces' and 'B&W and Read All Over". Doors open 5 p.m., opening remarks at 6:30 p.m. Followed by Fifth Friday Pub Night: Queen of Craft at 7 p.m. Free admission. Cash bar. ______________________________________________________ About the exhibits: The Dailies: Front Pages & Frontispieces What “makes” the front page? The Dailies explores the history of headline news, the form and function of the “front page” in news making, and the use…
Find out more »Fifth Friday Pub Night – Queen of Craft
19+ Event | No cover charge. Fifth Friday! Something new at the Civic Museum, pub night! On Fifth Fridays, Guelph Museums offers free admission to the Guelph Civic Museum after 5 PM. Featuring beer trivia with Queen of Craft. This Fifth Friday Pub Night falls on the same night of our summer exhibits opening! Join us for opening remarks at 6:30 PM. Explore 'The Dailies' and 'B&W and Read All Over'. Come with a group, or on your own! Space is limited,…
Find out more »Canadian Conservation Institute Workshop: Environmental Guidelines
An introduction to the strategic preservation of collections against agents of deterioration, especially environmental ones, such as light, relative humidity, temperature and atmospheric pollutants.
Find out more »Tales from the Hill
Join the Guelph Guild of Storytellers and special guests for an evening of storytelling. Free admission.
Find out more »Father’s Day Special
Free admission to Guelph Museums for dads.
Find out more »McCrae Arts En Plein Air – Chalk Pastel Drawing
Inspired by John McCrae’s creative inclinations, join us for a morning of tea and Chalk Pastel Drawing with Kathleen Schmalz in the McCrae House gardens. $35+ HST | Tickets in advance at guelphmuseums.ca Influenced by historical re-purposing and natural phenomena, Kathleen Schmalz works from her studios in Guelph Ontario and Sooke British Columbia, where she creates works of unsentimental Canadiana. Please contact the artist if you would like to see more of her award-winning art works. Upcoming McCrae Arts…
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