Events
Virtual STEM
ONLINEHave you ever wondered how things work? How space travel is possible? Why some things float and other things sink? How we generate electricity? How sound travels? Let’s discover the…
It Happened Here: Gallows at the Court House
Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaIt Happened Here is a place-based video series exploring the history behind well known locations in the City of Guelph. For this episode, you're invited to join Education Coordinator Ken…
History Bites: Melba Jewell
ONLINEIn commemoration of Black Heritage Month don't miss History Bites with Melba Jewell! This event features an online oral history conversation with a prominent member of Guelph's Black community and Jewell…
Military Lecture: Atomic Soldiers – The Canadian Armed Services and Radiation Exposure during the Cold War
ONLINEBanner Image: April 1935, W.L. Britnell and Stan McMillan unload the first shipment of uranium concentrate from the Northwest Territories. Source: opentextbc.ca, Canadian History: Post-Confederation by John Douglas Belshaw Military…
It Happened Here: Provincial Winter Fair
ONLINEJoin Guelph Museums Education Coordinator Ken Irvine as he walks you through the evolution and history of the Provincial Winter Fair from the core of beautiful Downtown Guelph!
History Bites: Mind the Gap
ONLINEDawn Owen will be in conversation with Becky Katz, Alex Jacobs-Blum, and Chyler Sewell, the artist facilitators behind Mind the Gap: Intergenerational Connectivity between Seniors and Youth, now showing at the Civic.
Military Lecture: Civilians at the Sharp End – First Canadian Army Civil Affairs in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
ONLINECivil Affairs is the forgotten branch of First Canadian Army (FCA) in the Second World War. The men of Civil Affairs (CA) were a crucial link between the army and the civilian populations that were both liberated and occupied by FCA.
It Happened Here: The Drill Hall
ONLINEOn this episode of It Happened Here, Guelph Museums Education Coordinator Ken Irvine dives into the history of the Guelph Drill Hall! The area Ken explores has been connected to…
