Exhibitions
Spotlight Series: Taras Lachowsky
The Spotlight Series centres the work of contemporary artists in dialogue with past and present-day lived experiences in the place we call Guelph. Recognizing that the month of November invites…
Folklore: Being and Belonging in the Grand River Region, before and after 1827
Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaFolkloric practices – beliefs and customs passed through generations, often by oral traditions – have been shared through stories and storytellers in this place, long before it was known as…
Revelations From The Collection
Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaGuelph Museums has a growing collection of over 50,000 items, including objects, archival material, and photographs. This collection allows us to record the tangible and intangible history of the place…
Weaving Cultural Identities: Celebrating Heritage and Textile Traditions
Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaThis Vancouver Biennale nationally-touring exhibition brings together artists and graphic designers of diverse Indigenous and Muslim backgrounds to collaborate on a series of textile artworks that celebrate the sacred, historic, and creative significance of prayer rugs and weaving traditions. The project began with a series of questions: In a contemporary society of mixed cultures and values,…
Art as We Are: Creative Community Care
Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaOrganized by Art Not Shame and Guelph Museums, Art as We Are: Creative Community Care spotlights three projects centred in collective community-making through art and involving about 200 local creators: Art in Hard Times (2020), Art in a Just Recovery (2023), and Community Fabric (2024). The exhibition also shares the origin story of Art Not…
Darkness and Light: Inside the Ontario Reformatory
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaFor over 100 years, the Ontario Reformatory/Guelph Correctional Centre was imbedded in lives of the people of Guelph. The exhibition shares stories from within the institution, addressing misconceptions, propaganda, and myths – some perpetuated by the institution itself and recounted in public archives. Officially opened in 1911, the Ontario Reformatory evolved to be many things,…
